Questions tagged [self-learning]
Questions about how someone learns on their his or her own, outside of traditional classroom environments.
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Is Morris Kline's 'Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach' a Good Book to Learn Calculus From?
Would I have to read a standard textbook in addition — i.e. Stewart, etc. — or would Kline's Calculus: an Intuitive and Physical Approach be sufficient? My interest is in applications: dynamical ...
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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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Why don't these 'solve in 2 sec' tricks work?
I am a med student and left maths in 10th class. Log and antilog and calculus etc are taught in 11th and 12th. Every time I have any exam that includes usage of these topics I go to Youtube and search ...
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How to grade a flipped class to improve participation and attendance
A flipped service course for me is an arrangement where videos are online and on-campus class time is used for problem solving by students. I usually have a homework due date the day after the ...
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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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Condense a logistic function around its midpoint [closed]
I have a function
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f(x) = {1 \over 1 + e^{-k(x-0.5)}}
$$
that plots a logistic curve that is symmetric around the point $0.5 / 0.5$.
$k$ defines the steepness of the curve.
I would now like to add ...
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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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Relearning math after long COVID using AoPS or developmental math textbooks?
This is a little bit of a niche topic.
I've dealt with a pretty bad dose of long COVID that has caused some serious gaps in my mathematics (basically causing terrible arithmetic skills and a really ...
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Should I really just "shut up and calculate"? On learning at a good pace without sacrificing rigour
This question is about getting realistic expectations for how a university student actually does and should learn maths. I'm becoming increasingly suspicious that my approach is detrimental, but I don'...
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How to stay interested in less-tangible math
I've graduated high school and I am joining college soon. The problem with me is that I'm not finding less tangible math interesting at all.
Some people find abstract math to be very beautiful, and I'...
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Why are hand waving arguments made in textbooks of undergraduate analysis and how should readers deal with them?
Having read several undergraduate textbooks in complex analysis (Stein-Shakarchi, Gamelin, etc.), I find that some "hand-waving" arguments are frequently used. An example (the proof of the ...
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Learning, exams, math degree
I have only passed the one fourth of my courses so far, which means like one year of the maths undergraduate studies. I live in a different place from where the university i study at is and try to ...
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Rediscovering euqation of line [closed]
I am studying (self learner) linear equations/equation of line and my idea is to discover the equations myself rather than try and understand ready-made equations available in text books. I am using X-...
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On doing scientific research [closed]
What I want to ask is: can I use the results of others when doing scientific research, whether it is math, physics or other science, without trying to prove them myself or try to verify them? For ...
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Research Into Self-Learning at Undergraduate Level and Above
My motivation for this question is personal. I'm a software engineer and I study mathematical logic as a hobby. Subjectively, it feels like I make the most progress after asking a question on the Math ...
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