On self learning
A bit of background:
I am a self learner and math enthusiast. I don't have any sort of formal training in math. Last year I decided to pick Real Analysis by Terence Tao. I really like the book but unfortunately there are no solution sets. And it is hard to evaluate results without the help of an instructor. So my question is,
Question:
In what ways a self learner can evaluate rightness or wrongness of his- her results without help of an instrutor?
Thank you in advance.
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A bit of background:
I am a self learner and math enthusiast. I don't have any sort of formal training in math. Last year I decided to pick Real Analysis by Terence Tao. I really like the book but unfortunately there are no solution sets. And it is hard to evaluate results without the help of an instructor. So my question is,
Question:
In what ways a self learner can evaluate rightness or wrongness of his- her results without help of an instrutor?
Thank you in advance.
self-learning
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Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
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8 hours ago
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A bit of background:
I am a self learner and math enthusiast. I don't have any sort of formal training in math. Last year I decided to pick Real Analysis by Terence Tao. I really like the book but unfortunately there are no solution sets. And it is hard to evaluate results without the help of an instructor. So my question is,
Question:
In what ways a self learner can evaluate rightness or wrongness of his- her results without help of an instrutor?
Thank you in advance.
self-learning
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A bit of background:
I am a self learner and math enthusiast. I don't have any sort of formal training in math. Last year I decided to pick Real Analysis by Terence Tao. I really like the book but unfortunately there are no solution sets. And it is hard to evaluate results without the help of an instructor. So my question is,
Question:
In what ways a self learner can evaluate rightness or wrongness of his- her results without help of an instrutor?
Thank you in advance.
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Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
– Lorenzo
8 hours ago
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Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
– Lorenzo
8 hours ago
Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
– Lorenzo
8 hours ago
Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
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Not exactly related to exercise solutions, however I think that a very good training is to try to guess the demonstrations of lemma/theorems/corollaries before reading the book ones.
After having read the book solution, close the book and reproduce the demonstration to make sure that you have well understood it.
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Not exactly related to exercise solutions, however I think that a very good training is to try to guess the demonstrations of lemma/theorems/corollaries before reading the book ones.
After having read the book solution, close the book and reproduce the demonstration to make sure that you have well understood it.
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Not exactly related to exercise solutions, however I think that a very good training is to try to guess the demonstrations of lemma/theorems/corollaries before reading the book ones.
After having read the book solution, close the book and reproduce the demonstration to make sure that you have well understood it.
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Picaud Vincent
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Not exactly related to exercise solutions, however I think that a very good training is to try to guess the demonstrations of lemma/theorems/corollaries before reading the book ones.
After having read the book solution, close the book and reproduce the demonstration to make sure that you have well understood it.
answered 9 hours ago
Picaud Vincent
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Not exactly related to exercise solutions, however I think that a very good training is to try to guess the demonstrations of lemma/theorems/corollaries before reading the book ones.
After having read the book solution, close the book and reproduce the demonstration to make sure that you have well understood it.
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Write up your work and read it back skeptically the next day. That said, it really helps to have a tutor or mentor, since you might be blind to some incorrect ideas that a tutor will catch (even experts make careless mistakes). Try contacting a local math department to see if you can find a grad student or an advanced undergrad who is willing to meet once a week (for a fee) to coach you. There are usually lists of students interested in tutoring on department webpages. Another option is to try to find someone who can tutor you over Skype.
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