study-discussion

[raven kindle]

books are nice but books for precalc are pretty dry

it's mostly just computations i think

[empty glade]

Khan academy higly recomended

Will short it

[winged crow]

I did ask some of my peers and teachers, but largely the respond I got was just do the work. They tend to base their work, when to start and what to work on, mostly on their current mood. I did try this, but it seemed I mostly just never got into the "mood". Aside from that one teacher told me that I should start early, but so far that's all I got. I also read the article of Tao about time management largely to the same result. But I am open to other techniqurs if you mind sharing.

The write up of questions is an interesting idea

[cinder steppe]

who is Z

[smoky spear]

does any1 have advice on where to find easy access to algebra problems in the first grade of high school

ie factoring,matrices,absolute values,systems, discussions etc

we just finished that part of algebra and while i do understand the concepts and can do simple problems i can't do more complicated problems and i'll need it in the future

[scenic shuttle]

what complicated problems do you want?

[smoky spear]

Any resource that allows me to practice pattern recognition/arithmetic related to the subjects I mentioned

I’m at the point where if I see x thing I know what to do with it but I struggle seeing x thing

[scenic shuttle]

have you tried googling anything yet?

[smoky spear]

Yeah I have I found algebra generator the problems are too simple and finding books generally resulted in higher math than I’m in now

[scenic shuttle]

you just need stuff that’s a bit more challenging but still doable for your level, not some crazy jump into higher math

[smoky spear]

Yup

[hazy vigil]

[cinder steppe]

oooh she’s awesome

[empty glade]

First, I acknowledge that even though I might have an entire day, I will not have 24 hours to study realistically. First, because study isn’t the only thing I do, like I’ve to attend to classes, take care of my body, travel from home… etc. And even though I have great willpower I couldn’t even study 18 hours straight because my mind and body gets tired. On that note I accept that my body has limitations so I might usually spend 4 hours max studying in a day of class or 8 in the weekends. Not only that, but I’ve to spend some time resting after I study for a long time so that I can regain my strength. I study 38-43 min and rest 17 if I’m practicing or if I have to maximize my time. If there is a highly complex subject, i’ll study 20 to avoid overpressure and make small but consistent gains since its challenging. Currently I’m working on mu resting strategy, playing or listenjng to music work a few times. But calling someone to chat, laying down flat, watching comedy, eating something I like etc, helps me enter in a better moos to study and study for longer. After 3 blocks of studying I play an hour, as a reward and a “advanced rest mode”. As I said previously, I’m actively searching on the browser math topics i dont understand to get a sense on what websites work best to study and learn faster. I always ask questions in class, I’m basically the class philosopher or something, by doing that I save myself time from independent study, although I must say Im lucky because my teachers are willing to answer most questiosn even thought they might have already said it to ensure we learn. If you think it would be simpler for you to ask a very basic and easy question by yourself, reserve the complex ones for the teachers. Also, I’ve a brother that’s very advanced in math and school classmates that are semesters ahead; so that helps a lot.

The other thing that I’ve explained to someone else is that Ive managed to commit leas simple mistakes through recognition of my common errors and tactics to avoid it, so I don’t have to make it twice. I’m also planning in reinforcing my basic arithmetic so I can be faster.

The other vital aspect is, don’t underestimate the importance of sleep. If you sleep less than your minimum hours you’ll have less energy during the day to function at your best and will be more cranky and eager to quit studying early. A well night sleep will allow you to think much more clearly, be in a better mood on everything and make the most of a single day. In that note, be wary of social media and games, because they can suck up your time without noticing or consenting it. My daily consumption weeks prior were about hours a day, and I didnt even think I was using THAT much. So I’ve double downed in making the algorithm show me more science, news and learning oriented subjects than flashy, brainrot memes and scandals. This makes it less likely that you will enter the algorithm beacause it got boring and the time will be spent on thinga that add value and are intellectually enticing.

Make a journal of the things that are on your mind, although it doesn’t increment study hours it gives you a peace and a growth trayectory. If you are constantly worrying about a relationship, about an exam or something else, it will stay like that for a long time until a bunch of things accumulate and drain you. Which is what has happened to me many times. Writing them down reduces stress, allows you to think clearly and gain a spectator mode perspective and many times you can reason your way out of this. Why do I say this, your peace of mind affects your concentration, so working on the things that worry you will not only allow you to feel more mature and confident but it will mantain balance between the different aspects of your life. It doesn’t have to be journaling but somehing on that note helps.

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In order to close everything and summarize

Some comments from professors that really stuck with me:

1. You don’t have to like something to study, rather make it your mission that you find value and like what your study.
2. We want our students to be dedicated and focused on their classes, but we don’t want our students to get sick by doing that.
3. Enjoy your time in university, not everything is about study and allow yourself to build relationships with your classmates.
4. I notice that you are dedicated to your learning process even though your grades reflect otherwise.
5. I’m proud of your progress so far and it gives me joy.
6. Be around or closer to people you admire, they will inspire to grow

[scenic shuttle]

holy yap

[empty glade]

1. Recognize and define that what you can study in a given day (Learning and results dont come from a single sit down but cumulative yet, limited efforts through weeks)
2. Find how much you can study continuously in different learning areas and dedicate time to rest and recoup. (It doesnt help to study indefinitely, some cases you will get drained quickly but set some time standarts and make it so you improve your mood and concentration after rest).
3. Find people that are more advanced than you and willing to help you (They will help you fill holes of knowledge or doubts that will be extremely difficult for you, so you can make the most you of your time)
4. Work proactively on finding good sources and ways to make studying or practicing faster ( Sometimes class materials are underexplained and complex, finding comprehensive materials and time saving strategies will propel you foward).
5. Acknowledge and slowly improve repeated mistakes (In math, confusing a plus with a minus can give you an absolutely different result, many times anulling all the effor you put into it, correcting them will allow you to show your actual learning).
6. Sleep sleep sleep (A well rest and nights sleep will go a long way to feel and perform better and viceversa).
7. Regulate your entertainment ( Nowadays it’s imposible to think a phone without games or socialmedia they grant us immense short term joy and is extremely hard to distance yourself, rather make sure you configure it to tone down the drug effect and if you are hooked to it rest from it for a week as a test of will).
8. Work on yourself (eg. Journaling) (Not managing your non academic related issues can make your mind divided and anxious until collapse, having a balance between both will allow you feel more confident and improve concentration).

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Thats $300 dollars an hour, I only accept MasterCard

[empty glade]

I know, but I think if I explain the reason behind what I do, it gives more flexibility the advicee to tweak and improve rather than stiff recommendations. Plus its a reminder of my growth by putting myself in an unnecessarily difficult arrangement of course planning two months ago.

[empty glade]

.

😅 I wrote so much, that I had to break it up in more pieces because discord warned me that my userplan doesnt account for that many words in a single message 😭😂🤣

[edgy sierra]

ain't reading allat

[empty glade]

I made a sumarry

[edgy sierra]

twin i need chatgpt to summarize this for me

[empty glade]

😭🤣

[wooden lotus]

how do i learn maths from scratch i even suck at easy level maths like logariths

[muted steppe]

How do I study mathematics effectively and how to set a routine for it?

[limber summit]

wow is college really that terse?

[empty glade]

I enrolled in calculus 1 and linear algebra, two notoriously difficult courses at that level and in a summer semester. So far, i think I will get through, but still it pushed me to adapt and grow

Plus, the prior semester I barely studied so I didn’t have a study technique

[compact fjord]

summary

[compact fjord]

18 hr??? give me tips...I can only study 12-14

[empty glade]

Summary

I explained that having a day to study doesn’t mean that you have 24 or 18 hours to study. I do a max of 8-10 in free days

Rather, how do you do?

