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Using correct language

When it comes to talking about maths, it's nice to be able to express mathematical ideas concisely and eloquently. When speaking of the fact that, for any map of sets $f:X \rightarrow Y$, we have that $ \bigcup f^{-1}(U_i) = f^{-1}\left(\bigcup…
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Functional Analysis lectures videos

Can anyone suggest some good video lectures on first course Functional Analysis? I am looking for lectures that will cover topics of a standard graduate course in functional Analysis.
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Writing lecture notes on a tablet

I'm a graduate student concerned with taking lecture notes from courses I attend. I can type in real-tie in latex (except in tikz) but I find writing sometimes more intuitive (and using laptop is clumsy in some lecture halls as well). Since this…
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What kind of academic social networks does mathematicians use?

I am interested in signing up for academic social network like Mendeley, ResearchGate, Academia.edu where I can read papers published by mathematicians. Allows to publish papers. Allows to collaborate with other mathematicians. I am interested in…
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Do some areas of math have worse problems?

I really love Godel and logic, but it seems to me that most books are heavy on theory and light on problems. It also seems to me that this isn't just a fluke -- there really is something about logic that makes it tougher to approach via problems,…
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How to get in mood for mathematics?

Hi I am in 10th standard. Sometimes I am very mathematically productive, I can solve complex problems, visualize graphs very easily. Just yesterday I realized how matrices are visualized properly as linear transformations. But I am not always this…
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Mindset to compute probability

Whenever I encounter a probability question, especially those with pulling objects out of a box, I think, "Wait, are they all being selected at the same time (combinations), or are they being chosen one by one without replacement?" And…
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Does math have any end?

Often I have thought about this:- Is there any real end or a dead stop to maths as a subject? Can there be a time when everything in this beautiful field has been discovered, all possible theorems, axioms, postulates have been found out, and all…
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How to take notes on Baby Rudin

I am currently self studying Baby Rudin because I wanted to learn real analysis and introduce myself to proof-writing before I take upper divs. The only places I have already encountered proofs are diff eq and linear algebra and those classes were…
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Studying at university stresses me out a lot, but still the love of the subject is there. What to do?

Currently I'm following a master of mathematics at the university of Amsterdam and beforehand I must say that I'm very grateful for the opportunities that are given to me. So to get to the point. I really am curious about mathematics the only thing…
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Mathematics for a physicist.

Please forgive my non-descriptive title. I'm an aspiring physicist who feels no physicist can ever achieve in his subject without Mathematics whether he acquires it purely intuitively (like Faraday) or rigorously (like Cauchy). My question is how…
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What can I do now to help me in the future?

About two years ago, I absolutely fell in love with mathematics. Since then, I have studied math almost religiously, absorbing everything I can about every subject I can. I have now established what I would call an understanding of most…
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Deceptively simple math conjectures

Why is it that some mathematical problems with seemingly simple statements end up soliciting extremely complicated and groundbreaking proofs or remain unsolved for extended periods of time? (Ex. Collatz conjecture, FLT, Twin prime conjecture, abc…
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Why am I so bad at math?

Ever since I was young, I've always struggled at math. Bear in mind I could count before I entered kindgergarden, but even when I had to learn simple things like long division, I was always behind everyone else. My teachers and parents thought I was…
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How should one characterize mathematical conclusions?

I have posted this in Philosophy SE as well because I feel that it is appropriate both here and there. As practiced, mathematical proof seems not to be an explicit formal deduction within a formal system. Instead, proof seems to be a sort of…
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