Andrey Kolmogorov’s Mathematical Education Reform in the USSR versus the “New Mathematics” Movement

[mariya_boyko]

Mathematics should be studied, at the very least, because it brings order to the mind.

(M. B. Lomonosov)

(Математику уже затем учить следует, что она ум в порядок приводит.)

(М. В. Ломоносов)

A university graduate meets his professor 15 years after graduation.

Professor: I am so glad to see you! You were my best mathematics student!  Please tell me if

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[mariya_boyko]

the list of useful sources did not fit, so here it is

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