[compact fjord]

i do it regularly ~12hr..This potential will drop to 8hr if i went regular school

[fervent oyster]

hi guys im new to the server and would like to introduce myself and my problems with math.

im daksh, i study in india and im currently in 12th grade and about to give my finals.

i love math when i have to apply it myself in my CAD or cs projects but school math seems really hard for me because idk why i just have some phobia of it and i havent really practiced math since 2019 because i didnt have a lot of time.

im also preparing for jee and i got 72.4 percentile which is considered pretty bad by everyone i know who see me not living up to "my potential" as i have great knowledge and application and work experience.

basically im one of those maker types where i just cant do unnecessary work if i dont like it or dont see the point in it (ala high school math)

ive come here in the hopes that i would find help and motivation to pick up math again and get a salvagable score in my math finals for which i have 10 days to prepare for (from 28th february to 9th march)

the syllabus and my competency is as follows:

sets and relations - very good at analytics
matrices and determinants - somewhat competitive
inverse trigonometry - cooked
trigonometry in general - cooked unless im handed a calculator
calculus (limits, differentiation and integration) - good at basic levels but get confused as soon as identities, substitutions and the lot step in
statistics - good

for context we're not allowed to have calculators for the test and the syllabus has like 60+ identities you need to remember and substitutions that are supposed to be revealed to you in your dreams

[fervent oyster]

right so here's the problem.

i understand the unit circle, i understand the definitions.

BUT

its just that somehow i cant keep all the identities memorized.

[compact fjord]

bro ate 3d and 2d geometry

[fervent oyster]

easy as fuck

same with vectors

[frosty gate]

i struggle so bad with the same thing, the transformation formulae are literally chewing me away

i can solve good questions if i have my formula sheet with me

so rn im trying to reduce my dependency on formula sheets

hmm right

i did, it is a good one

how??

are we talking of representation in complex plane?

thats such a cool way of thinking of trig, like we did learn all this but i never connected things that way

[fervent oyster]

okay so a thing

where i live

(india)

we dont get enough time

to do all this in the exam

like there are 30-40 questions

all with almost equal amounts of calculation except a few

and 3hrs

and its almost guaranteed that all calculus questions will have trig like this

apart from the trig questions themselves

i have ~ 10 days for the exam (its on 9th march)

[frosty gate]

ohh

i think hes talking about boards here

[fervent oyster]

JEE and boards both

mainly boards

here's a page from PYQs

[compact fjord]

oh so you must have cooked Permutation and combination

[fervent oyster]

yea

[compact fjord]

🙏

[fervent oyster]

but ngl there was only one pnc question

and i got that right too in my shift

i fucked up in physics and in general everything

[compact fjord]

lucky

[fervent oyster]

72.4%ile just from guessing (42 phy, 81 chem, 77 math)

[frosty gate]

wait most of them can be solved without any trig identities but basics of definite integration

[compact fjord]

[fervent oyster]

these are 2 markers

3 and 5 markers are insane

[frosty gate]

my pnc question had some stats formula at end n i had skipped stats completely T-T

[compact fjord]

CBSE questions

[fervent oyster]

i was super happy because i basically hadnt studied anything and just thought what could go wrong and gave the first attempt as a test of my knowledge.

chemistry was mostly educated guessing and elimination and so was math.

couldnt do this much guessing in physics so got cooked

attempted 55qs

got 45/300

💀

and 72.4%ile

[compact fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/uhh-negative-wheezer-skymed-204-that's-a-negative-gif-8495504445417449083

[frosty gate]

tbh i flunked all integer type if not my jee percentile wouldve been so much better

so what r u guys doing for april attempt?

[fervent oyster]

couldve scored <AIR1000 in barch and bplanning tho

[fervent oyster]

prayers and actually trying for the first time in my life

[fervent oyster]

if it wasnt for maths

99%ile in planning

[compact fjord]

what is this BARCH?

[fervent oyster]

architecture

jee paper 2a and 2b

[frosty gate]

wait we can write those exams too along side jee??

like btech

[fervent oyster]

i gave all 3 papers

im from pcm

[frosty gate]

ohhhh

[fervent oyster]

but i have 5th and 6th subject from commerce

[frosty gate]

i didnt know that tbh

[fervent oyster]

pcm + accounts + bst

[frosty gate]

so wait can just a pcm person write those too??

[fervent oyster]

idk

in my school they let us pick

because of NEP

[frosty gate]

icccc

[warm bison]

Hello

[fervent oyster]

im writing CUET as well just in the hopes that i can steal a seat from some underprepared guy trying to get into DU

kek

[frosty gate]

ohh nice

[fervent oyster]

(general non ews male btw)

(no "stealing" allegations please)

basically on hard mode

whatever allows me to be unbothered and own my own car, house, server and allows me to pay for my internet and food

ideally something im happy to do

[frosty gate]

tbh i want to major in math n then specialise

[fervent oyster]

idk bro i just want to live but people need college degrees for entry level jobs as well

[frosty gate]

but my subjective math is crap, for entrance exams i need subjective math

[compact fjord]

write BITS....IAT....

[fervent oyster]

already registered 🙂

im giving 10+ exams lmfao

showing steps essentially

[frosty gate]

just subjective questions i mean

[compact fjord]

[frosty gate]

what all??

[fervent oyster]

jee (all 3 papers)
jee adv hopefully
nata
uceed (given)
nid (given)
cuet
nest
iat
isi
manipal met
viteee
srmjee
bitsat
bitsdes
manipal des

[compact fjord]

Bro will come at news at and will get world record

[frosty gate]

how r u not drowning in stress

[compact fjord]

missed some exam

OJEE
WBJEE

GATE

NEET
missed

[frosty gate]

lol bro will some day end up with a world record for most exams written

[compact fjord]

already an indian has it

[frosty gate]

wait that record actually exists?

damnn

[compact fjord]

ambedkar 9 degree

[fervent oyster]

and SAT + that one german exam and language exams

[fervent oyster]

this also with UPSC but that's reserved for when i get in a college

[fervent oyster]

i am

[frosty gate]

u r learning foreign languages??

[fervent oyster]

this is sadly very normal in india

[fervent oyster]

also this

[compact fjord]

dont forget to apply for MIT

[fervent oyster]

i studied german and sanskrit till 10th

[frosty gate]

damnn

[fervent oyster]

sanskrit is useless

but if i dont get a college in india

i will have to go outside

not going to the US because as of now its a shithole

[frosty gate]

where r u studying for sat english section from??

[fervent oyster]

thinking europe and japan

i mean, this was alongside the regular science, math, english stuff

[compact fjord]

isnt it a coding language in NASA

[fervent oyster]

my mother tongue is english so hopefully just small practice from PYQs

[fervent oyster]

i hate that aunty who said this

[frosty gate]

ohh

[compact fjord]

https://x.com/BroominsKaBaap/status/1842428905103274184 🙏

ZORO (@BroominsKaBaap)

Sanskrit is a coding language and NASA is already using it 👁️👁️

X · Oct 5, 2024, 4:57 AM

[frosty gate]

i have no clue what to choose outside india

[fervent oyster]

this aunty is why so many people are studying sanskrit

[frosty gate]

for europe i only know basic french

[fervent oyster]

same

everywhere i see everyone just hates indians

because of random people from punjab

and gujarat

and bihar

[frosty gate]

well i mean u have germany as an option, they do prefer ppl who can speak german

[fervent oyster]

and india itself is not a very good place to be rn

[fervent oyster]

they will still make fun of you for the places they see on tiktok which not even locals dare to visit

[compact fjord]

japan and Israel are the most easiest place to get WORK/STUDY visa

[frosty gate]

most of the ppl i met there were nice to me, except they have sooo many insane stereotypes due to insta reels and what not

[compact fjord]

could go to middle east for work

[fervent oyster]

not tryna be a slave bro

• already saturated

[normal sleet]

Germany education is free though you may need a loan for the initial living expenses (the visa needs a blocked account)

[fervent oyster]

i have 0 problem with expenses

[frosty gate]

what about australia?

[compact fjord]

i can live by selling bottles

[fervent oyster]

its just that my parents arent really inclined to spend that much

[compact fjord]

racist

[fervent oyster]

im at a A level already

[frosty gate]

real tbh

[fervent oyster]

this is also a disadvantage because i dont get classified into a lower caste or economically weak section which makes it insanely hard for me to find a college in india

you have to get like 97-99 percentile to get a decent college

[frosty gate]

true true

[compact fjord]

mainly they believe we to politics to get success/higher rank

[frosty gate]

huh??

