Starting with the greeks may be ok for /lit but its not ok for /math/

>>9878625
RJ is too practical for Greece

Reading Euclid is still satisfying.

is math interesting to learn non-academically?

i was somewhat of a prodigy, skipping grades and all that with math, but it was sort of all in my head to begin with - so on top of never caring about school, i never learned how to learn math so that when i got into more abstract stuff (even like calc ii), i would just sort cheat my way thru. long story short is that i dont have a great grasp on theoretical math past entry level calc, but probably have the mental horsepower for it; is it worth checking out?

>>9878805
Calc isn't theoretical/pure Math. Pure Math is very interesting, you should pick up a introductory book on mathematical proofs like,

https://www.amazon.com/How-Prove-Structured-Approach-2nd/dp/0521675995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502478596&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+prove+it

>>9878625
who wants to learn math? we're trying to get laid, not prove some obscure corrolary to hilbert spaces

>>9878625
Wasn't Greek math just ratios and geometry and shit?

>>9878984
Yeah, this guy took it 2 far and memed himself to the point he denies the existence of real numbers.

>>9878805

>i'm real smart but just lazy and disinterested

>>9878805
Math is a big subject with a lot of variety with their own aims and intellectual demands. I unironically find algorithms fun to learn but algebra is painful for me

>>9879034
The worst type of "smart" people