and hence conclude you can save time by going for the more summarised stuff.
I think this is not generally a bad strategy in many subjects (business comes to mind), but mathematics is different.
I agree, math books tend to be on the terse side as they are - you wouldn't want the material to be even more terse, because you'll end up spending more time grasping it without the help the additional text may provide.
I think this is not generally a bad strategy in many subjects (business comes to mind), but mathematics is different.
I agree, math books tend to be on the terse side as they are - you wouldn't want the material to be even more terse, because you'll end up spending more time grasping it without the help the additional text may provide.