Project: [Math Machine]
Status: In Progress
Start: 2024-12-27
Deadline: Open-ended
Tags: #math #Study
🎯 Objective
Learn to think more mathematically that you become a Math Terminator.
🧠 Why It Matters (aka Existential Justification)
Because this aligns with this commandment:
I am a problem-solving machine. I never settle.
I love mathematics, logic and thinking. I want to sharpen my mind to think more deeply and to solve problems (on paper and in real life) more efficiently. Also because I don’t want to suck in my favorite subject.
I am thinking of pursuing my undergrads in Abstract Math / Cs / or adjacent. The sooner I start, the better.
✅ Success Criteria
- Finish Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Coursera)
- Finish Reading “How To Solve It” by G. Polya.
- Solve AoPS Intro Series problems
- Algebra
- C&P
- Number Theory
- Geometry
- Finish 12th Grade Math Syllabus before Oct, 2025
🛠️ Tools + System
- Practice Material !!!
- A Math journal to log difficult problems (Obsidian can help)
- Anki to remember methods used to solve problems
- Progressive Overload: increase difficulty over time.
📆 Timeline / Phases
Break into chunks so it doesn’t feel like eating an elephant raw:
- Phase 1: Developing Intuition and getting the feel
- Phase 2: Solving Olympiad level / Pre-college question (with helping wheels)
- Phase 3: Solving problems out cold.
📈 Progress Log
| Date | What I Did |
|---|---|
| 2024-12-27 | Started IMT Course |
| 2025-04-07 | Idea of Progressive Overload came to mind |
| 2025-04-08 | Revamped system to track problems and solutions |
| 2025-05-24 | Started the War. |
💥 Wins
📓 Reflections
Once you’re done (or halfway through), write:
- What you learned
- What sucked
- What worked
- What you’d improve