/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7298633
Do liberal art instead.

>>7298633

git gud

>>7298633
basic math or advanced? even a tard can do basic math if they can learn discipline and focus. advanced mathematics requires talent which not all people have

>>7298669
Both I just suck. I will understand some math questions but I struggle most with the ones that you have to remember specific things about previous math years to solve a problem.

>>7298633
>HOW DO I GET GOOD AT MATH?
HOW ABOUT YOU DO SOME MATH?

>>7298688
Op here, no I'm a lazy nigger who doesn't want too. I haven't done math in forever.

>>7298694
Okay if you aren't going to put in the effort then /thread. You cant just learn math passively. Why even post if you knew you werent going to try?

>>7298694
>>7298699
i don't think that's actually op

i think he is just telling lies

>>7298699
That wasn't me. Real Op here,Recommend good books

>>7298633
https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/does-one-have-to-be-a-genius-to-do-maths/

start at your level. commit to one math dvery semester working your way up. thats all.

>>7298704
I suggest "Intermediate Algebra" by Johnston, Willis, Lazaris. I used the 6th ed in CC, but you can get the 5th on Amazon for super cheap. Good primer on basic and intermediate algebra, lots of examples, holds you by the hand and explains everything, a few proofs toward the end, and you can easily supplement it with online resources.
Here's one for $1.60 actually:
>http://www.amazon.com/Intermediate-Algebra-Johnston-Willis-Carol/dp/0534143288/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1433092397&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=intermediate+algebra+johnston+5th+edition
For a newer 6th ed for $24:
>http://www.amazon.com/C-L-Johnston-Intermediate-Algebra-6th/dp/B00N4IRTI6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1433092371&sr=8-2&keywords=intermediate+algebra+johnston

If you're feeling a bit more adventurous, "Basic Mathematics" by Serge Lang gets recommended on /sci/ boards and physicsforums. I haven't personally read it so won't talk at length about it, but it's written from a mathematician's perspective, so it's more difficult, but gives an excellent well-rounded primer up to precalc.
>http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Mathematics-Serge-Lang/dp/0387967877

After that jump to "Calculus," and "Calculus of Manifolds" by Michael Spivak. "Brief Calculus and Its Applications" + solutions manual by Goldstein, Lay, and Schneider is also good.

Anons that had more experience with these will be able to recommend more books, but they won't come back utill later in the night. Cheers.

>>7298669
What would you qualify as advanced math? Physics? Because if that's advanced for you I have some bad news.

>>7298633
I was bad at math throughout highschool, and now I'm published with a postdoc position in pure mathematics. Its easy to think you're bad at math in high school/beginning college level math because of how boring it is. Also, math eventually becomes one of the few fields that requires both tremendous creativity and precision of thought--those not used to having to think so precisely might find it hard, but that doesn't mean you can't do it!

>>7298633
Do you even practice problems brah?

>>7298669
>advanced mathematics requires talent which not all people have

Explain

>>7299096
I forgot to mention a really useful book for study techniques:
>How to Study in College by Walter Pauk.
Concise, lots of techniques, lots of methods.

>>7299166
this is like putting winrar installation file in a .rar file

>>7299096
>"Basic Mathematics" by Serge Lang
Damn, I didn't know Lang wrote a book on that stuff. It's probably awesome.

>>7298633
what are you good at?