First, this statement itself is a fallacy, a kind of self-satisfaction. The west is the source of mathematics. Anyone who has studied advanced mathematics a little knows formula theorems named after westerners, and they are all in books. Believe it or not, the facts are in front of us.
Second, since ancient Greece, western mathematics has been at the forefront of the world. There are many scholars, including Eratosthenes, Democritus, Euclid, Pythagoras, Thales and Archimedes. Academic achievements include the elements of geometry and other famous works. There are many schools, such as Pythagoras School and Plato School.
Greek mathematics has made outstanding contributions in the fields of logic, geometry and algebra. Mathematics achievement is not only scattered mathematics knowledge, but also a system with special learning, education and training system. These are different from the ancient mathematics education in China.
Third, with the end of the dark ages, the Renaissance began. Western mathematics represented by figures such as Gauss, Newton and Leibniz is developing vigorously. We are familiar with calculus, geometry, algebra, complex variable functions, etc., and began to learn, and achieved fruitful results. Further promoted the development of science, technology and engineering.
Famous mathematicians, such as mathematics prince Gauss, Newton, Laplace, Cauchy, Bernoulli, Fourier, etc. Brilliant and accomplished.
You know, the advanced mathematics in our university is just the research results hundreds of years ago.
Third, the so-called poor mathematical foundation of westerners is just our wishful thinking. Just like you think your children are beautiful and smart. Ordinary people in the west are poor at math. Why are we poor at math?
China's mathematics textbooks were deeply influenced by the Soviet Union. Attach importance to the derivation and calculation of formula theorems, but lack the education of mathematical principles, mathematical history and mathematical intuition. Always confused, I don't know what the purpose is. I have learned most of them, but I have almost forgotten them. Because the brain rejects this meaningless and obscure memory.
China people's attitude towards mathematics is that mathematics is difficult to understand and useless. Examination is the only purpose that most people think of mathematics learning.
Recently, reading foreign mathematics textbooks is much more interesting than domestic ones.
Fourthly, China's mathematics, especially ancient mathematics, has also made great achievements, such as Zu Chongzhi's Pi and Yang Hui Triangle, which are well known. The attitude towards mathematics in ancient times was still temporary, marginal and scattered. Therefore, our mathematics is often summed up by ancient craftsmen, and it is useless to apply it to engineering skills instead of being taught mathematics in private schools and academies like the imperial examination, and to rise to the level of the national education system.
Conclusion: Therefore, we should know more about the outside world and broaden our horizons and ideas. In a closed circle, you really can't help yourself if you entertain yourself and indulge in it.