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why is combinatorics so hard

>> No.10104893

>>10104819
Because combinatoric questions test the "problem solving" part of the brain instead of your "pattern recognition" part of the brain.

So it's not that combinatoric questions are hard per se, it's just your ability to solve questions which you haven't seen before (but should have the background to deduce) is very weak, or nonexistent at all.

>> No.10104911

>>10104893
how do i fix this?

>> No.10104916

college level probability and statistics is when I finally realized I was a brainlet and threw in the towel, I am a neet now that smokes weed all day, feels good man

>> No.10104923

>>10104911
gain IQ ya brainlet

or just practice more

>> No.10104926

>>10104923
uhh doesn't practice just improve pattern recognition

>> No.10104928

>>10104911
Literally just read Casella and Berger chapter 1, attempt all exercises, and make judicious use of stackexchange. If you can't manage, start with the most elementary combinatorics questions possible (khanacademy) and move up with a tutor until you can do the aforementioned.

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>> No.10104943

It doesn't build consecutively like other subjects. For instance in algebra you learn groups, rings, integral domains, fields,.etc yet in combinatorics it's just a sort of random selection much past basic definitions of factorial and binomial coefficients. I think that's one reason.

>> No.10104960

combinatorics is the true brain bull math field

no hiding behind 500 pages of theory like in algebra or bludgeoning your problem to death with overpowered technical tools like in analysis
you're either clever enough to find the pattern or you aren't

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>>10104916

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>>10104819
probably cuz you haven't finished pic related yet idiot

>>10104960
combinatorics most chad field of all time, steel balled horse dicks only

>> No.10105649

>>10104819
Because you're not Hungarian

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10105654

>>10105649
Please delete this
t. Romanian

>> No.10105801

>>10104819
Because you are not using Loehr.

>> No.10105822

>>10105654
>Romanian
No such thing Gypsy

>> No.10105829

just count lmao

>> No.10106428

>>10104819
Most of it comes down to finding a clever way to decompose the problem into similar smaller problems then using simple combinatoric principles to put them back together.