Self-study methods for advanced math books and papers

flamengo · May 14, 2020

How to study advanced math books and papers? Advanced math books don't have exercises to practice. What study methods do you use?

member 587159 · May 14, 2020

flamengo said:

How to study advanced math books and papers? Advanced math books don't have exercises to practice. What study methods do you use?

What advanced math? Please give concrete examples.

Usually understanding the math in a research paper is already an exercise itself!

flamengo · May 14, 2020

Give a look at most monographs(like the ones in AMS or Springer bookstores). There are no exercises in them.

mathwonk · May 14, 2020

read...think...repeat.

member 587159 · May 15, 2020

flamengo said:

Give a look at most monographs(like the ones in AMS or Springer bookstores). There are no exercises in them.

Again, concrete examples?

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