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Does all math seem the same to you? If not, try to describe which different types you perceive and whether there are some you like better than others.

TQU: I really liked geometry in high school, because math makes more sense when illustrated by pictures, and graphs to me. Algebraic proofs seemed hard at first, because I was not used to do proofs algebraically, but once I got enough practice, they are ok.


All math does not seem the same to me. Not at all. I think this basically comes down to the difference between pure and applied. I think the more advanced concepts in pure math get a lot more abstract and seem less applicable. Advanced algebra and topology seem to have less applications. Discrete math and differential equations can be used in a lot of situations. Discrete math seems like the branch of math that most teaches to you to think in such a way as to solve logical puzzles. And so it seems most interesting to me. It gets less interesting to me when you I am thinking in terms of power rings and what not. I prefer a lower level of abstraction. Numerical analysis seems fun too.

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