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| Sep 6, 2018 at 22:22 | comment | added | roy smith | the only one i have read parts of is #4. and from it i remember only one piece of advice, but one which would have fattened my vita had i heeded it earlier in my research career, namely (roughy from memory) "solutions to problems are like grapes, they come in bunches. so when you solve one problem look aound for another one that will yield to the same idea." | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 3:46 | comment | added | Alexandre Eremenko | @TreFox: I have to confess that "How to solve it" is the only book of the list which I have not read:-) But I can certify the usefulness of 1,2(first part) and 3. | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 16:50 | comment | added | Nico A | That being said, once you have built enough of that intuition, it's a good reality check. | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 16:49 | comment | added | Nico A | "How to solve it" was incredibly unhelpful to me, as well as most of the high school friends I have met at various camps. It lays out a method of problem-solving and proof, but really only explicitly states what any rational person would try to do when solving a problem. I think it's the sort of book that a professional mathematician would read and love because it puts into words what you do when proving, but is frustrating to anyone trying to practically use and apply it because the most crucial part of proof is the intuition gained by practice, for which there are no "3 easy steps". | |
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| Sep 2, 2018 at 13:35 | history | answered | Alexandre Eremenko | CC BY-SA 4.0 |