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I didn't realize I liked math until I worked with computers and programming. That's when I suddenly began to understand the concepts of math and its beauty. T

I didn't realize I liked math until I worked with computers and programming. That's when I suddenly began to understand the concepts of math and its beauty. The language of computers expresses mathematical ideas much better than traditional mathematical symbols, for my particular brain. Whenever I see a difficult math equation or proof, I look for its expression in a computer language. Maybe this is poor form (I should be trying to understand the language of math) but I save myself a lot of frustration.

tokenadult 17y ago
A lot of mathematicians (Paul Halmos is one example) say that one way to make sure you understand your math is to see if you can re-express it in a different notation. So any time you try to rewrite a math problem to fit the notation you know best, you are aiding your understanding.
- shaunxcode 17y ago
  That's one thing that I love about working through project euler - formal/classic math meets code. I've probably bought 6 or 7 books on particular aspects of math just so that I could properly understand/solve some of the problems too.