myrmepropagandist on Nostr: This was part being stubborn. But also methods, such as the AC method, are presented ...

This was part being stubborn. But also methods, such as the AC method, are presented like magic trick. "Multiply these numbers and add that number and now you've solved it" might as well use the quadratic formula.

But I've come around to find "the AC method" to be very cool, though the way I develop it is very different from what I've seen in textbooks.

The AC method is a lot like completing the square. And just like completing the square is the right way to develop the quadratic formula-- 5/