On 12/11/05, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
I could singlehandedly "reference" most
of the linear
algebra articles, for example, just by copy/pasting the reference list
from [[linear algebra]] to the end of every one. But in cases where
something is a standard result in elementary textbooks, I don't see what
advantage actually listing some arbitrarily chosen textbook gives the
reader.
It gives the reader a starting point for further research, and at least
demonstrates that the information wasn't pulled out of a hat.
Spangineer/Nathaniel