<< On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Fred lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Did you have any particularly (counter-) instructive instances in mind? [Present company excepted, naturally!] WFL
Actually, no. My main reason for such a textbook would be to encourage students to read through all proofs carefully and skeptically, and not just the ones in the textbook. I envision a book that is still focused on one topic (such as Number Theory), not a textbook on reading proofs, per se.
Having students read proofs skeptically is of course an important goal, but I don't see the need for such an eccentric textbook in order to accomplish it. (They also need to have model proofs to learn from as well, and I suspect they'd get very annoyed with such an untrustworthy book very soon.) The goal can be accomplished by judicious use of classroom time, HW, & exams. --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele