or does it never leave the formula stage ? I know when they disected Einsteins brain..the part most responsible for visualization was far above average !
2006-12-25 14:02:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
both....and neither.
Most of the time it's automatic.
After a while that whish was 'visual' now 'makes sense' and the visual crutch isn't necessary.
In the beginning tho I used whatever made me feel as tho I had a handle on what I was working with. The less you have to depend on 3-dimensional aids the better off you will be. At about algebra, math QUICKLY leaps beyond that which is visual. So, if you can get the comfort level before you leave algebra, then you will be ahead of the game.
Just learn to 'accept', and reach beyond your comfort zone in your mind. There is far, far more beyond the reaches of your senses than just sight, smell, hearing and touch....etc.
:)
2006-12-25 14:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only got as far as calculus, but I always found the visual aspects of most math more difficult for me than the formulaic approach, although I did very well with geometry. I also took two tries with calculus because I really understood it much better the second time around than the first time around. I'm not sure if that had to do with the more visual aspect of it or not though. (I have a lot of trouble with visualizing in general, so I wouldn't be surprized if this was the case.)
2006-12-25 22:51:18 · answer #2 · answered by G A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am blessed with a photographic memory (I personally believe they exist...) so I am really good at visualizing things. I mean, not all problems can be visualized, especially with abstract problems but for me, if I can get a mental picture of what I am looking at, it sure helps a lot.
That is why I usually start by trying to draw it out which is kind of awkward since I am not artistically blessed as I am mathematically...lol. But anyway, in response to your question, yes, I visualize as much as possible. However, there are times when you just gotta plug-and-chug so to speak.
2006-12-25 14:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mike J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember a mathematician once saying that red wine was his recipe for good ideas.
Polya used to lay in bed inside a dim room and think about his problems after he went for long walks in the park.
Stan Ulam had short bursts but describes long sessions in his youth in a Cafe' in Warsaw together with Banach and other students: sitting for long hours around small coffee tables with some funky symbol on the table (like a Greek letter) to focus their attention...
2006-12-25 16:24:27 · answer #4 · answered by Boehme, J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure exactly what you are looking for.
Not all mathematics involve just formulas and numbers. For example in topology (graduate level), you mainly think of concepts in terms of pictures without numbers. So yes, I think of quite a bit of mathematics without formulas. I also picture abstract algebra (again, graduate level-also in 3rd or 4th year undergrad math program) without formulas, mainly in pictures.
2006-12-25 14:09:19 · answer #5 · answered by raz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 15:55:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in greek characters and arabic numbers
seriously some parts of math can be easily visualised this usually helps to see more then the plain formula tells you
2006-12-25 16:51:52 · answer #7 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of us not only visualize it but feel it kinesthetically.
2006-12-25 14:14:06 · answer #8 · answered by Philo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i can't do maths otherwise, i always do
2006-12-25 14:14:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