unpopular opinion: imho there is no substitute for deep learning and doing problems. Math is unlike other subjects, where you have to actually do it head on; you cannot just passively consume it like listening to a history podcast or watching a video.
traes•28m ago
This is the single most popular opinion about learning math.
lll-o-lll•21m ago
Learning nearly anything? You can’t learn to drive a car from YouTube. Or paint a house, or wash a dish, or code, or … Learning requires doing.
Who thinks otherwise?
rubikscube09•6m ago
"Don't just read it; fight it! Ask your own questions, look for your own examples, discover your own proofs. Is the hypothesis necessary? Is the converse true? What happens in the classical special case? What about the degenerate cases? Where does the proof use the hypothesis?"
paulpauper•35m ago
traes•28m ago
lll-o-lll•21m ago
Who thinks otherwise?
rubikscube09•6m ago
-The goat paul halmos