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[QUOTE="IGU, post: 5450477, member: 381937"] Your first proof based class was probably geometry in high school. There's really no difference in later such classes. The way to tell if you "get it" is if you can re-derive a proof from first principles. To get to that point, it helps to try to prove things yourself before looking at the proof. And by try I mean spend serious time at it, not just a couple of minutes. It helps to look at variants of proofs (what if I eliminate this condition? can I still prove it? if not, why not?). But before coming here, I hope you've read the classic work in the field, [URL='https://www.amazon.com/dp/069116407X/?tag=pfamazon01-20']Polya's How to Solve It[/URL]. You'll learn more from that little book than from anything I can post. Meanwhile, don't expect the transition from training to learning to be easy. Actually understanding stuff is quite difficult, and that's what is required of you at this point. [/QUOTE]
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