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I feel I became much better at writing non-fiction after taking math at university (mainly calculus, linear algebra and statistics). Going through proofs and p
by magicalhippo 3y ago
I feel I became much better at writing non-fiction after taking math at university (mainly calculus, linear algebra and statistics).
Going through proofs and proving things on your own really transferred to being able to better present arguments. The diversity of the math I learned has helped to reflect on things from different perspectives.
In sum this helped with everything from thinking more and better about the core issue at hand, writing argument chains in the correct order, cutting down on irrelevant stuff and more.
I've used this to significantly help the grades of both my SO and a family member, who both took non-math topics, by improving their hand-ins. I didn't know their field so was strictly improving the structure and presentation, and asking for clarifications where I felt the arguments didn't add up, and have them write down the answer.
I feel it still helps me a lot writing emails at work and similar.