>>11214852>ignore the frenchman, those notes are shiteLOL, how can one man be so wrong ?
>>11214882>Always read the original first, and ignore textbooks.Terrible idea. The original is usually not normalized, with antiquated language that might not even be in use anymore, and suboptimal treatment.
In fact, the original presentation is almost never the place to learn something, especially something that is more than 100 years old.
In most cases, conceptual simplifications occur after the fact that make the theory clearer and better articulate its connections with other subjects.
This is not to say that there is no value in reading old texts, of course. There is a lot to be gained by doing that, especially Galois' texts, but not as a first approach of the subject.
In fact, if you are not familiar with Galois theory as it is taught today, you probably will not understand anything Galois wrote. I mean, if the best mathematicians of his century had to wait half a century to decipher his manuscripts, then in all likelihood, you are probably not going to be the one to do it, no offence.
