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Math is a formalism of everyday logical reasoning. It's the difference between a formal language and English.

Learning rigorous mathematics is frustrating at first because the veracity of a statement can seem intuitively obvious but difficult to prove. However it is a key stepping stone to modern mathematics and will considerably sharpen your intuition after you've gone through the process.



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