FabR[Senior Patek Moderator]
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+1, there are obvious examples also in academia, and probably anywhere else...Not good! ;-)
Aug 22, 2020,11:15 AM
My only book to date has been a research monograph for the Amer. Math. Society, which is not that uncommon when your contributions are mainly viewed as research (plus, I wouldn't have the patience nor probably the skills to write an undergrad textbook anyway)....but, simply imagine coordinating a 700 or 800-student Calculus course and choosing your own textbook for it... That would, at once, pay off all the psychiatrist fees you've accumulated while writing the book! ;-)
A good thing is that, always with a number of noticeable exceptions, math at the academic level is mostly motivated by passion rather than money... But still, you might have given me some ideas before I buy my next Patek! ;-))
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