I'm not talking about posting a question online and asking "how do I solve this" but posting bulk proofs (that you did) and asking someone to verify them all at once. This can be side-stepped if the author provided solutions. Yes, the author's solutions may be different than yours, but that isn't a good reason to not include solutions.
>Hopefully over time, you would find that your confidence in your own verification abilities increases and that your rate of errors if you do ask for verification decreases.
Yes, but without feedback this is hard to do.
This book is not for self-studiers, least not in current form. It seems like there is a disconnect between authors and self-studiers. I can understand if the textbook is written so solutions aren't provided such that universities will buy the book, but there is a market for those no longer in classrooms that want to learn and an author that takes the time to provide solutions helps tremendously.
While this is true I tend to solve problems in bulk. I do not want to post 16 questions all at once for people to check my proofs. Sometimes people think you are a student and are trying to get answers for homework assignments.
It would be better if authors would write textbooks aimed at beginners that are self-studying and thus provide solutions. The author of this textbook has a missed opportunity by ignoring to provide solutions. I don't recommend this book to anyone for this reason.
>I didn’t provide solutions, and I didn’t make a Kindle version. I have no plans to change that as of now.
This hurts those that are self-studying without access to other mathematicians. I’m not buying his book for this reason, so are there any other introductory math books people recommend that include solutions?
>Hopefully over time, you would find that your confidence in your own verification abilities increases and that your rate of errors if you do ask for verification decreases.
Yes, but without feedback this is hard to do.
This book is not for self-studiers, least not in current form. It seems like there is a disconnect between authors and self-studiers. I can understand if the textbook is written so solutions aren't provided such that universities will buy the book, but there is a market for those no longer in classrooms that want to learn and an author that takes the time to provide solutions helps tremendously.