/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12478650
I'd say the ones worth going to are MSU, MIPT, SPSU, and HSE (not necessarily in that order). I do not think it would be easy to get in to any of those, and as the other poster said it will be very difficult to stay in. Don't look at the fact that they're somewhat obscure schools in a poorer country and come away with the idea that they're not as difficult and (especially in math) as prestigious as top western universities. Also (this is anecdotal but I've heard this sentiment many times), they put more emphasis on problem solving than western math departments, so make sure you're not behind in that.
Further, do you speak Russian well? Do you think you would be able to adapt to the culture?
If you consider yourself to be capable of getting in to the best universities in Russia, why don't you try for Oxford/Cambridge, UWaterloo/UToronto, or, for that matter, the top universities in the US?

>>12213075
>I dont see how anyone can memorize the identities
the only ones of note are the basic definitions, pythagorean identity, law of cosines, and sum/difference identities. all else can be derived from those.

also, if you know about euler's identity, trig identities become as easy as remembering how to manipulate exponents, and you get two identities for the price of one each time you derive anything