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I added a point: Wikipedia is a work in progress. I think some of the comments from new readers show they don't realize that most our articles are still under development. — Carl (CBM · talk) 15:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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What to include? I thought the Springer Encyclopedia, MathWorld, PlanetMath at least. I participate in MathOverflow, but it is right at the top end of the scale of our readers. Is there a good resource for those with no more than school mathematics? I suspect we have a real problem with access when it comes to readers with no college mathematics at all. Charles Matthews (talk) 16:04, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
These are all reference works. Maybe we should mention them... but the thrust of what we are saying is that sometimes textbooks are more useful. Are there any good, online, general mathematics textbooks? Yaris678 (talk) 16:51, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not really. There are some good lecture notes for the standard introductory graduate-level courses, but which ones are good is very much a matter of taste. The same goes for print textbooks; people go around in circles for ages about which ones are better than others. — Carl (CBM · talk) 21:28, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
