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For me sleeping on a problem works too. Some times when I'm obsessed with something, it seems like my mind goes to work while I'm sleeping. I wake up and find m
by atmosx 13y ago
For me sleeping on a problem works too. Some times when I'm obsessed with something, it seems like my mind goes to work while I'm sleeping. I wake up and find myself with two or three different ways to approach the problem.
- keithpeter 13y agoTrack down a copy of An essay on the psychology of invention in the mathematical field by Jacques Hadamard. Hadamard was a mathematician, and he used 'introspection' to explore the springs of his own creativity and those of colleagues he interviewed. The results are entertaining in a quaint sort of way, but your experience is not unusual at all in the mathematical world.