I had the same experience as a math undergrad. Too many professors seem to have forgotten what it was like to be a student. They write books that are great re

I had the same experience as a math undergrad. Too many professors seem to have forgotten what it was like to be a student. They write books that are great reference material for their colleagues but which are utterly opaque to a student who is still working to build their foundation. Textbooks often format proofs as a sequence paragraphs, but this really obscures the logical structure of the argument. As a student, I found it very helpful to write down proofs as nested lists [1,2] instead. Admittedly, now that I have more experience, I do like my proofs to be more terse when I'm communicating them just to myself. [1]: https://benrbray.com/static/notes/separating-hyperplane-thm_jun17.pdf https://benrbray.com/static/notes/separating-hyperplane-thm_... [2]: https://benrbray.com/static/notes/minimax-approx_nov16.pdf https://benrbray.com/static/notes/minimax-approx_nov16.pdf