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> Trivial in math is a term that refers to anything you've already learned. According to a professor, "trivial" means: "If this is not trivial for you, you sho
by aleph_minus_one 1y ago
> Trivial in math is a term that refers to anything you've already learned.
According to a professor, "trivial" means: "If this is not trivial for you, you should see this as a clear signal that you should take this course seriously instead of slacking of, or even that you simply are in the wrong course."
- tekla 1y agoThis. It's always a good sign you've fucked up somewhere.
- kevinventullo 1y agoI dunno, a common refrain I heard across all fields of math in grad school was “This is obvious. Wait, is this obvious…? Y… yes yeah it’s obvious. ”
- xelxebar 1y agoIt's actually an interesting observation. If you know where your keys are, finding them is trivial, but if you don't, then even the refrigerator becomes plausible. Math does feel like that a lot of the time. Once you've tree-searched proof space and found the connection, you can usually spend way less time proving it the next time around.