Questions about the process of learning mathematics, both inside and outside a formal environment, including learning strategies, recommendations for learning particular subjects, and studying habits.
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Philosophy of learning mathematics (combinatorics)
How does one learn mathematics in depth and well? I think I may be studying mathematics incorrectly, or I could be doing it a lot more efficiently/effectively. Sometimes I feel like I need every ...
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How does one study with many textbooks?
Suppose you wanted a good understanding of a subject, and so you start reading a recommended textbook. But it turns out that the textbook you have has a different perspective/omits certain topics, ...
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Noise sensitivity of Boolean functions
Is there any Boolean function from $\{-1,1\}^n$ to $\{-1,1\}$ such that whose noise sensitivity is greater than delta, where Delta is the probability of each bit is flipped in n-tupple.
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Problem with lowercase versus uppercase.
I often attack problems on two levels, a verbal level and a visual level. At a visual level, I try to imagine how everything is related - I arrange the ingredients of the problem into a two (or ...
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Learning Aid for Basic Theorems of Topological Vector Spaces in Functional Analysis
I am self-teaching myself the basics of functional analysis (e.g. topological vector spaces), and frankly I am starting to get a migraine sorting out/organizing in my head all of the ...
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Efficient ways to read and learn a new topic
I started reading the book "Topology without tears" by Sidney A Morris and lecture notes on "Elementary Number Theory" by WWL.Chen. To get the maximum out of the book and understand the material ...
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Which is better strategy to learn and read books, traditionally one by one OR re-read carefully on perfect books
(Just focus on how to learn and master the stuff pretty well, not involve the aspect of courses or exam)
Because recently I always feel that the time and energy are pretty limited, I want to try ...
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physics/mathematic simulations
Related to this question: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2626/modelling-forces-acting-on-a-sail
I would like to create a simulation of the forces.
I have done this before with cars:
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What is a good communication platform, which supports something like TeX-code?
I moved away and am now planning to communicate with a friend over the internet and talk about mathematical subjects (e.g. via Skype). However the text blocks like "\int_G\omega..." in a chat window ...
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khan academy and learning
I want to finish all the exercises in the map from addition to differential calculus, I'd say I'm about half way done.
is there anything I should be aware of? What is khan academy missing?
say if i ...
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Generalized eigenvalue solver online
For demonstrative purposes, I am trying to find an online solver where alumni can input data of two matrices A and B, then the system outputs the first eigenvalues and eigenvectors in the generalized ...
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Survey of balanced languages/grammars etc
Is there any good survey of nested/balanced/parenthesed/bracketed/XML/Dyck/Floyd languages/grammars and their applications? If no, can you please list all relevant keywords to allow gathering all ...
