[FRIAM] guidance requested

[Prof David West]

Silly me; I just discovered that Nicolas Bourbaki — despite publishing numerous papers and authoring a classical math text, inventor of injective, surjective, and bijective functions — did not exist (at least as an individual person).

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020, at 7:32 AM, Prof David West wrote:
> thank you Carl and Frank.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 10:46 PM, Carl Tollander wrote:
>> Ok, there are various mathematician's blogs, but this one is pretty up front with how she thinks.
>> https://www.math3ma.com
>> I particularly appreciate her ability to illustrate her thought processes with diagrams.
>> 
>> For examples, I was particularly fond of
>> https://www.math3ma.com/blog/the-yoneda-perspective
>> and
>> https://www.math3ma.com/blog/at-the-interface-of-algebra-and-statistics
>> 
>> I liked the illustrations of more basic stuff as well.
>> 
>> For another less, um, colorful reference, I'd direct you to "Drawing Theories Apart", by David Kaiser.
>> https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Theories-Apart-Dispersion-Diagrams/dp/0226422674
>> 
>> Haven't gone into it much, and I doubt it addresses your question as much as the other links, 
>> but the brilliant.org folks look interesting.  
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> Carl
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:42 PM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> The following is a simplistic article about how mathematicians think.
>>> 
>>> https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-psychology-behind-mathematical-thinking-4fdc3ab32bfe
>>> 
>>> I find the idea behind the article interesting and, when I have time, will follow up trying to find 'real' stuff to read. But, if any of you are feeling generous and would supply me with some pointers or directions; I will really appreciate it.
>>> 
>>> davew
>>> 
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