In my head, I was assuming motivation, edited to clarify.
Most people don’t get past algebra.
Yeah I know, that’s why I commented. Even basic facility in proof based math is an extremely powerful mental technology, as I tried to say. I would not recommend calculus. I am talking about combinatorics or graph theory, or discrete math in general, where you can see the basic building blocks of proofs and proof strategies. This is worth years of effort.
In my head, I was assuming motivation, edited to clarify.
Yeah I know, that’s why I commented. Even basic facility in proof based math is an extremely powerful mental technology, as I tried to say. I would not recommend calculus. I am talking about combinatorics or graph theory, or discrete math in general, where you can see the basic building blocks of proofs and proof strategies. This is worth years of effort.
Maybe proficiency in proof-based math is not a cause of mental superiority, but an indicator?