While many of us have had the experience of learning mathematics informally by osmosis or more formally in classes, there are times when we have to sit down and systematically learn, without the benefit of a class, large amounts of mathematics. For instance, there might be a technique that we need from a field we are not familiar with.
When you find yourself in such a situation, what are your best tricks for teaching yourself new mathematics?
Best Answer
Many have remarked that they first understood a subject only when they first taught it.