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Pleonasm
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This might appear absurd but concidering that math students are so preoccupied with acquring a deeper understanding of mathematics, most of the undergraduate exams are actually not problem solving math per se, but actually "proof of concept" type of excercises (quite different from solving puzzles).
By contrast, physicists and engineers are mainly preoccupied with problem solving math, applying it to a set of circumstances.
Is there any validity to the claim by some that mathematicans have a deeper understanding of math but that phycisists are generally superior problem solvers ( at least undergraduates)?
By contrast, physicists and engineers are mainly preoccupied with problem solving math, applying it to a set of circumstances.
Is there any validity to the claim by some that mathematicans have a deeper understanding of math but that phycisists are generally superior problem solvers ( at least undergraduates)?