A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student,… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
A good problem should be more than a mere exercise; it should be challenging and not too easily solved by the student, and it… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
We call the slope of a line m because the word "slope" begins with the letter m. — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
“How are you going to teach logic in a world where everybody talks about the sun setting, when it’s really the horizon rising? [Cal… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
It is impossible to overstate the imporance of problems in mathematics. It is by means of problems that mathematics develops and actually lifts itself… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
One is hard pressed to think of universal customs that man has successfully established on earth. There is one, however, of which he can… — Howard Whitley Eves Copy Share Image
