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Is Calculus Made Easy by Silvanus P. Thompson a good book for first-time calculus learners?
Specifically the one updated by Martin Gardner. I'm not studying as part of a high school or college course (I, in the near future, will though) just as a personal project.
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Would the SMSG textbooks provide adequate extracurricular study?
Context: I'm a Grade 11 IBDP student and very fond of math. Assuming that I get the spare time to self-study material alongside the syllabus, I wish to spend it constructively (the only step I've ...
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What are the resources to learn prerequisite knowledge to latter High school and undergrad prep textbooks?
I use textbook study and am planning on studying Spivak's Calculus, Mathematics It's Content, Methods, and Meaning, How to Prove it by Velleman, etc. However, I'm worried I lack the prerequisite ...
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About the effectiveness of self-studying maths (compared with other subjects)
An important feature of mathematics is that it is relatively easy (compare to many other subjects) to know whether or not one's understanding is correct. There are plenty of ways to check: one can ...
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What math courses should I take in order to become a secondary math educator?
Seeing as this is the math educator site, perhaps someone can help me out:
I am looking to become a math teacher, but I am having a hard time figuring out which math courses I need to be taking. ...
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How to explain inverse modulo? [closed]
Do you know a (simple) inverse modulo calculator somewhere on the Internet?
How to explain simply inverse modulo? (when the concept of modulo is already a bit known)
How to explain someone how to ...
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Are there any math certificates/qualifications on high school maths that you can do after high school?
I hope this is a good place to ask the question.
My issue is that I have finished high school a number of years ago, and although I did some (non-advanced) math courses then, I did not do an exam in ...
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Reading Your Algebra Book
An algebra book requires a different type of reading than a novel or a short story. Every sentence in a math book is full of information and logically linked to the surrounding sentences. You should ...
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Self Teaching Theory for Olympiad. Need advice
(Cross-posted in MSE 1301476.)
I want to start to do Olympiad type questions but have absolutely no knowledge on how to solve these apart from my school curriculum. I'm 16 but know maths up to the 18 ...
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Effects of early study of advanced books
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There was recently a question on Math.SE: Inferior to Other Younger and Brighter Kids which starts as follows:
I'm a high school student (Junior/Grade 11) and I'm currently studying ...
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What things should one know in order to enjoy their undergraduate degree?
From looking at undergraduate mathematics programmes it's quite apparent that mathematics degrees are demanding, one could even say the work load is gruelling. However I'm certain that there are ...
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