This is an excellent answer and I want to highlight that making Anki flashcards is especially useful in this case. I rarely make a mistake when I’m working with mathematics only because of the fact that I have made myself a lot of Anki cards thoroughly analyzing the concepts I use.
Besides this, I have—what may be an eccentric idea—that when working I set special music soundtrack for the specific work I do. See here for more details about this. Further, I think this idea about having a “ritual” is very related to not making mistakes, “getting in the zone”, etc.
This is an excellent answer and I want to highlight that making Anki flashcards is especially useful in this case. I rarely make a mistake when I’m working with mathematics only because of the fact that I have made myself a lot of Anki cards thoroughly analyzing the concepts I use.
Using spaced repetition systems to see through a piece of mathematics, an essay by Michael Nielsen was really useful for me when initially investigating this idea.
Besides this, I have—what may be an eccentric idea—that when working I set special music soundtrack for the specific work I do. See here for more details about this. Further, I think this idea about having a “ritual” is very related to not making mistakes, “getting in the zone”, etc.