I'm contemplating putting together a new course here, a course for the brightest, most engaged students on campus: it will focus on the great problems of mathematics, but those which have been solved, and those which remain open.
In addition to the great problems, I will probably include about half as much material again on those problems less great, but which the students can really fully comprehend, get their teeth stuck into, and while not solving, at least develop a more visceral understanding.
That's the upside. The downside, of course, is the extra work it will entail.
Yours, likely to decide to do the course anyway,
N.
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