[fervent oyster]

they think we're stealing their jobs but they dont know that we do that to everyone including ourselves

[normal sleet]

Basic german is not too hard

It does get harder tho

[compact fjord]

Duolingo 🙏

would take 2-3 months

[normal sleet]

Probably not enough to go far

I learnt german for 3 years

[frosty gate]

but isnt duolingo getting weird since they started to become ai first??

[normal sleet]

Granted ~4 hours a week

[frosty gate]

what resources did u follow??

[normal sleet]

And I'm like B1 at best

[compact fjord]

IDK used it chess and it was worst

[fervent oyster]

they also forget that they live in such a nice country.

i had an experience when i visited germany with my dad when a lady asked us why we come to foreign countries like germany (went on holiday btw)

dad had to ask her "do you want to live in india"

she said "no its filthy and trashy"

and he said "likewise" lmaoo

[normal sleet]

I took courses in uni so I had a text to follow

[compact fjord]

and they dont have regional dialects.

[frosty gate]

ohh i see

[compact fjord]

bro is rich

[fervent oyster]

you see it as a good thing and i see it as a disadvantage

my dad is rich

im not

[frosty gate]

can relate to u soo bad

my friends legit mock me when i say that

"rich kid stuff" it seems

it is annoying

[fervent oyster]

i hate it so much because people assume you can do anything because you're rich

i never wanted to study maths or physics this way

i was just making neat circuit boards and programming since the age of 7

and yet i cant get into cs at a good uni

what good is that

sucks in india

[frosty gate]

thats the worst thing about living in india tbh, no university considers extracurriculars

[compact fjord]

india doesnt have reservations for poor

[fervent oyster]

honestly if i had the option to kms i would

[fervent oyster]

EWS

• all the subsidies

• all the free "yojanas"

mfs literally get free scooters and laptops

[compact fjord]

how much will get low 5-7%?

[fervent oyster]

their water and electricity is free

they get free houses

they dont even pay taxes

[compact fjord]

90%of things goes for ads

[fervent oyster]

? 5-7% of what

[compact fjord]

%%%

[fervent oyster]

yeah except our taxes pay for that shit

[fervent oyster]

?

[compact fjord]

ile

unlike lower caste which would be 1/2

[fervent oyster]

i dont understand what you're saying

another thing, they live in bliss bro they arent aware of how good things are in other countries

im statistically at a place where i get to see good things but i dont get to experience them

[compact fjord]

80.38 (Gen-EWS)
61.15 (SC), and 47.90 (ST)

gen 94 something

2025

[fervent oyster]

if i was a poor farmer i would be much happier

[fervent oyster]

cutoffs

oh

[frosty gate]

i think the problem with being well off is the pressure

[compact fjord]

even if you were poor you woundnt qualify with that mark

[fervent oyster]

deserved tbh but also i didnt study for the exam

like at all

[compact fjord]

reasonable

[fervent oyster]

so i was surprised that im better than almost 3/4th of the people who gave the exam

[fervent oyster]

yup

and im not even well off im just middle class

[compact fjord]

must be cbse students

[fervent oyster]

im from cbse

yeah so can we talk about maths now

[compact fjord]

not studying for that exam

[normal sleet]

Idk if this is math related but a masters in germany is sometimes in english

For math

[fervent oyster]

thats my mother tongue

dont care

never had to study english

[compact fjord]

[compact fjord]

math is you mother tongue....You should get full marks

[normal sleet]

Ye so I'm saying you can do an undergrad anyway
Then do a masters in germany
That opens the job market and allows you to do a phd in europe

If you wanna get there

[fervent oyster]

could do that but the hard part is getting the undergrad

[normal sleet]

Yeah true

[fervent oyster]

its absurdly hard in india

[frosty gate]

true

[fervent oyster]

its either random non-recognized colleges or insanely hard to get into colleges

[frosty gate]

btw r u gonna take a drop yr?

[compact fjord]

day after tomorrow is my math exam..Have to study geometry 🙏

[fervent oyster]

parents will kill me if i do

[compact fjord]

bro is rich

[frosty gate]

right lol

[fervent oyster]

bro just stop with the rich

there are different kinds of rich

60LPA in tier 1 is just middle class

literally everyone and their mother has comparable salaries

[compact fjord]

IITian doesn't have that much

[fervent oyster]

iitians are freshers

and start with 20LPA for the lowest

some start with 3cr/a

you dont know about 50-60 year old people

just stop talking if you dont know

[compact fjord]

your family comes at top 5% indians🙏

[fervent oyster]

yeah but unfortunately i come from the bottom of the top 5%

and i myself am not in any place to be ranked

i suck at everything

[frosty gate]

most of the ppl ik have a usa citizenship, lucky mfs

[fervent oyster]

yeah

literally half of my class is OCI

they get a quota

even though they studied here

[frosty gate]

damnn

[fervent oyster]

and some lucky mfs go to IB schools

they have so much time on hand

[frosty gate]

most of my class from cbse school already planning to go to usa

[fervent oyster]

@compact fjord stfu and stop talking about this for now

[fervent oyster]

same

[compact fjord]

sorry

[frosty gate]

btw what usa unis r u aiming for??

[fervent oyster]

idk man

not going there

firstly parents arent convinced and rightly so

plus political situation

plus indian hating in general

[compact fjord]

H1 visa

[frosty gate]

oh yeahh that too

[fervent oyster]

H1Bs are for working dumbass

student visas are still open

[frosty gate]

lmao

[fervent oyster]

as i said

stfu

and before you say it

[compact fjord]

see ya chumps

[fervent oyster]

the 100k for the H1b is paid by your employer

not you yourself

[fervent oyster]

wdym bro thats like 90% of the reason im hesitant 😭

[frosty gate]

tbh even living expenses r wayy too much just for an undergrad

my counsellor said it could go upto 2 crores with the current situation

[fervent oyster]

yeah lol

thats why i was thinking somewhere in the eu

or last resort

china

[frosty gate]

dude what

[fervent oyster]

good unis ngl

but a lot of racism

• they probably wont accept

[frosty gate]

in eu i thought ok uk but then apparently uk is better for business unis

[frosty gate]

yeah i mean their situation is worse than jee

[fervent oyster]

UK is good but once again

demographics

are a little

shaky

would prefer not to go

that's why its a last resort

[frosty gate]

tbh id go to uk for a phd

[frosty gate]

isnt singapore better?

[fervent oyster]

same on the condition that i dont get stabbed by a pakistani or bangladeshi

[fervent oyster]

local population is overwhelmed by indian immigration

[frosty gate]

oh sheesh but crimes in uk are far lower than most of us states

[fervent oyster]

would not recommend

[normal sleet]

Eh

[fervent oyster]

religious protests and crimes are on the rise, specifically related to islam

[normal sleet]

For working i guess so
Students wise no

[fervent oyster]

and being hindu i dont like taking chances

they hate us

[normal sleet]

We are mostly flooded by chinese

[fervent oyster]

oh

thats new

[frosty gate]

what has the world come to atp T-T

[fervent oyster]

reason number 2 of me wanting to kms

haha i dont really like cricket but sure

first i have to give all the exams i mentioned

if i get something decent then i might just stay here

anyways

how do i fix my math

[frosty gate]

ud prolly have heard this but- solve more questions

[normal sleet]

Theres not much to do but practice
The rule is to not cheat yourself

[fervent oyster]

it just takes a lot of time and shows low result

[frosty gate]

it doesnt actually

[fervent oyster]

like it doesent seem promising

[normal sleet]

Like dont pretend to understand things when you read stuff

[frosty gate]

for me it did drastically improve

[fervent oyster]

i'll try

[frosty gate]

its just solving questions helps u see things u prolly would not have thought of while doing theory

[normal sleet]

Math has to be engaged with unfortunately
You can't just read it and get it done
I do math everyday for years and its still hard

[fervent oyster]

so in my experience its not that i dont understand it

its just that i dont always know what identities and substitutions to use

and i forget formulae

[frosty gate]

read examples from cengage

[fervent oyster]

like i can explain what each of the operations is and what it accomplishes and how to solve it

[frosty gate]

to get the basic idea of how to go about problems

[fervent oyster]

okay

jee maths in 40 days 🤪

[frosty gate]

lol jee mains math is actually chill

[normal sleet]

Yeah oftentimes it's pattern recognition
You associate certain expressions with certain substitutions

But its normal to try and fail and try other stuff

[fervent oyster]

i was actually very good at math

till covid hit

[frosty gate]

covid ruined talents

[fervent oyster]

and the indian system doesnt really allow for "engaging"

with maths

or anything really

its just "hey x=2a, remember that"

[frosty gate]

lmaoo u should see narayana kids

they just memorise formulas

[normal sleet]

:/

[frosty gate]

and hit questions with random ass formulas

its sad

[fervent oyster]

ikr

[frosty gate]

like mfs dont understand the basic shit

but no get selected into iits cuz been studying since 6th grade

[fervent oyster]

honestly hollistic evaluation would be so good

for people like us

who actually understand math

welp

i have 40 days for JEE attempt 2

will try my best

[frosty gate]

igg, tbh

[frosty gate]

what about physics n chem??

