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In my experience, the best way to get better at math is to do a lot of it. Find some book that's "good enough" for some topic you're interested, and work many m
by michaericalribo 4y ago
In my experience, the best way to get better at math is to do a lot of it. Find some book that's "good enough" for some topic you're interested, and work many many problems from the book. You'll learn about the topic, but more importantly you'll learn problem solving skills. I recommend working the problem until you're sure the answer is right -- in grad school problem sets didn't have answers you could check, and full understanding was necessary to get the problem sets correct.
For me, a watershed book was Introduction to Analysis by Rosenlicht [1]. Proof-based, very "mathy", small and compact (so to speak) but with a massive scope. A great introduction to a really important topic, and it'll put your brain through its paces.
Again, I recommend working nearly every problem.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Analysis-Dover-Books-Mathematics/dp/0486650383 https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Analysis-Dover-Books-Mat...