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#37044 06/06/03 06:46 PM
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Thanks for your advice.

I am not actually looking for too much information. But I just want to fully absorb the materials in textbooks and lecture notes. However, the books and notes are usually filled with important points without detailed explanations. In order to comprehend it better, I can't just read it.

I am sure you have such experience, that if you want to comprehend a book very well, no matter how hard you stick to that book, you can't comprehend it fully.
You need another book of the same or relevant topic. Sometimes even the topics are just a little bit relevant or irrelevant, but they stimulate your brain
to think. Like, a scientist come up with a great idea by just looking a child playing or some other completely irrelevant stuffs. I am looking for some stimulator.

Though I do a basic probability course. I photoread stochastic process and books with 1000 exercises so as to store different information in brain and see if they will server as stimulators.

By the way, I am doing Linear Algebra, Sets & Groups Theory, (real numbers, sequence, series continuity, differentiability, integrals) of Real Analysis, Basic Calculus, Calculus of 2 more more variables, Calculus in 3D, Mechanics, Geometry, Complex Geometry, Introductory Probability (partition, pgf, random walk, gambler ruin's problesm, distributions, bla bla bla) and introductory statistics. In UK, we don't sit for individual paper of each course. We will sit in 4 papers with 2-4 courses in 1 paper.








#37045 06/06/03 08:41 PM
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That sounds like quite a course load.

Yes finding another text is often the best thing. Different authors give different emphasis on the same material. Also broadening your scope is always good. Don't loose site of your deadline oriented goal.

I will say that deeper and harder isn't always the best way to learn something that isn't coming to you easily. If a hammer doesn't work try a screwdriver.

Good luck.






#37046 06/07/03 09:38 AM
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Someone I was mentoring had trouble with maths formulas so he photoread some books that taught the basic (level lower than what he was working with) he found that afterwards the answers started flowing.

It is definately a good idea to photoread other books on the same subjects. Especially if the core book is giving you trouble. You might find that another author has explained it in a manner that you can understand it better. So photoread the books and activate the one or two you feel drawn to activate... along with the core book. Most of the other books you will only need to photoread with little activation. Just be sure you follow your instinct/intuition and read the passages that catch your interest since it's quite possible that you 'understand' the concepts from those books to carry over to activating your core books.

Alex







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