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In need of advice: How do I become a mathematician?
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[QUOTE="DaveE, post: 6860080, member: 644223"] IMO, pure Math is pretty different from Calculus, Complex Analysis, and Linear Algebra. I'm not sure that you know yet what real Mathematicians do. I certainly didn't when I was in your position decades ago. Much of the math you have been studying is an essential tool in many physical sciences and engineering. It's a great thing for you to study and learn well, you will use it. However, it's just a bit too early for you to figure out how you will be using it years from now. Maybe you'll be an EE, ME, Physicist, Climate Scientist, or a Mathematician. Frankly, there aren't too many pure Mathematicians out there, there aren't a lot of teaching positions, and there are lots of other good careers that use math for more practical stuff, which you might find more interesting. Don't worry just yet, you'll figure it out in time. [/QUOTE]
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