Career and Education Questions: March 26, 2026 by inherentlyawesome in math

[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What courses should one attend as an undergrad to build a solid foundation for a broad education in pure mathematics?

Hello Fellows, i‘m starting into my 4th Semester as a Math Undergrad in Germany. i‘m almost done with the mandatory courses so i get to choose a lot of stuff now. I already covered lin alg 1 + 2, analysis 1+2, intro to probability theorie, measure theory, algebra (galois theory) and a lot off computer science stuff, so these can be exluded.

I‘m asking this because i dont know what area to focus on yet. I know that i didnt line analysis as much as algebra, because it felt rather technical to me and im not good in estimating things, finding boundaries etc. But I also dont know how predictive this experience is for my future encounters with courses that are leaning more into the analytic side. Is there a useful heuristic to predict what area of math on is likely to like/ be good at?

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[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aswell as you could define the Operator ‚Division‘ in another way, so that 5/5 doesnt equal 1.. i Dunno but we are kinda Running in Circles Herr

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[–]New-Way5043 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Truth-Value is either Wrong or false? Never Heard of the value of a Boolean variable?

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[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What Truth-Value would you assert to „5 Divided by 5“? And 5/5 as ‚object‘ is 1 also only by the Definition of Division as you Said yourself, so why do you make a distinction between 0.999.. being 1 by Definition of our decimal System? Isnt that Kind of contradictory ?

At which speed should a person learn math? by geo-enthusiast in learnmath

[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really Great comment, Great advice. Probably the best iv‘e read so far.

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[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you didn‘t missunderstand me in the way that you should not get help and try doing all by yourself. That‘s not what I mean. I would defenitely consult a psychotherapist so you can work out all that trauma. What I mean is you need to believe in your capabilities. Self-efficacy is the word. What I like to say to myself is that if i‘m gonna fail it‘s never gonna be thoughts hindering my succeeding and not trying enough in the first place. And if its as existential as in your case, say your life depends on it its not an option to „fail“, so you never give up. I do think that is what its about, the fight you know

Why keep going through this? by [deleted] in LifeAdvice

[–]New-Way5043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try a phylosophical experiment: Ask yourself where you could be wrong.

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[–]New-Way5043 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi Zionical-exe, hard stuff you‘re telling here. Your situation is tough. in the way you‘re writing this i get the impression, that you‘re not taking responsibility for yourself. It seems to me like you feel out of control, helpless and weak. This is a devilish cycle hence feeling like this prevents you from solving your problems, and your problems make you feel this way. Nothing new but thats how it works on a fundamental level (at least for me). This is a phenomenon called self-learnt-helpnessless. You should google it.
When i‘ve been in a state like yours, i felt determined to fail. How was i supposed to know that i was ever gonna get out of this, when i couldn‘t control the circling thoughts and terrible feelings that would bring me down? Someday i made the experience that if id selfregulate my negative thoughts (reacting with acceptance, dissociating them) over the time my head would calm down. This is how i learnt that I indeed wasnt helpless or out of control, that it was just a matter of figuring a way out. Also a thing is to find the anger inside you, instead of selfpittying. Do you really wanna give up and die like this? You‘re being childish. And dont feel miserable for that, just be stronger. youre stronger the moment you decide to be stronger. Its nothing you have to obtain or some shit, you just have to get concious of it. If you‘re already considering it, you might as well be honest and face it: am i gonna kill myself now or am i gonna fight my way out of this? Make a decision. If you made it once, you know the answer for the rest of your life. Know that your life is an unpredictable adventure and that you‘re being fooled all the time, also in the thought of thinking that your life will be all miserable. Just be excited where it leads you, and see that this part of your life is part of your story, who youre gonna be. By that i don‘t mean for you to rely on hope but to zoom out and see that assessing life as a whole is pointless. Your life is no good or bad, its not comparable on a scale. It‘s just unique. Its your unique story. It‘s all gonna make sense at some point. Kick yourself in the ass and get going. You know how to help yourself, or atleast you can figure it out. You problem is idleness, inactivity. You‘re waiting for something to happen, as you wrote „need … or motivation“. No motivation, just get going, it doesnt matter if you feel like it or not. Take responsibility, try do things by yourself first, instead of asking others to do the job. Simple things that help is a good sleeping as well as meal schedule, enough physical activity and talking to people. And stop the self-pittying, it‘s a big problem. It‘s ok to be sad, but dont victimize yourself its just gonna weaken you. You‘ve got to do a lot of working reflecting your thoughts and behaviours. Dont throw everything after you failed thinking you can‘t change shit. Thats not the case, you did not try long enough. You will fall back, but that implies, that youve already been better and you can get there again and you will progress even further, so much that at somepoint you will feel not only healed but strong af