Why teachers of mathematics should read Landau and Lifshitz

In this (quite enjoyable) polemic, V I Arnold, who passed away recently, tells why (link via Anant-Observations):

A teacher of mathematics, who has not got to grips with at least some of the volumes of the course by Landau and Lifshitz, will then become a relict like the one nowadays who does not know the difference between an open and a closed set.

Do read the entire essay.

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raj Says:
June 20, 2010 at 9:24 pm | Reply
In this (quite enjoyable) polemic, V I Arnold, who passed away recently, tells why….

For a minute, I thought Arnold had said something posthumously!
- Guru Says:
  June 21, 2010 at 9:57 am | Reply