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Micromass, by deep understanding I meant understanding through boring math drills.
The websites alone are not sufficient, but it helps you understand the book, so that one can work through the problems in it.
In my first post I wrote that "I know that I must use a lot of time on actively solving particular math problems", and I have repeated this several times, so why keep spoon-feeding me something I know already?
Vanadium, I can draw a graph, and I am able to follow the logical steps of calculus when it is explained by a good teacher. But my understanding is superficial of course, almost like having enough knowledge about a new language to guess the meaning of sentences in a newspaper article, but without being able to actively use the language. So I have written repeatedly that I will work on active problem solving in order to deepen my understanding of math. Is that nonsense?
I have also mentioned a few times that I misjudged Halliday's book. I agree with you of course that I need to know more calculus to understand it. But in general I still believe that many math books and teachers should explain things better, and I'm certainly not alone in thinking this.
But no point discussing this topic any further.
The websites alone are not sufficient, but it helps you understand the book, so that one can work through the problems in it.
In my first post I wrote that "I know that I must use a lot of time on actively solving particular math problems", and I have repeated this several times, so why keep spoon-feeding me something I know already?
Vanadium, I can draw a graph, and I am able to follow the logical steps of calculus when it is explained by a good teacher. But my understanding is superficial of course, almost like having enough knowledge about a new language to guess the meaning of sentences in a newspaper article, but without being able to actively use the language. So I have written repeatedly that I will work on active problem solving in order to deepen my understanding of math. Is that nonsense?
I have also mentioned a few times that I misjudged Halliday's book. I agree with you of course that I need to know more calculus to understand it. But in general I still believe that many math books and teachers should explain things better, and I'm certainly not alone in thinking this.
But no point discussing this topic any further.