Does a genius still need to be taught how to do maths or is it

If he literally never seen math before in his life, no.

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Well, I'm glad you asked me this, because I happen to be a genius. (Or at least mommy always said that I'm "her little genius")

The answer: Even a genius needs to be taught the meaning of the used symbols first. Then, theoretically, he could figure out all the theorems and solving methods/algorithms themselves. Basically, you'd need to combine Ramanujan and Neumann.

if he's capable of reinventing theorems he could've learned then he wouldn't 'need' to learn them, but it would be a waste because he might as well catch up to the current knowledge and spend his energy on things that haven't already been done

>>9082763
learning is experiential and math is very incremental. so no

>>9082815
nah, more like pile of gold. and theres a reason for it. they pay the moms of genius kids handsomely to spy on them to get a mental steering wheel for them. see it as an investment.

>>9082763
how did humans figure out math in the first place without teachers, if the IQ is high enough the genius can deduct everything by himself

>>9082763
Yes they can do math naturally

Obviously not. There were all sorts of cave men solving Fermat's Last Theorem; they just didn't know how to write it down.