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I have big plans for summer (note: I still plan on exercising, eating healthy, and showering regularly. Of course, my goal is 12-16 hours per day, 5-6 days a week), 10 math books to finish in 4 months of moderate to very hard difficulty (for me, not in general. I plan on learning all the concepts, so I am willing to accept I may not finish all these books- again, I want to actually master the concepts and topics, and would not just want to "read" the books). I have 16 hours a day to study (im an engineering student, so I already have no life). (Namely to increase mathematical maturity so I can tackle algorithms; something I will be lacking as a computer/electrical engineering student).
One of my biggest problems is remembering things. For instance, keeping down all that set theory knowledge or things that require memorization/things that can't be rote memorized.
I can, for instance, read a chapter of Spivak calculus then proceed to solve all these problems.
The same thing for something as dynamics. I'll read a chapter (say about rotation), solve problems, but then be unable to retain this new knowledge unless I keep practicing and practicing- of course this will be difficult when my rate of learning is much more fanatic and doesn't follow a syallabus.
But of course, I won't remember anything the next day.
What is the best way to maximize my powerlearning? My goal is to master {basic} math this summer, allowing me to study algorithms the next.
I also plan on making a thread on here in physicsforum when my summer starts, and updating my progress daily, hopefully to keep me motivated (or learn from my failure)
Is it better to do say, do 16 hours until I finish the book, or something more structured: say, do 8 books each for one hour, with one hour practice following?
One of my biggest problems is remembering things. For instance, keeping down all that set theory knowledge or things that require memorization/things that can't be rote memorized.
I can, for instance, read a chapter of Spivak calculus then proceed to solve all these problems.
The same thing for something as dynamics. I'll read a chapter (say about rotation), solve problems, but then be unable to retain this new knowledge unless I keep practicing and practicing- of course this will be difficult when my rate of learning is much more fanatic and doesn't follow a syallabus.
But of course, I won't remember anything the next day.
What is the best way to maximize my powerlearning? My goal is to master {basic} math this summer, allowing me to study algorithms the next.
I also plan on making a thread on here in physicsforum when my summer starts, and updating my progress daily, hopefully to keep me motivated (or learn from my failure)
Is it better to do say, do 16 hours until I finish the book, or something more structured: say, do 8 books each for one hour, with one hour practice following?
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