problems

One of the failures of the British education system in the last 10 years has been the move from studying mathematics as an intellectual exercise, one which trains the mind in clear thinking, or at least indicates to the student when they are being inaccurate, towards a view of mathematics as a collection of techniques for solving problems. This has of course introduced more problems that it has solved.

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