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What's the best order to learn mathematics in for maximum enlightenment?

Tried to start off with axiomatic set theory, after a while it felt like i was just memorizing fancy words and different permutations of set operations.

Just recently finished of pre-algebra, learned some new and interesting things but it didn't give me a deeper understanding of math
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I wan't an autism tier understanding of math but i don't have autism, i'm a hard worker though.

>> No.9451902

You can't get around the foundations, no matter how boring they might be

>> No.9451925

You just got halfway through middle school math? And you want to move on to set theory?

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>>9451881
I had some trouble with calculus I one bc I had forgotten about factorisation and algebra. All those little concepts help, calculus II gets a bit easier just new knowledge but itll force you to think harder than usual then calculus III is kinda fun too. (Basically vectors are natural things just like ln which can be found while taking a walk in the woods).

To sum up you cant skip shit. There is no way for, even Ramanujan had the help of some basic books.

>> No.9451983

>>9451925
No, i understand most of it, i just re-watch series on subjects i already mostly understand from different sources because i feel like my understanding could become better given an explanation from a different perspective.

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>>9451881
Ladies and getlemen, the brainlet.

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>> No.9452508

Foundations don't technically require any preliminaries but practically you need a certain degree of mathematical maturity. Don't fall for the "foundational approach" meme, none of the faggots who make those meme images learned by starting from the foundations either.

>> No.9452516

>>9451881

Because it's called "foundations", doesn't mean you should start with that.

You aren't meant to learn math in the order of its own logic. Go read a calculus book

>> No.9452591

>>9452508
>>9452516

Lmao, this. Maybe try some calculus before you get to naive set theory. You become familiar with some concepts at an informal level before you get a rigorous exposure.