Yah... this is a stupid idea, of interest only to stupid people, who wish to remain as stupid as possible, but still have an "official degree" saying how smart they are.

of numbers with which to approximate an infinite number system. That's the root of the reason why the mathematical field of numerical analysis exists. (goes to re-read QR factorization for shits n giggles)

Playing EVE.

No biggie. He's still a great author, and libraries are definitely ftw. As far as the internet is concerned, however, it is what the user makes of it.

I guess the only thing to say to Balmer is: Bye.

Not This Shit Again.

are of course a natural first place. For textbooks, it really doesn't matter all that much. At the level of generality you're operating in, textbooks are textbooks.

"fully correct, formal, axiomatized mathematics" (facepalm)