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Overcoming Dyslexia and Building Intuition
I am 25 and have been studying mathematics on my own for several years, but I am still between the middle and high school levels.
My main weakness is my dyslexia. I sometimes forget words or confuse ...
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How do I assimilate mathematical concept?
Already knowing that the famous quotation "there is no royal road to mathematics", I believe that the most efficient and best way to learn mathematics is to make it intuitive to oneself, at least to ...
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Lack of intuition, retention while self studying
I am a first year undergraduate student, currently in second semester.
So basically I learnt most of the first year stuff in high school, so I have a lot of free time in this year (currently in ...
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Why are proofs written in flowery language incomprehensible?
Let's take an example in Wu-Ki Tung, Group theory in physics:
Theorem 3.4: Irreducible representations of any abelian group must be of dimension one.
Proof: Let $U(G)$ be an irreducible ...
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How to effectively internalize math?
Terrence Tao commented of internalizing [here: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/ ]
"It is true that some mathematicians can be vastly more ...
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How can I improve my concept map?
I've decided to create a concept map of a chapter I covered in a textbook, it's about basic set notation. What I want is suggestions on how to improve the presentation of the map. It seems quite ...