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How to get rid of "ox near amorphous mountain" feeling?

I am an (almost independent [1] learner) mathematics student. I believe in the only way to get used to the ideas is to derive them by yourself, but when I try to derive some good and deep result, my feeling is extremely like Grothendieck…
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Everything in math that we have found and proved to be TRUE so far will remain true forever?

Is there any mathematical statement or theorem or theory, which was used to be TRUE in the past, but then found out FALSE later? In short, my question is: everything in math that we have found and proved to be TRUE so far (theorem, theory, etc),…
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How to solve this Table?

This is a solved, filled table. I'm trying to understand how it was put together. Numerically, the first half of the chart is easy to figure out, (The parts in red are resultant in simple addition.) But I can't figure out how to actually solve for…
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Math game for the kids

On my spare time I am going to program a computer math game for the kids and their friends. I'm thinking about using plenty of mathematical animations, pictures, fun facts, stories etc. I want to make mathematics fun for them. What areas of…
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SVG Shapes and Involved Mathematics

I have no idea, is this place to ask such question or not. However apparently my question related to math. My basic aim to understand the mathematic involve in SVG shapes attribute likes "Path, d" manipulation, which would help me to understand…
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Should I really do all the reading?

I am studying bachelors in mathematics. Currently I am taking the courses Complex Analysis, Differential Equations, and Abstract Algebra (group and ring theory). I don't find the material itself all that difficult if I actually do all the reading,…
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How to document solutions for future use?

I'm taking courses of math at university level, it's kind of the equivalent of master degree in mathematics, I'm from Argentina. The way to learn mth in my university is this: We attend lectures, we also do exercises, we also read at home. This…
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Quick and simple funtamental question about sets

Please feel free not to read this its just a prelude: Ok I am sorry for making this question since as far as I can tell the level of the other questions here is higher by far compared to mine, but I am an adult that wants to learn maths from scratch…
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Are there undescribable mathematical objects when we represent them as drawings?

It was argued at "Are there mathematical objects that have been proved to exist but cannot be described in words?" that there are mathematical objects that we can't describe in words because there are only countably many ways to arrange words and…
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needing general information (algebra)

I plan to study algebraic number theory (arithmetic and Galois theory) in order to start research in cryptography and coding theory and all the staff... Also, i would like to introduce myself to algebraic geometry having in view the weil conjectures…
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How to write an equation for a fixed range scale

I'm writing a report and I need to use an equation to represent a relationship in the Methodology section. Here's how it works: Everything in between 3 and 8 is between 0% and 100% Everything below the number 3 is 100% Everything above the number 8…
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Problem Solving Practice

Are there any resources ( mainly books, but other things as well :)) which involve a lot of exercises/problems. These problems should be challenging but still solveable for a High School Student. The main idea here is are there any resources e.g.…
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Probability in a Magical World

We know the frequentist definition of probability-the probability $p$ of an event $E$ is the limiting frequency the event happens when the associated random experiment is repeated large number of times. In this definition $p$ is some fixed constant…
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Line from my textbook

It is a line from my textbook which says that "$S $ is a skew-symmetric matrix implies det$((I+S)^{-1})\neq 0$" which I cant justify.How to justify it?
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question about the remainder in division

Maybe this doesn't make sense or is too basic but if you take for example $5 \div 2 = 2 + \frac12 $ with the "remainder" being $\frac12$. If you multiply the quotient by the divisor and add the remainder you get the dividend: $2 * 2 + 1 = 5$. But…
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