It’s worse than that, even. What math textbooks you can pick up and get something out of is determined by your current math background, so it’s also a huge element of luck to get books that give you progress instead of discouragement.
I see it as more of a “maybe there is low-hanging fruit and you can teach yourself some math easily, but good luck picking topics you can tackle”
It’s worse than that, even. What math textbooks you can pick up and get something out of is determined by your current math background, so it’s also a huge element of luck to get books that give you progress instead of discouragement.
I see it as more of a “maybe there is low-hanging fruit and you can teach yourself some math easily, but good luck picking topics you can tackle”