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I have a very bad memory and I am convinced that was the reason I was good in mathematics. IMHO there is very few to rote memorize. When you learn demonstration
by reacweb 10y ago
I have a very bad memory and I am convinced that was the reason I was good in mathematics. IMHO there is very few to rote memorize. When you learn demonstrations, there are so many links with definitions that you eventually know all definitions by heart. When you are asked to prove a theorem, no teacher will complain if your (correct) demonstration is not the one that was given by the teacher.
I do not know how mathematics is teached in anglosaxon countries, but for me (in France), rote memorization of definitions is the consequence of practicing demonstrations, not a first step.
- reacweb 10y agoMy comment does not contradict in any way the article: the problems of mathematics searchers are very different than the ones of students. I just disagree with many of the comments about this article: for me mathematics does not require a good memory. Perhaps a bad memory means the brain store more high level data instead of raw data and that may be useful for higher level of abstraction ???