Recent content by Obis

I think that's a bad attitude to have. Be active, passionate, compete with yourself and progress, maintain a possitive attitude. Other things, such as a prestigious graduate school, will come as a result with practically no direct effort towards them.

I'd recommend using lecture notes from Cambridge, it's around 100 pages : http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/dpk10/IA/IAprob.html

I disagree with this passionately. Understanding should be on the first place, grades should only come as a consequence.

It depends on too many factors. Generally, though, not going to a lecture may even improve your grade, since you can use that time to self-learn, which can be more effective than a lecture.

I'm a math student, planning to continue my studies in the field of (computational) cognitive science, so I'm also interested in such matters. I'll share some thoughts. First of all, the reality you see around you is not objective reality, it has already been structured by your brain...

Thank You for those who answered. I'm a visual learner, and here are my own answers : 1) I enjoy abstract mathematics, that involves manipulation of abstract concepts with minimal amount of computations. 2) I don't go to the majority of lectures. I find reading a book much more effective...

http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual_Spatial_Learner/vsl.htm Which type of learner are You? If you recognize yourself as a visual-spatial learner, I'd like to ask you some questions: 1) What type of mathematics/physics do you enjoy the most? Which do you find the most difficult? 2) Do...

In mathematics GRE there are some questions that can be solved with long computations, however, if you know some underlying concept you can immediately see the answer, with minimal computations. It might be the case that there's questions like this in physics too.

I'd suggest this book for algebra : http://books.google.lt/books/about/Algebra_and_Geometry.html?id=tVTd78vYzPkC&redir_esc=y I believe this will not only teach you algebra very well, but will also help seeing mathematics as a whole.

Understanding is continuous, hence you can't really say that understanding the chain rule is easy. No matter how good you already understand it, you can understand it better. You can always find new ways to look at it, new things to relate it to. This is what gives the ability to be able to...

So you need to solve more than 10 exercises on the chain rule? I don't agree with this. By doing that you would only remember the chain rule very well, which is not the same as understanding it very well. Understanding comes when you know why it works, when you can clearly mentally see what is...

I didn't say it was easy. At the neurobiological level, panic attacks, stress and fear are induced by various neural networks. You have to trace them down, and consciously change them. This requires effort, time and consistency. So yes, it's not easy.

Yes, it can be done with recursion, more particularly, using the technique of backtracking. I suggest you to learn it, it's a simple, yet powerful technique. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtracking

By monitoring your own thoughts. You sense thoughts that are related with caring about academic results - you try to consciously inhibit them. This should be done both with good and bad results. Gradually, the importance you apply to them decreases. Stress, fear becomes weaker, and your...

The most effective solution would be to strike the roots of this problem : the importance you give on your performance on these tests is too high. Stop caring about tests performance and your academic results. It's not easy, but it can be done with enough effort. Learn because you are interested...