[fervent oyster]

how much do you reckon @frosty gate ? 12 hours per day?

[fervent oyster]

same thing

[frosty gate]

reckon in the sense?

[fervent oyster]

for chemistry i can do most questions by elimination

[fervent oyster]

like how much do i have to study

[fervent oyster]

because most of it is just basic properties

from nomenclature

[frosty gate]

tbh hard to say, theres boards thatll eat most of ur time away

[fervent oyster]

cant remember reactions for shit tho

and physics i can model in my head

but same thing with formulae

physics is just applied math

[frosty gate]

i have french exam day after tom n im opening the text book for first time tonight

[fervent oyster]

i have the easiest 3 subjects apart from pcm

so ill be fine

english, accounts and bst

[frosty gate]

no no its not just that, how would u study during boards for jee

even tho they r easy ud still prolly have to spend time leaning now wouldnt u?? i mean thats my situation , im just studying for boards one day b4 each exam so prolly no jee prep now

[fervent oyster]

i mean, physics and accounts is already done tho, chemistry is on 28th feb, math on 10th march, then english somewhere here or there and then bst on 28 or 26 march

[fervent oyster]

sameish

idk

will somehow have to do with it

[frosty gate]

ohh atbbb bro

[frosty gate]

yeah tbh i cant wait to be done with all this n start living an actual life

like whats the point of all this if at the end of the day im just rote learning n barely understanding a word

[fervent oyster]

oh well too bad

you need a bachelors

and a masters degree

to work as a waiter in a restaurant

(infosys/tcs data analysis)

[frosty gate]

ughh yeah annoying how nobody takes u serious without a formal education

[fervent oyster]

mfw i just need a salary of 20LPA to live happily forever and i cant even get that

i have so many skills

and yet these mfs want pcm numericals

which wont even be there on the job

[frosty gate]

so well said

but a good uni is the first step to marketing ur self isnt it?

[fervent oyster]

if it helps im already applying for jobs on linkedin, have 500+ connections and have been contacted for jobs before but rejected because i dont have a bachelors and am still in the process of giving hs finals

can i send my linkedin over here

or is it against the rules

[frosty gate]

damnn, what sort of jobs did u apply for??

[fervent oyster]

thought so

[fervent oyster]

ai interns

and design

[frosty gate]

ah i see

[fervent oyster]

im somewhat good at cpp and python and have courses from ibm, iit madras and the linux foundation in ai and data science

i have so many

they still wont care

[frosty gate]

oww nah u need an iit tag

[fervent oyster]

they need me to suffer and cry while doing pcm numericals

[frosty gate]

skills dont matter here

[fervent oyster]

mfw i went to iit bombay techfest and won 2nd place in a competition nationally for robotics

and yet im supposedly not skilled enough to be an engineer

im too dumb for it

[frosty gate]

sad

[compact fjord]

Shri Chaitanya

[fervent oyster]

lmfao i just signed up for neet

fuck the medical students

[unborn spindle]

Is my writing cooked @summer crescent @solemn tusk 🙏😭

[summer crescent]

i don’t like cursive

even for cursive it’s pretty mid

and why is it like half cursive half not

it’s like, reasonably neat

questionable calligraphy choices

[solemn tusk]

Not bad to be honest.

[unborn spindle]

idk my hands act weird

especially when the professor talk slow i dont do cursive, when he/she talk fast i turn russian doctor mode

[unborn spindle]

thank you

[solemn tusk]

One of my recent creation.

[solemn tusk]

Guess the theorem.

[summer crescent]

gorgeous

[unborn spindle]

ignore the problem, the word proof is way too perfect tbh

W chef cooking

[solemn tusk]

You know there's one time.

I see Greek alphabets in math.

I though if I didn't write as perfect as the formal one, my marks will get deducted.

So I spent 1 month practicing writing Greek alphabets.

$\xi$

[mossy shadow]

Restarter

[solemn tusk]

This was the notorious one.

[solemn tusk]

So freaking hard to be written.

It wasn't until during class, I saw my teacher write it.

And yeah.

Marks won't get deducted.

I was just overthinking.

[unborn spindle]

how to spell that letter

i only used to sigma alpha beta theta phi and some few letters

[solemn tusk]

This one is Xi.

[unborn spindle]

https://tenor.com/view/xi-jinping-agree-chinese-gif-916020222063805247

[solemn tusk]

Bruh.

[unborn spindle]

[balmy mulch]

Hello

[arctic oar]

Hello, I would like to learn geometry. I am a beginner at it.
I am planning to learn it alongside number theory and abstract algebra

[summer wadi]

euclidean geometry in mathematical olympiads by evan chen is amazing for improving at solving geo problems. It is difficult (at least for me) but it doesn't require any previous knowledge and starts from the start

[arctic oar]

Is it computational?

Like, just computational?

[summer wadi]

first 4 chapters are synthetic starting from the 5th chapter it teaches some computational techniques of solving geo problems such as complex coordinates barycentric coordinates and such

[arctic oar]

ah, okay

I suppose it works from axioms and definitions

modern

[summer wadi]

it is euclidean geometry

it doesnt assume you know a certain fact even if it is something like "$\angle ABD = \angle ACD$ for four points $A,B,C,D$ in a circle in that order". It mentions and proves

[mossy shadow]

Fatih

[arctic oar]

Okay

Well, thanks

[compact fjord]

the only greek letters i know are alpha,beta and gamma

delta

[edgy sierra]

xi is the worst greek letter to write fr

[solemn tusk]

Well I'm glad you agree.

[solemn tusk]

Because of that one month of practices, I now know every single one of them. 🤣

[edgy sierra]

i learned how to write it two months ago

then i forgot

yet i still remember how to write zeta even though i last wrote it six months ago

i remember exhausting two pieces of paper on writing it properly when i first saw it

[smoky spear]

i took a 20ish min break after studying for 2hr (not fully focused bit I TRIED MY BEST MAN), been working for 20min now im still exhausted

is it time to re caffeine myself

had around 80mg of caffeine 6h ago

or around 100

[quick elk]

you need breaks

[empty glade]

Yess

[raw tinsel]

humans weren't designed to study. we are supposed to be hunters in the wild or farmers on the land
rebel

[fervent oyster]

Tell that to the corporations

[raw tinsel]

i will work as a hunter and give 20% of my catches as taxes

[desert field]

who can help me prepare for selective exam entry

[edgy sierra]

Humans weren't meant to pay taxes

:/

[upbeat gale]

if you want me to pay my taxes

you better come over with a crucifix

you're gonna have to nail me down

[edgy sierra]

Ordinary people must stop paying taxes

[raw tinsel]

the extraordinarily poor

[fervent oyster]

unreal

[proven anvil]

I am trying to find what math I need to take and whether to become a math or IT something major, for things like solving spherical, hyperboloid, and Euclidean 4d+, what would I need? Maybe to come up with a space simulator program? I know linear algebra, calculuses, linear programming, are requirements, what else? Do I need differential topology/geometry for this?

I have never needed the last two seemingly. X E.

If I need last two, probably upper math major, otherwise I can take IT something. X E.

I don't like getting advice from AI, someone?

