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Anonymous at Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:40:52 UTC No. 16091807
About to start Picrelated. Thoughts?
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:59:59 UTC No. 16091842
>>16091807
>A Course in Arithmetic
Well... that title was misleading!
Anonymous at Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:32:35 UTC No. 16091888
>>16091807
you sure do seem to like talking about yourself on social media
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 02:29:10 UTC No. 16092062
bump
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 04:59:48 UTC No. 16092167
>>16091807
You shpuld do ok, took me a couple weeks
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:34:29 UTC No. 16092299
>>16091842
Not really.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:12:32 UTC No. 16092312
>>16091807
If you want to study mathematics, you should first start off with Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler because the 4th edition is now free on his website, I'm about to finish solving the 60 problems in chapter 1 which is on proving vector spaces and I don't have any prior proof writing experience!!! It's pretty straight forward so far due to all the information needed being in the text, and if you have a difficult time you just have to reread the text. If you have trouble with the proofs you simply copy the exact same way Axler does the proofs in the text when he is demonstrating examples to you. I'm more surprised by how clear the information in the text is displayed to the student in regards to understanding the material. Also, a cool thing I noticed is that the problems aren't repetitive at all, they all ask you to prove something different so far, it's taken me about 2 weeks in total so far to finish nearly all the problems in chapter 1 while managing other tasks.
If you want to learn any more math after that you should work through Calculus by Peter D. Lax and Multivariable Calculus by the same guy. After you finish both of Lax's textbooks you will have the prerequisites to work through Complex Analysis by Eiderman. Eiderman has worked out solutions to all the problems in his textbook. Then you finally work through Differential Equations by Logan and Partial Differential Equations by the same guy. If you have trouble checking your answer then just use Mathematica and learn how to input the calculus or differential equation into mathematica to check if your answer is correct so it can give you the solution, it's straight forward.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 09:13:33 UTC No. 16092314
>>16091807
There was around 400 problems in total in "Calculus" and the same amount in Lax's multivariable book, which is ironic because Axler's book has more problems than both of those combined despite being fast to work through. I think Eiderman's text has around 130 problems in total, or 200, I can't remember. For odes by logan it's around 200 problems in total and the same for his pdes text. You could finish all of them in 4 to 8 years while working. I say 4 to 8 years because as you do all the problems in the textbooks your prefrontal cortex, visual cortex, and hippocampus become denser and form more neuronal connections which will allow you
to read through the upcoming textbook faster and understanding and retain the material quicker. You're becoming smarter and faster as you complete the textbooks, in processing and performing mathematics, and that stays with you for your entire lifetime. After this you could easily start to self study physics from mechanics.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:05:54 UTC No. 16092379
>>16092314
> After this you could easily start to self study physics from mechanics.
Why would you do that when there’s more mathematics to learn
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:39:44 UTC No. 16092465
>>16092379
Spurio newtonian mechanics then Taylor classical mechanics
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 12:44:07 UTC No. 16092474
>>16091807
You'll never finish even the first book, you are deluded and will quickly lose all motivation when faced with difficulty and lack of people to confront yourself with
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:43:17 UTC No. 16092544
>>16092474
He can finish linear algebra done right within a year easy while working a full time job, the calculus book will take 6 months while working due to it containing less than half the problems in linear algebra done right.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:48:05 UTC No. 16092549
>>16091807
Linear algebra done right by axler
Calculus with applications by Lax
Differential equations by Logan
Multivariable calculus by Lax
Partial differential equations by Logan or by Strauss if you don't mind wasting 1 year on Strauss instead of 3 to 4 months on Logan
Complex analysis by Eiderman
9 months
6 months
4 months
6 months
4 or 12 months
4 months
That's how long it should take per text respectively if you work at it while working
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 14:21:23 UTC No. 16092582
>>16092544
>just read a single book throughout an entire year
this is mental.
just go to college so you have to follow a bunch of courses at the same time that keep you on your toes
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 15:34:15 UTC No. 16092655
>>16092582
I have barely started working through linear algebra done right for 2 weeks and I am done with the first chapter of problems, which consists of 60 problems in total, while only giving it 2 hours of my time a day.
You could easily finish that book while working in 4 months and using 2 hours a day. I'd argue that it would take the average person who is working and can dedicate 2 hours a day to be 6 months on average. Maybe somewhere between 3 to 6 months on average would be the most realistic time range to finish all problems in linear algebra done right.
Plus it's free on his website.
That calculus book is piss easy and has less than half the problems in linear algebra done right, so i'd say for calculus it would be around 3 months in total time while working.
Linear algebra done right by axler has slightly over 800 problems in total, which are easy to do because of how great he wrote the text in explaining the concepts and demonstrating examples. The calculus with applications barely has over 400 problems and you don't have to think as hard over a problem becuase it is just calculus, whihc makes it faster and easier than linear algebra.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:46:43 UTC No. 16092725
>>16092655
You should be breaking down your problem solving approach I think. You are spending a long time on problems.
Think of the high level map before venturing down the road.
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:44:32 UTC No. 16092824
>>16092167
Kek!
Anonymous at Sat, 23 Mar 2024 17:57:51 UTC No. 16092841
>>16092725
I don't understand what you are saying. How long am I supposed to spend? And what do you mean by high level map?