To those of you who have learned from math textbooks: If you could go back in time, what do you wish you could tell your younger self about how to read them more effectively?
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"I have never read much mathematical literature. I operated mostly by looking at certain papers to see what various people were up to, and to see what I could understand, and then to build on this in my way." ~ Atle Selberg
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"At least in my own case, understanding mathematics doesn't come from reading or even listening. It comes from rethinking what I see or hear. I must redo the mathematics in the context of my particular background." ~ Stephen Smale
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