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I have occasionally had an opposite experience with you: sometimes I worked out some math problem in my dream and I woke up to write it down. If I think about
by KolenCh 3y ago
I have occasionally had an opposite experience with you: sometimes I worked out some math problem in my dream and I woke up to write it down.
If I think about some problems while I'm trying to sleep, it would just keep me awake though.
What kind of problems would you be thinking? How does that work—Is the thinking process making you tired so you fall asleep, or does it make you more relaxing?
- jhanschoo 3y agoFor me I sometimes fall asleep to undergrad math problems, the more challenging ones. By then, I'm too tired to want to write things down (since that will wake me up), so it's really hard to make actual progress, or thoroughly plan out the formal steps required to verify a proof approach. So I just keep turning it over while trying to keep everything in my head. The focus required stops my mind from wandering and getting distracted.