[compact fjord]

more these type of ques and i will die
by laughing

[proven anvil]

Me too bud, haha. X E.

[proven anvil]

Parabolic super villa (forget in) anyone?

[edgy sierra]

X E.

[proven anvil]

Hi Chudcel?

Hyperbolic supper hero anyone?

[proven anvil]

Whoa, inactive for 2 hours. X E.

[fair mauve]

join hunter-gatherer's discord server then

[proven anvil]

Gathers up hunters?

Hunts up gatherers?

Joke. X E.

Well, no one is going to help me?

[proven anvil]

This?

What programs of study might have the required courses?

[proven anvil]

The joker has been transmuted into hyperbolic space, what shape is his face?

This is a joke. X E.

[scenic shuttle]

if you want to understand spaces and 4d geometry and maybe go into physics research and of course you need to be good at math

If you want to build engines make simulations do space graphics or work on game or simulation software, that's computer science or similar

[proven anvil]

Yeah, both?

[scenic shuttle]

honestly the best thing to do is to study both mathematics and computer science yeah, or study one and take classes in the other so you are good at both theory and building so choose what you really like

[proven anvil]

Finally a talker. X E.

What tech stuff would have the math?

Or some of it?

In USA in case that helps. X E.

[scenic shuttle]

as someone here, which I was into computer science before and switched to BME cause i wanted to use tech in medicine and computer science skills are still needed in my field. you can always mix skills later and remember you have internet where you google things when you need

[scenic shuttle]

I cant exactly tell you in USA cause im canadian

[proven anvil]

Well, okay, anyone for USA?

And also generally what courses do I need?

[scenic shuttle]

have you decided/research what do you need to do?

[proven anvil]

For what?

[scenic shuttle]

here is an example of my old list

you need to do your own research and refer to their website

[proven anvil]

Yeah, did that. X E.

I don't know what I don't know. X E.

[scenic shuttle]

it depends on the courses you take because that’s what shapes your skills. like i said above, if you want both pure math and cs, then you need to take programming, algorithms, core math courses, and more advanced classes later on. your major matters, but your course choices matter even more in future

once again google things to double check and refer to their website

[proven anvil]

I guess just going with what I know. X E.

[scenic shuttle]

ok good for you X. E.

[proven anvil]

Is there gonna be a full 12 hours of almost inactivity?

[empty glade]

Whats XE?

Interesting conversation

[proven anvil]

In bio no links. X E.

[proven anvil]

Just this channel is relatively inactive. X E.

Would you recommend me try differential geometry outside a normal class? Having a hard time fitting it into an IT major, so?

[brazen mist]

"All as per one might be maybe or might not be maybe, maybe or maybe not, maybe" means "X E".

[empty glade]

Okok

[proven anvil]

Does anyone know any good online math majors or minors in the USA for universities?

So far looks like for math, abstract algebra (lower), Calculus 3, maybe 4, and maybe ODEs (middle), linear programming and differential geometry are hard to find, (upper), it is the upper stuff I can't find. Should I just self study upper? X E.

[near oyster]

anyone do ib?

[green terrace]

• Gallian or Fraleigh or Artin or whatever
• Thomas Calculus
• Shifrin's Multivariable Mathematics
• Arnol'd ODE
• Vanderbei's Linear Programming
• Do Carmo's Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces

[green terrace]

most maths minors require analysis, algebra, and stuff and then you take some extra maths courses

[proven anvil]

Yeah, thanks. X E.

Man, looks like I can't do combine online and in person, well, there goes that?

ODU.edu would be almost all I want but online+in person, no. X E.

I happen to live far from the closest uni. X E.

Or at least that I can find to transfer to. X E.

[green terrace]

No, that's not how that usually works

[proven anvil]

Okay, good to know, maybe this can happen. X E.

Not sure why ODU might be different. X E.

Online is definitely a different department. X E.

Also, I am glad ask pronouns does not mean I need to find someone named pronouns. X E.

My community college also does not have abstract algebra. X E.

Also, what? You like Rust now?

Maybe we will be working together eventually, who knows?

[green terrace]

Depends on the alter

[green terrace]

No

[proven anvil]

Yeah, true, DID systems with multiple people, some do, some don't like. X E.

[worldly ruin]

hi

[quaint sedge]

khan academy good place to learn?

[worldly ruin]

Hey, I have a math competition tomorrow about modelling. I was wondering if anyone was willing to give me some insight since I'm pretty new to this and it's my first time. I have some questions based on past samples and I just wanted to have a discussion about tomorrow's game plan. Specifically, a lot of the questions probably use common data models and I wanted to see if someone with more experience can guide me! feel free to dm me

[granite parrot]

I have gotten a 7% in my VCE physics sac… what do I do

Like how do I study for the next one and not get a low ass score

[autumn plaza]

Hey guys, I just wanna ask for suggestions or tips you guys do to study. Failed diff cal in 1st sem and am taking it now again, I understand it more clearly but when my exams come around I just get blanked out even though I understand the questions presented.

[unborn spindle]

U year 1 uni?

[empty glade]

What kind of modeling? For example I know 3D modeling

[autumn plaza]

Yup, I've been spamming practice problems but when push comes to shove I stop at the middle of the equation and just get completely blanked out

[unborn spindle]

Well im year 1 too, and pretty slow in proofs and matrices... Well best thing can do is still keep trying hard problem and timing how long can you do it

[vital hearth]

maybe this is the problem (there may be a difference in the difficulty between exam problems and practice problems) and if you get too used to doing the style of practise problems without really thinking about it and so you flop whenever you move out of your comfort zone

do tell me if im wrong tho, just guessing

[icy mantle]

looking for bro to study geometry together ( i am russian)

[scenic shuttle]

algebraic geometry?

[icy mantle]

geometry

just geometry

[signal bay]

,iamnot dying

[mossy shadow]

Removed the studying! role from you.

[scenic shuttle]

highschool geometry? not interested cause i already know this

[dusky ether]

any folk that uses obsidian for math?
how do you usually denote results like this? i.e. results that don't have a name but are important enough to be referenced

[jovial sparrow]

In latex I just give results a descriptive internal name and then it gets referenced automatically by number

Idk if you can that with obsidian I assume you can

[uncut quail]

idk why khan academy has never made sense to me

even just studying a textbook works better since textbooks explain the why

[scenic shuttle]

the videos should help you as well

[uncut quail]

my brain works differently ig

it makes sense!! tbh i only liked math after I read a history of math textbook and then it was actually fun.

[near timber]

i feel like this actually has a name

as a theorem

despite basically sleeping through my CA class this feels familiar

but i understand the question

i feel like thats actually somewhat helpful for the studying, trying to give a short name for a statemenent.

sometimes i just bite the bullet and write almost all of it out

like uh certain diagonalizability criteria. "spectral theorem" is a lovely and known name, whereas "Endomorphism Diagonalizable iff Characteristic Polynomial Decomposes and Multiplicities of Eigenvalues coincide" doesnt really have a shorter name

and thats actually the file name of that theorem for me

[dusky ether]

that's very fair, i might just go with that

[dusky ether]

part of a proof for Riemann mapping theorem

[near timber]

sometimes if a lemma is miniscule i just put it in the same file as the theorem its working towards, but i suppose that may not be the case here

[torpid ice]

cmiiw, but isn't this a corollary of Hurwitz?

[kindred anchor]

what package are you using for this

ideally i'd like to be able to type <theorem-name> with some delimiters and it would automatically create a link to whatever it was called elsewhere

[kindred anchor]

also, hey, you're at tubingen! i've been there before, it's beautiful

[rotund zodiac]

not an obsidian user but i have a few ideas:
\begin{itemize}
\item since this is part of a proof of the riemann mapping theorem, call it the Riemann Mapping Theorem Lemma, or RMT Lemma for short
\item tying into this idea: if there's a theorem i need to reference and it doesn't have a name, i'll give it a three- or four-letter abbreviation. for example, if i need to use the theorem $(x \equiv y \pmod n \quad\implies\quad x^a \equiv y^a \pmod n)$, then i might abbreviate it as PoC or PC for "Powers of Congruences". It's not much better than referring to a number, but it gives you a bit more description of the theorem, at least for your own notes
\end{itemize}

[mossy shadow]

حسیب ♥

[dusky ether]

haven't covered Hurwitz, which theorem are you referring to? we proved it using some basic argument principle techniques

[outer rapids]

it's a corollary of hurwitz's theorem, which essentially says that the order and number of zeros are perserved under LUF limits

[formal void]

Do yall have any strategy or tips to study for math section of SAT?

