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Hey /sci/ I have my first real university math exam in a few weeks time, I have to learn 32 definitions plus 73 theorems/propositions/lemmas/corollaries but I didn't attend any of the lectures.

It's not particularly difficult material, and I have the notes (95 pages) to work with.
What would you say the best way to go about learning this is so that I can apply it and remember it all (given the time constraint)?

An example is proof of existence and uniqueness of prime factorisation, it's dull...

>> No.4157771

Rewrite them. Seriously.

>> No.4157772

Read them. Write them. And then make sure you can write them without looking.

>> No.4157775

>>4157771
>>4157772
Do you think I should try to prove every theorem that I come across BEFORE reading the book proof, or would that be a waste of time?

>> No.4157781

>>4157775
absolutely not (a waste of time)
Unless all the proofs are just hard as shit and you have no chance of proving any of them unless you memorize them first.

>> No.4157785

>>4157781
a few of them require a lot of setting up (especially fundamental theorem of arithmetic) but i suppose reading the setup and trying to work through the rest without hints wouldn't hurt