While the debate over the standards of the questions in University Challenge continues, the lectures "for children" from The Royal Institution shown on BBC 2 after Christmas only serve to underline a similar decline. This may be a function of television, or it may be correlated to the suggestion that undergraduate students (of mathematics) need to be given courses in proof.
Gordon Joly 14 Flora Close London E14
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