[dusky ether]

ah nice! we didn't cover this but i understand the proof, cool stuff

[unborn spindle]

Nice!!!

Congrara thats a nice score!

Still nice to hear so

[mossy shadow]

Removed the studying! role from you.

[scenic shuttle]

#bots

[near timber]

purple and underlined, i know what you are

[stuck crown]

I have a lot of trouble in math I would want to seriously discuss about my issues mostly in reasoning and other questions that I want to be answered
I really want to get better at math because I love it but I cant seem to understand

[outer rapids]

Rouches theorem is my #1 opp because it’s such a stupid little lemma that isn’t connected to anything else and it cost me 10 points on my final because who the fuck remembers the statement for rouches theorem

[compact fjord]

call me in phy...Gonna solve IE

[compact fjord]

https://youtu.be/kCc8FmEb1nY?si=sznBH9X6One0EcXC

hell na founder of OpenAI making video how to make GPT💀

[lean egret]

If i put on a review video while i take a nap does that count as studying or am i failing this exam

May I practice ... in my sleep

💤 😴 zzz

Will do !

[glacial bluff]

https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~zakh/homeworkguide.pdf

[lean egret]

Wait this is actually a goated guide hol up

Ty ty 🙇‍♂️

[weak geyser]

this is so goated what

how have i never seen this before

[opal cargo]

dam, tip e) is def something i learned the hard way oof

[rocky terrace]

This should be pinned tbh

mods! plz pin

[barren jolt]

Helo guys I have my maths exam in like 5 days I am medical with additional maths and never studied maths after 10th I am only doing easy chapters can anyone help a bit about what should I do to pass
I am in 12

[night spire]

Do those one shots by science and fun channel

Ushank sir

[barren jolt]

K 👍👍👍

Thx

[pale heath]

for probabilistic combinatoric do i need probability theory, can anyone recommend me a book as a provider to infomation i need before taking the class

[proper oriole]

yeah

should have a good understanding of probability theory

[stray notch]

Guys would you consider 3 full days enough for my exam about;
Similarity (theorems of intercepts, similarity, central dilation) and exponential growth (growth, exponential functions, exponential equations and logarithms, modeling growth processes)

[steep grove]

do you only have 3 days left?

if so, don't worry about it too much and make the best use of the time you have

if you have more than 3 days, how come you can only use 3 days?

ideally more days of practice will make you understand the material better and be better at it although that applies to anything

[vital turret]

hello there

do you guys think i can learn with just trying out random stuff in my notebook, like trying to learn from only what i have

maybe rediscover math myself

[scenic shuttle]

yes you can

[steep grove]

why?

😭

humanity's current math knowledge was discovered over thousands of years

with so many different math minds with their own way of thinking and specialising in their own fields

[radiant fox]

I don't think you need to rediscover math yourself, what you need to do is understand math

[compact fjord]

would take years

and i need to learn phy before

math

[vital turret]

im not saying rediscover all of math but im saying like experimenting with functions and graphs, try why unsolved problems are unsolved and discover stuff

and also humanity before didnt have any of the technology that is present today, communication of any new information or knowledge including mathematics is now much easier and therefore i think people these days can actually learn what people thousands of years took to learn

[upbeat gale]

you can rediscover certain ideas on your own of course

that happens very often in math

you will think "what if you applied X concept to Y concept" and realize that has already been done and its a common idea

at the same time, the more you know, the better you will be at figuring out what the fruitful things are to think about

[worthy forge]

[whole wing]

You can try to solve solved problems: this'll help you understand what the important ideas were, why more naive ideas don't work etc

But you should do things at your level

Otherwise it's just a massive waste of time

So what I really mean is pick up a textbook, and for example try to come up with proofs of the theorems in the textbook, try to understand why things are defined the way they are, why theorems are proved in this order etc

[heavy needle]

This is fun to do

[rocky terrace]

Like FLT

[eager halo]

Yeah its so much easier to prove a major result by following the author's sequence of theroems that lead up to the major theorem.

Sometimes, so much so that the major result seems kinda boring to prove.

[quasi vault]

im kinda struggling with an oly book, its supposed to get harder as the questions go on. im like midway with the questions and im really struggling with it, to the point that i cant really do any of the problems without utilizing hints, and even so most of the times i cant solve it. should i just press onwards, or try to change chapters as im not good enough to actually do the questions and "save" them for later

[stuck crown]

Hi, what's the best way to memorize math formulas
I dont know where to start

[rocky terrace]

Fermat's Little Theorem

[rocky terrace]

Explicit memorization never helps when learning math (at least that's true for me) What's helpful if you want to remember math formulas is solving a lot of problems that use those formulas, so as you use them more and more, you'll see them more, write them down more and that'll help you remember along with the context in which those formulas are relevant

Another important way to remember math formulas is knowing how to derive the formulas from first principles and understanding the ideas in the derivation of those formulas

[stuck crown]

I'm a sophomore

[rocky terrace]

Hi a sophomore, I'm Neamesis

[stuck crown]

😭

What's derivative

[rocky terrace]

I didn't say derivative

[stuck crown]

ok

[rocky terrace]

deriving a formula means getting the math formula from something that you already know, through a sequence of logical steps

[stuck crown]

But I know nothing 😔

[rocky terrace]

No one was born knowing things, we all have to learn slowly but surely

[stuck crown]

Now how do I learn/remember stuff

?

I like doing a lot of exercises

That's at least what I used to do

But our teacher doesn't give us a lot of them

And I dont have a lot of resources too

I've been trying to do exercises on barycenters but, nothing clicks.
I try to look at my notebook but I cant seem to find the thought process behind the solution

[rocky terrace]

You can ask for help in the respective channels in this server regarding problem solving or ask questions about some concepts that you can't understand

[stuck crown]

Even on the first ones I struggle

But I'm fundamentally struggling, I don't know what do certain terms mean

And I seem to not being able to translate words into formulas

[raven kindle]

Like what

[stuck crown]

"Show that C is the isobarycenter of B and J. Deduce that K is the barycenter of (A, 3), (B, 2), and (J,
3), and then points I, J, and K are collinear."

[drowsy sky]

Can anyone help me? I'm in the second year of high school and I'm terrible at math, any tips?

[drowsy sky]

I think math is very interesting but I have difficulty learning

I'll try, thank you

[hollow spindle]

tomorrow's my math exam , bless me with all your maths 🙏

[rocky terrace]

You are blessed

[vital turret]

i hope you get
f(x) = 3x + 7^{round(√x)}
g(x) = 7x + 3^{round(√x)}
z(x) = f(x) − g(x) − g(x − 1) − ⋯ − g(1)
(z(3) + z(7))% in your exam

[hollow spindle]

Mostly calculus

Probability, 3D, vectors

[tranquil dock]

how do i do this

wow thats calculus

gg

[stuck crown]

I haven't been the brightest student through out middle school, consistently scoring on average 7/20, now in high school I struggle way too much with math with pretty much every exercise thrown at me.
I can understand if we do it in front of me and I also understand my lectures, but as soon as I have to do it myself, this is where it gets tricky.
I have knowledge gaps and dont know how could I do something about it, I dont have a lot of time because of school and I have to balance my life too with homework and other subjects.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
I hope that I've been clearer.

[jade rain]

Does anyone have any good tips on how to memorize the trigonometry basics in geometry? My test is tomorrow and I studied for almost two days and still don’t understand most of it

[lament heath]

i want to drop out of university

[weak geyser]

this probably isnt super helpful if youre trying to learn trig for geometry purposes...

