Learn Difficult Concepts with the ADEPT Method
When I was taking linear algebra and calculus in university, I found that there was a lot of focus on deriving formulas from underlying principles, with the notion that this constituted a &quot;fundamental&quot; understanding of the mathematic concept. I got quite good at being able to derive formulas for anything, and did well enough to scrape by on my exams. However the concepts didn&#x27;t really stick with me. Going through Khalid&#x27;s site I quickly discovered I had a terrible intuitive understanding of mathematical concepts, almost embarrassingly so. Somehow, derivation from first principles doesn&#x27;t quite capture intuitive insights for me, especially once I start worked at higher levels of abstraction removed from easily understood foundations (i.e. multi-dimensional vectors).<p>The two things that I found most helpful in relearning math is (1) building up a foundation for mathematical concepts through betterexplained&#x27;s intuitive method and (2) turning it into code as soon as possible. For the latter, I have a side project that is a sort of platform to test all my various ideas, from city performance modeling, to procedural form generation, where I am constantly trying to rework or tweak with new math formulas. It&#x27;s amazing how much more efficient and useful this is as a learning method.