Serious question. But for people who struggled, how did you improve problem-solving skills for graduate math/physics? They seem to be a whole different beast compared to early undergraduate stuff. No problem books + solutions either, so you can't grind efficiently. Often only monographs+survey papers+lecture notes without problems obviously. Not even talking about research-level problems, just normal courses, homeworks and exams.
I haven't done postgrad mathematics or physics but I will tell you how I proceed with material I don't understand. When I read something, I try to rewrite it in a plain language that makes sense to me and connect it with other things I am familiar. I strive to get the core idea. 'why this has to exist?', 'How am I supposed to use this?' , 'What is this trying to describe?'. I try to find the simplest case and start building from here. Sometimes it helps to start from an inaccurate approximation and slowly add more rules and generalizations to correct inconsistencies I find along the way. Drawing a diagram also helps me a lot for intuition. Too much algebra can destroy context when you really need it.
>>16817046>I haven't done postgrad mathematics or physicsThen fuck off.
>>16816951>Thinking in ProblemsWesternist book name ever conceived. It should be an engineering book. Like a guide on how to infinitely mutate the environment for perpetual malcontents who are never comfortable in their own skin.
I simply got older and more experienced in being alive and existing as an observer of this nightmarish dream.
>>16817066>Westernist book name ever conceived.Look at the author.
>>16816951>how did you improveThe answer is always exercise, exercise, exercise.