"trigonometry basics in geometry" probably means unit circle, soh-cah-toa, law of sines and cosines

i think if someone started telling me about complex exponentials when i was taking geometry it wouldn't have helped

true

yep

bruh

[lament heath]

i hate cs and math

[weak geyser]

is the circle group the only lie group on the circle

[lament heath]

im going to fail everything and have to repeat all my courses

then ill graduate with the minimum gpa and no one will hire me and i will have to die

might as well

yes

[upbeat gale]

yeah

[lament heath]

worst exam of my life

[upbeat gale]

it gets better

[weak geyser]

i know nothing about lie theory

[lament heath]

im below the mean

it is not normal to be significantly below the mean

[weak geyser]

i mean ~50% are (depending on the distribution)

[upbeat gale]

same, at least beyond the basic definitions

[weak geyser]

i should learn it seems relevant to group theory

[lament heath]

im sorry

[lament heath]

how do i make llms agree that it's funny

i dont have any accomplishments of note

i will be allowed to sleep within two days before graded things

[hollow spindle]

I happened to forget how to do integration 😭, rest all exam went good, looking to get 80+/100

I did 2/4 integrals question correctly,

[jade rain]

Exponentials?

Oh ok

[jade rain]

Faaaahhh I tried the Cornell studying method but it got me more confused lol

Ohh ok

[vital turret]

no i meant i hope you get 100%

[exotic salmon]

<@&268886789983436800>

[last sequoia]

how to know ur good in maths or not

[scenic shuttle]

depends on what math are you talking about

[muted needle]

?

wheres all the discusion

the ethics

[shrewd trout]

https://www.rxddit.com/r/math/comments/1rh86vb/how_many_exercises_do_you_usually_solve/

[onyx trench]

does anyone have tips on how to read math textbooks

ive always struggled with it, i understand the same concept rlly well with a teacher teaching, but textbooks alone my brain starts melting

but that means im always stuck at my classes pace

[compact current]

What study strategy do you use to learn algebra?

[green terrace]

sit down and read the book, make notes, and do exercises, nothing special

[unborn spindle]

Study hard

[empty glade]

Analyse every step of the resolution process and write down what is happening and recognize where the idea or process is coming from. But its true, you need to study.

[dapper mango]

Hi im on secondary im grade 8 can someone give me tips how to improve i feel like im never improving by listening to my teacher I tried to solve math problems but I still cant do it on my own can someone give me tips

[compact current]

The question has a logical answer.

Study hard or just study

It's just that I've been overwhelmed by the habit of real analysis or linear algebra where there are plenty of examples

I want to open myself up a bit more to abstract algebra, but I feel like I haven't done it correctly.

I wanted some advice

[long rock]

This is more of general learning study method, I am postgrad student and I need to be more effective, more longer hours and more less procrastination, any tips?

I can read the books in focused manner, it is just that procrastination (for papers and assignments) and lack of focus on subjects that I want to tackle are big problem for me

[unborn spindle]

best quote of the day: Study or study

[fossil cobalt]

yh

[normal sleet]

Yeah appreciate that like many endeavours in life math will take years to get good in

Also how you study daily matters
Every equal you write, every line you state you better know why its true

If not then you have to go find out

Don't cheat yourself basically

[haughty shell]

sleep

[knotty jolt]

Hey everybody , today I want to walk you through the sad situation of my math journey and to seek some advice from you all : I have been fairly good in math , specifically calculus , functions , graph theory , coordinate geometry and trigonometry , but there is something that bothered me up until now that I have never been able to think of something by sitting alone with my thoughts , sure I can sit down , take a book , digest theory , unpack it , but I have never been able to sit down and create some formula , some truth of myself , yeah I know it starts by asking the right questions , but how do you ever get to that point , especially in probability , anyone care to help ?

[normal sleet]

This is what a university education gives you, enough knowledge to start considering questions

A bulk of the undergraduate courses teaches what is really just vocabulary

You learn what a xxx is, learn some basic properties of xxx, etc

Then at the graduate level people start asking like "it'll be nice if I can make the space into xxx, how can I do it"

Even in a graduate school your advisor has to guide you, by showing you what questions are interesting to the community, and what is actually potentially tractable

[lament heath]

this!!! but my least important assignments invariably get done first

[steep grove]

this is true

i don't think math is a kind of subject where you just memorise solutions

you receive a lot of exposure to different types of questions and develop your reasoning ability and intuition to solve said problems again

[amber field]

i had a professor once tell me that math is more like a language than anything

one has to continuously use it and practice it in order to improve

[steep grove]

makes sense

[compact current]

It's really very questionable, because, think about it this way, I study because I really like it, of course, there's motivation, and motivation runs out at some point. When my motivation for abstract algebra runs out, when I start with theorems, theorems, propositions, theorems, corollaries, propositions, etc., that's how I feel about abstract algebra. I want to learn algebraic number theory and commutative algebra, but man, the courses are tough, and I understand that, but even ring theory is a pain.

[worldly rune]

put the book down more often to explore yourself

[unborn spindle]

Understandable

[lament heath]

got jumpscared by "spivak" while reading critical theory

[rocky terrace]

Spivak my goat

[edgy sierra]

you see the shoes

you see the money

[fleet hill]

whatever works for you works

I find it easier to just pay attention and not take notes most of the time

[rocky terrace]

Is this when the lecturers provide LaTeX'd lecture notes?

or are following a prescribed textbook for the course?

If neither of the above are true then I can't really not take notes

[jovial sparrow]

most courses will follow a textbook at least loosely

[rocky terrace]

But if at least one of them is true then I'm good with not taking notes

[rocky terrace]

most yes but sometimes it depends on the prof, sometimes they might be following 7 textbooks lol

and use their vast expertise to construct a course by stitching together parts of different books

[indigo siren]

i need general help with my upcoming exam, i haven't studied the whole semster i don't know any of my maths

things i want to cover

1. Number sets and real numbers
2. Algebraic expressions
3. Functions and their properties
4. Linear function
5. Systems of linear equations with two unknowns
   6.Basic properties of selected functions

send prayers and help

[unborn spindle]

What are you not understand in real numbers and sets?

[indigo siren]

non-real numbers

square root of negative numbers? e.g -1? to square

[unborn spindle]

You mean, imaginary numbers?

[indigo siren]

yes

[unborn spindle]

What have you learned about it?

It is the biggest set, denoted C

[indigo siren]

okay i may understand 1 as it's not that difficult but i don't get algebraic expressions at all

i'm quite a fast learner but, i went to very specific school which dosen't provide me a teacher nor lessons, now i gotta write exams for it so i better lock-in

[unborn spindle]

Oh it's cool

Imaginary numbers in high school or colleges are not that deep

[indigo siren]

yeah but algebra is.. ima need a full breakdown about that

[unborn spindle]

Okay, please tell a specific part

[indigo siren]

no i mean like full breakdown as everything about algebra from beginning i completly skipped it

[rocky terrace]

it is the biggest set?

Me when absolute cardinal

[unborn spindle]

Complex is surprisingly bigger than R

[rocky terrace]

They both have the same cardinality

[unborn spindle]

Well they do, but if inclusion, its bigger

[rocky terrace]

What do you mean by "bigger"?

Oh sure yeah one is a strict subset of the other

[unborn spindle]

It have all real elements but R doesnt have imaginary elements i suggest

[rocky terrace]

But even then "biggest" doesn't make sense

[unborn spindle]

I was using inclusion

Cardinality, yes I completely agree they are the same

[night spire]

You can map R to C injectively no?

[near timber]

quite trivially so

[night spire]

So they should be same size

[near timber]

well, you also need the converse, which requires a bit more brainwork. You need to somehow inject R^2 (C) into R

[night spire]

Rightttt

That makes sense

[vital turret]

what do you not know about functions and their properties

[vital harbor]

Hey!
I'm preparing for an EJU-quivalent exam, which means I need to cover pre-university + 1-2 years of undergraduate math topics (math: course 2) that include:

Part 1: Shared with Course 1

· I. Quadratic Functions
· II. Probability
· III. Integers and the Properties of Numbers
· IV. Expressions and Identities

Part 2: Specific to Course 2

· V. Plane Figures and Trigonometry
· VI. Figures and Equations
· VII. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
· VIII. Differentiation and Integration (Introductory)
· IX. Sequences
· X. Vectors
· XI. Complex Numbers
· XII. Curves
· XIII. Limits of Sequences and Functions
· XIV. Differentiation and Integration (Advanced)

---

So I'm just starting out (and am kinda lost), so, what resources do you recommend for learning those topics?
Is the "AoPS" series enough?

