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That is also part of the loosely defined term, “mathematical maturity.” When you’ve reached it, you can generally grasp the basics of unfamiliar math quickly. F
by throwawaymath 8y ago
That is also part of the loosely defined term, “mathematical maturity.” When you’ve reached it, you can generally grasp the basics of unfamiliar math quickly. Failing that, you can find out what you need to study to understand it and do so on your own.
You don’t typically obtain that kind of maturity until graduate school, maybe upper undergrad if you’re quite good.
- jordigh 8y agoYeah! There's that whole thing where you understand how a work is structured, you know what part to pay attention to, what part to skim or read later, where you're required to do your own calculation to fill in something... People complain a lot that books and presentations don't do everything and that mathematics has a bad "user experience". They may have a point, but the complaining alone won't fix it and will leave most people still feeling like frustrated outsiders.