Why Soviet Math Textbooks Are Far More Demanding Than US Ones

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A 2017 Quora answer, shared on Hacker News, asks why Soviet mathematics and physics textbooks are considered so much more rigorous than their American counterparts. The discussion centers on the difference in depth and difficulty between the two educational traditions. The original answer is written by a user named Scott Miller and is linked rather than reproduced here. The Hacker News thread drew 23 points and 7 comments from readers.

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