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Mathematical trick wiki Terrence Tao blogged about is now live - Tricki
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- aneesh 17y agoThere's no substitute for a good mathematical intuition, especially as you tackle the more difficult problems. But having a standard bag of tricks up your sleeve can be very helpful. Just use them as a tool, not as a crutch. If you're interesting in this sort of thing, I highly recommend working your way through the Art of Problem Solving texts (www.artofproblemsolving.com).
- dangoldin 17y agoAnother great book is "How to Solve It" by Polya (http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Aspect-Mathematical-Method/dp/0691023565 http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Aspect-Mathematical-Method/d...) as it gives a heuristic approach to solving problems.
- jibiki 17y agoSeems like the kind of thing that would be more fun to write than to read...
- nutmeg 17y agoIt took me more than one try to parse the meaning from that title.
- Rod 17y agoJust to point out a typo: it's "Terence Tao", not "Terrence Tao".
- vang3lis 17y agoI can't edit that anymore, but thank you!
- quisxt 17y agoMost of the higher level math text books I've read present theorems and their proofs , but not much on strategies for actually solving problems (a notable exception: Wilf's Generatingfunctionology), so this seems like it should become a very nice resource. As one would expect from a brand new site, it's rather short on content. The content that's there right now, though is pretty good.