Using spaced repetition systems to see through a piece of mathematics
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By Michael Nielsen, January 2019
By Michael Nielsen , January 2019 What does it mean to understand a piece of mathematics? Naively, we perhaps think of this in relatively black and white terms: initially you don’t understand a piece of mathematics, then you go through a brief grey period where you’re learning it, and with some luck and hard work you emerge out the other side “understanding” the mathematics. In reality, mathematical understanding is much more nuanced. My experience is that it’s nearly always possible to deepen one’s understanding of any piece of mathematics. This is even true – perhaps especially true – of wha
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