Pure mathematicians experience physical pain when they see approximations and "good enough" solutions in applied math textbooks. The horror of reading "let's assume this infinitesimal is zero" or "this term is negligible" is equivalent to watching someone commit mathematical homicide. The textbook might as well say "proof left as an exercise" on every page while a physicist scribbles π=3 in the margin.
The Purist's Nightmare
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