6 Little Known Reasons Why Self Study is the Key to Success in Math

What is the life style of mathematician . Are they study everyday 10 hour ?

I’m taking statistics- but I want to read law. 😁

love your passion, your enthusiasm!

Thank you for this video. I'm happy

elegance is what makes mathematicians into experts. say more with less words. isnt this right ?

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I just recently got back into college. Prior to that I spent a year teaching myself algebra. This semester is ending, and Im going to walk away with A's in two algebra courses I took simultaneously. I could not have managed that if I hadn't studied ahead of time.
Im now using the same strategy to prepare for Trigonometry and Calculus. I am having more fun now than I have ever had in my life. 10/10 would recommend self-study.

But math sorcerer. I'm in the middle of an electronic engineering 5 year integrated masters (so straight to writing a masters degree) and i know want to self study mathematics. BUT HOW DO I FINANCE IT? WHAT THE FRICK AM I SUPPOSED TO TELL MY PARENTS? ETC

As you have said,studying alone is harder,so you are putting in more effort than those in higschool/college

Do you think it's feasible for a self-taught mathematician to be able to do real research/make meaningful contributions to mathematics?

One thing I have learned is if I find a particular author I like I see if he wrote other books. An example would be I like how Jerrold E. Marsden wrote his book “Vector Calculus” so now I have his “Basic Complex Analysis” book. I am not disappointed because I am already familiar with his writing style.

You missed the most important point. Self study is the only reliable form of study. As you get to higher levels, professors can be more concerned with research than pedagogy.

Great video! I usually listen to these videos in the background while doing physics/math problems.

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Self-study has formed the greater proportion of my math education. I was a poor math student in high school and college, and became interested in the years before I began graduate work in Slavic languages. I had to learn all the math I'd forgotten/never learned in order to be able to take classes at the university where I was working at the time, where nothing below calculus was offered. A book I read at the time, Ivan Niven's Numbers: Rational and Irrational (New Mathematical Library 1), showed me how to write proofs, which was like being introduced a whole new way of seeing the world. While in graduate school, I completed the equivalent of an undergraduate math minor, and continued to learn math intensely through self-study for several years after finishing the PhD. One thing I have found rewarding has been to keep all the work, proofs, thoughts in a series of solidly bound notebooks. This means that I have a chronological record of the work I have done, a kind of narrative of learning. I taught high school math for several years, and more than once had reason to go back into these records in order to enhance something we were doing in class. Those math notebooks are among my most precious possessions: they are like photo albums of my journey through math.

It's always self study

Hey math sorcerer! If you are torn between self study and going to college or university to study mathematics, have you considered a remote learning degree in mathematics? There are actually a more limited set of university degrees in mathematics that you can do from an online/distance learning university.

I wish this guy was my teacher I’d be that much smarter not dealing with some old hag who hates her life and could care less about mine putting me down back in high school smh a good teacher is the difference for a lot of students future or self confidence if nothing else

When I first went to college I was a chemistry major and I changed to psychology because I couldn't handle the math. I thought I was naturally bad at math but as I learned psychology I learned research based methods on human learning. Now that I have graduated I am studying math about 2 hours a day in 20 minute blocks. Research indicates this maximizes efficiency. Now that I have learned how to learn I feel I can tackle math once more.

In class you don't get time to ask yourself "Why this works" like a formula, or a method of proof but in self study you do

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1. Self study is fun and self guided
2. You're not being told what to do or evaluated for a grade
3. You remember things you read on your own time better, more personal
4. It sticks with you more
5. It makes you better at learning how to learn
6. It is rewarding and you can look back on your accomplishments

When I was 47, I decided to learn how to code by myself. I have no CS background. I didn't even have a laptop, so I got a second hand MacBook and started to study JavaScript. I told myself that I study everyday 365 days. No matter how busy I am, I study even 15 mins. I haven't skipped even a day. Now I'm 48, and I love learning everyday.

It's practice. Plain and simple. You get good at something by practice. And with math, you can always know when the practice is working. You can't delude yourself about it.

