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What r/learnmath is talking about this week

r/learnmath has 479,165 members and 23 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 5.5 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

479,165members
23posts in the last 24 hours, newest 4 min ago
5.5comments an hour right now, newest 56 min ago
275points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/learnmath this week

maths18algebra14study13calc11learning10linear9mathematics8studying8problem7self7better6advice6

Top threads this week

  1. How do top students study?

    I am specifically referring to STEM students from top universities and/or those with a full gpa (4 in the usa, 6 in switzerland etc...): how do you organize your study and how do you concretely,...

    275 points71 comments4 d ago
  2. Do people who do math/stats professionally (academics, scientists, etc.) also struggle with understanding math-heavy notations?

    I am learning machine learning for my research in behavioral science and I often come across papers and textbooks with math-heavy notation. I did a little bit of statistics in undergrad so I...

    68 points26 comments1 d ago
  3. Natural number directly between a square and a cube

    On a German TV quiz show a few days ago, there was the question which natural number was the only one immediately after a square and immediately before a cube. I obviously quickly found that 26 is...

    68 points19 comments6 d ago
  4. How are fractions and Division same?

    i started learning mathematics from scratch and i am confused at this point... How are fractions same as division? suppose i have fraction 2/3 which means i have 2 parts out of 3 total parts so...

    66 points74 comments6 d ago
  5. Where do I start in linear algebra?

    I just started uni and I feel like a caveman when it comes to linear algebra even YouTube gives me a hard time trying to understand the fundamentals. I'm asking for where I can find the...

    45 points31 comments2 d ago
  6. Just started my maths degree, does it get better?

    Hi. I started my maths degree this academic year after getting on to my goal university. I was very strong with A Level Maths and didn't do Further Mathematics so I feel as if I'm at a pretty...

    43 points18 comments4 d ago
  7. I struggled with basic maths as a child. Now I’m learning it again with AI.

    Hey guys, I’ve started learning basic maths with AI, and I want to share why this means so much to me. When I was a kid, I really struggled to learn basic maths. I was very good at theoretical...

    39 points11 comments6 d ago
  8. is there an intuitive reason the harmonic series diverges even though the terms go to zero?

    i know the grouping proof (1/3+1/4 1/2, 1/5 to 1/8 1/2, and so on) and i can follow it, but it still feels weird to me. the terms shrink to zero so my gut says the sum should settle somewhere....

    33 points63 comments5 d ago
  9. Advice needed on becoming proficient in math.

    Hello! As a general overview of myself, I’m a 23 year old electrical engineering student. Who had recently discovered a passion for mathematics. I was never very good at math as a kid but up until...

    27 points9 comments12 h ago
  10. from the basics

    hello everyone, i really want to completely restart my math journey from the absolute beginning. to be totally transparent, i am genuinely so bad at math lol. i’m at a high school level at best...

    27 points17 comments3 d ago

Newest posts

  1. The Time Manipulation Paradox – Can You Solve It?
    0 points0 comments4 min ago
  2. Large Hyperoperations Become Linear
    2 points0 comments57 min ago
  3. Emotional perils of mathematics -- article by Donald Weidman, Boston College
    6 points1 comment2 h ago
  4. Is khan academy good for generating practice problems
    1 points7 comments2 h ago
  5. My wife and I homeschool our band 👶👦👧 for 6 years now. We also design and develop edu games for them, which are open on the web for everybody, for free.
    0 points0 comments4 h ago
  6. 1x1 speed - Learn Times Tables (free,ad-supported)
    0 points0 comments5 h ago
  7. Wie soll ich im Mathestudium lernen?
    2 points1 comment6 h ago
  8. Math 33A Midterm 1
    0 points1 comment8 h ago
  9. Help With Transfinite Ordinals
    4 points9 comments10 h ago
  10. Is there something bigger than a factorial?
    25 points27 comments12 h ago
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