Are there any mathematicians out there? Not math teachers. Mathematicians. Is it vital as a mathematician that you had memorized your times tables?
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There's that, but my impression is that simple memorization is harder for me. I remember all kinds of stuff, but it has to have semantic associations. Obscure vocabulary or all the bones in the body, no problem.
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Yes, true for me. And even associations are much less good than actual understanding, in some larger framework. I got stuck in analysis class because professor wouldn’t explain what a real number was. Couldn’t continue until I found out for myself.
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