---

Please mention me!

[junior umbra]

@vital harbor i would actually say that the aops series is way more than enough, in my opinion

if anything, look for good free resources, like khan academy and paul’s online notes, unless you want to learn beyond the curriculum

[vital harbor]

You think so? Which volumes do you recommend to me (according to the provided syllabus)?

As for Khan Academy, It's golden for an introduction.
However, I think it's not sufficient for real progress.

I have to get high grades, or the highest; for the exam is 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 competitive.

I hope you direct me to other servers that cover physics and chemistry too, if you know any!

[signal bay]

what?

[prime lance]

yo

[glacial fox]

ALO

[lament heath]

i hate math

[edgy sierra]

same

[stuck crown]

I'm looking to get some books about because of my gaps in maths but I dont know which books and exactly what to do.
I see myself struggle in anything related to proofs and also lack of practice.
Except practice, what would you recommend me to get better at thinking mathematically and understand maths instead of memorizing it.
I'm in 10th grade too.

[edgy sierra]

do the harder problems

it doesn't matter if it takes you a week

what matters is that you managed to develop tools you may use in later problems

that is time productively spent vs. repetition on problems you already know how to solve

[deft hamlet]

anyone wanna do some math?

[vital turret]

Limits are very fun

[ruby basalt]

do you guys think studying something youve done before can be done fast and efficiently?

[fervent oyster]

studying yes, practicing no

[sonic ore]

but, that’s fun🗿☕️

[scenic shuttle]

I'm sure she's referring to theory math, which is harder than this

[sonic ore]

yeah, this’s just basic math

[scenic shuttle]

not basic math but you could say early university math

[sonic ore]

it’s high school level in my school lol

[scenic shuttle]

your country must be gifted

[blazing merlin]

Most of Europe do it in hs

[scenic shuttle]

In Ontario, this is taught in the early years of university

speaking of MCV4U, we were never taught the applications of integrals

[heavy quest]

hi guys i need some help

i need to study particularly these topics no less no more but can't find a good resource i don't prefer videos and like written material more

COMPLEX VARIABLES: Complex Number System, Algebra of Complex Numbers, Polar
Form, Powers and Roots, Functions of Complex Variables, Elementary Functions, Inverse 
Trigonometric Function.```

[vital turret]

hi, i learned about unbounded limits today and how f(x) doesnt have to equal to limit of f(x) as it approaches a value A

[viral osprey]

Discontinuities are heartbreaking 😭

[balmy sand]

did you know that a sequence can have several limits that are not equal to each other

[rocky terrace]

If your space is not Hausdorff

[south tangle]

guys i have a maths exam tmr

and i need to study im scared

i dont wanna fail

[scenic shuttle]

just lock in and you'll do fine

good luck

[south tangle]

no i wont pass man

[void orbit]

hello

does anyone know abou comsol multiphysics?

[scenic shuttle]

nah don’t say that bro, you still have time. just review the main stuff and you’ll do better than you think. and if not, you can always redo it

speaking of uni, i’m not really confident about one of my courses. i’m just praying to pass with 50% cause they make us pass both the labs and the exams separately

[unborn spindle]

fried

[river plume]

hey guys

any tips for math olympiads

[rocky terrace]

practice

[crude blade]

Studying

[steep birch]

try to solve problems

apply what you've learnt

don't just read

time management is key, you need to develop an intuiton for how long something will take you

you can always look at textbooks

since it's real analysis
baby rudin or tao's book are nice for that

you can always refer the textbook or ask here

[vagrant wedge]

it's kind of a mix of calculus and real analysis like maybe a bridging between the two

ok ill try and do more problems

[normal sleet]

Everyone has different opinions haha
I feel like once you start analysis it really pays off to sit down and thoroughly understand the theorems and definitions thoroughly
The exercises are like the last thing, most of my time is spent understanding the results

Drawing pictures maybe

Going through each detail of the proof

[rocky terrace]

Then maybe you can check out the problems in Spivak's "Calculus"

[steep birch]

goated book

[mystic crystal]

Adding to what others have said, I think visualising what's going on can help a lot, especially in 1-dimensional analysis. For instance, if you're reading the proof of the squeeze theorem, try to draw some convergent sequences. As the proof goes on, start marking (in some way) epsilons, indices, etc.

Geometrical intuition can be extremely helpful (or at least it was for me)

As for problem sets, I used this series in my year 1 (three volumes): https://www.amazon.com/Problems-Mathematical-Analysis-Student-Library/dp/0821820508. The sample seems to show the content of the second book (for whatever reason), but it starts from the very basics and covers every important topic.
Some exercises are very difficult, some are easy, and there are solutions to each of them. It's easy to get discouraged at the beginning, but I think it's an excellent resource (if it works for you)

[primal cairn]

mfw when I feel my interest in mathematics slowly decreasing

[lament heath]

i want to deserve to be happy

[regal canyon]

@signal bay stop performing bot commands in random channels. We have a bot channel. You are aware of this.

[limber summit]

can someone give a rough roadmap for maths after highschool/precalc? preferably pure maths

[final goblet]

tao's book or spivaks books are good though. check out some problems which require some applications of the theorems u read. it helps

[exotic salmon]

you might find this message helpful #discussion message

[sonic root]

has anyone done an insane but effective cram session? I have an exam in like 5 days but I haven’t prepared cuz I was very ill

[heady timber]

how much chapters or topics do you have, and what subject is it?

[sonic root]

Pure maths 10topics (calculus, radians, functions&graphs, sequences, binomial, trig modellling& functions,parametric)

[heady timber]

not too much to say other than what the user above recommended, just try to do a decent split 2-3 topics per day till u finish and revise prev material on the day after

dont skip topics without practicing a good amount and you'll do well

[sonic root]

ty for your help

[steep birch]

i feel like when i work with a theorem or identity, i see it in action
of course that requires having an understanding of the proof but both strengthen each other
if you are 80% comfortable with the proof, doing problems will make it 100% comfortable
and vice versa
they complement each other, and you can't go without either one

doing both will familiarize you with the branch of math ur dealing with and build intuition

ways to represent stuff, proof techniques, counterexamples, to name a few

[junior grail]

i want to learn maths but too distracted to start needed a small help or an roadmap

[cosmic pike]

Guys is anyone here studying economics
Or do yall know where to look if i wanna find economics people

[sonic root]

Linkedin

[compact seal]

Has anyone watched Professor LEonard's playlist on Statistics, is it generally a good one for learning about Statistics with little to no knowledge?
I only really only intuitively understand the normal distribution, STDV, why we need to sample data, overfitting, etc...

Also how deep is the math overall? Does it go deep into theory and involving linear algebra and calculus?

[quick elk]

no, its an algebra based intro following Triola Elementary Statistics

[limpid flicker]

Hi

Does anyone knows if Simplified Mathematics by Conamat is a good book to start learning more about maths?

[crude blade]

It just some shit

[compact seal]

Appreciate the insight

[compact seal]

wdym

[hard elm]

Goes deeper than the Pacific Ocean

[compact seal]

Damn must be a good watch

[somber raft]

hello

[compact seal]

Wassup

[cosmic pike]

Guys are playlist of math of wrath youtuber good for studying abstract algebra and real analysis

[edgy sierra]

he's good for the definitions

but he doesn't have many examples for it

his real analysis playlist is like more in-depth than his abstract algebra playlist

the second one only has group theory

and he has like one ring theory video

which covers an exercise and not a definition

the bright side of mathematics or michael penn is more in-depth

[formal dew]

chat, can i get any yt channel rec for conic section

[fleet hill]

I liked christopher staecker's real analysis playlist

it's just a uni class

on the slower side

[velvet nacelle]

do u have complex analysis resources preferably based on stein & shakarchi

or actually maybe i dont need it

i’m doing fine on all my other courses without lecture vids..

(for now)

complex analysis is the course with the worst in class lectures