Some Simple Logical Notions Encountered in Elementary Mathematics
It is a serious shortcoming of our elementary texts that they fail to explain the logical notions which underlie the processes employed in proving identities and in solving equations. The situation might be less embarrassing were it not met so early. But it is at the very beginning of the study of formal algebra that it becomes necessary to distinguish between, and to deal with, identical equations and conditional equations; and, following closely upon the course in algebra, comes trigonometry with its chapter on identities.
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