Self-study helps keep your head in the game. When you're getting to the limit of what you can absorb in one session, thinking about what you've been reading and sorting it all out in your mind lets things settle in. It lets you learn while you're relaxing.

I learn better when I teach myself. I’m built that way. Self study is the best method!
When someone is nagging me and telling me how I should injest the concept or telling me how to act, I get demotivated and it makes it seem less interesting. I like to learn at my own pace without someone hovering over. Nagging and patronizing is my biggest pet peeve!
When you study on your own, you can conceptualize it easier, and because you’re using your brain to form the concept rather than someone pushing their own thoughts into you, it sticks better because you can understand it in your own way rather than someone else doing it for you. You are more independent in your thought process rather than being told what to think.

Gonna put in my two cents and recommend Stephen Abbott’s “Understanding Analysis” to anyone who plans on self studying Real Analysis :3

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I was never the biggest class attender in my undergraduate. I went enough to know what was going on, but I did so much self study in my engineering undergrad it always put me to the top of the class on exam day. This is so spot on.

Self study makes you construct knowledge for yourself.

Personally my favorite topic. For me, self-study means you make your own schedule (time freedom) and not to depend (too much) on other people.

I taught myself Algebra

It is mystical and creepy.... self study...

I failed a semester in physics and math in college, the next semester is only on 5 months...so want to taught myself as much as I can, before the next semester starts.

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Learning for the sake of learning is the perfect way to learn. When you finally solve the maths after 1 hr! Its undescribeable that kind of feelings you had. ❤

Agree 100%

Learning is my hobby.

Self study is indeed much different then school. At college we didn't had time to really study, as we had tons of subjects and exams. So you are just tackling those exams one after another. And before you know it you have diploma, start to work and now 20 years later, I look back. I would say self study is the real study. Real study should be without any restrictions. You study as long as you want, as deep as you want. Self study has indeed another motivation starting point then school. When self study you get to choose how, when, how much and from what sources. At school I had enough "dry" teachers. Not motivational at all. They make things really boring. At high school we had a interesting younger teacher, but my mind was not really up to it in that period. Probably just to young. Social life was much more interesting at that time.

I love the passion you have when you talk about how self-study is great.

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tip - discipline will take you far. study for long hours everyday and dont worry about hitting major milestones too much. Move at your own pace. do for the sake of doing and ye shall find in the same a lesson.

Take Barbara Oakley’s learning how to learn MOOC. There’s a book too.
She was an Army Russian linguist. Discovered she loved math. Got a PHD. In engineering.
Amazing person and teacher.

I think self study is critical for taking control of your learning. My beliefs and goals are those of a high achiever, but I have developed persistent learning anxiety after leaving other anxieties unaddressed for many years. Instead of blaming a mediocre professor, a class that has an unrealistically fast pace, confusing or short explanations, you can take control. Decide on your terms how much you will learn and in what way you will do it. I think all of the skills relevant to the practice of self study are very important skills to make life more enjoyable. These are just words and ideas to me currently but I'm taking those steps in my college life now.

Starting basic maths it good to make notes yes self study is a must you shuffle the numbers and work them out

Right now I am trying to better my mental math!! 57 and I do math for fun, love math.
Some people do crossword books I do grade 2-5 math books right now. I Never use a calculator, love figuring it out! 😁😁😁

Right now I am trying to better my mental math!! 57 and I do math for fun, love math.
Some people do crossword books I do grade 2-5 math books right now. I Never use a calculator, love figuring it out! 😁😁😁

Steve Summit's website is still live and it has nice articles about math and programming.

The point about retaining concepts is a good point in favor of self-study. I've found the same thing. Even when I'm not doing math by hand but using a calculator or software program, I tend to remember the concepts more than even when in a classroom. In formal education, I just felt I was randomly pressing buttons. Now, I know why I'm pressing the buttons.

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Because the other subject appears to be less work and less pressure at the moment and more exciting.

This video is what's cool man. Thank you!!