[HN Gopher] How to Compose Math Problems
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       How to Compose Math Problems
        
       Author : signa11
       Score  : 45 points
       Date   : 2024-09-09 11:31 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | mbivert wrote:
       | > When I was a young student (around 12), my math teacher came-up
       | with an unique requirement for his students to not only solve
       | math problems but also to compose them.
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       | I think this is highly underestimated: there seems to be some
       | sort of a duality between learning & teaching, where you can't
       | really practice one efficiently without the other.
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       | This has been observed in part by guys like Feynman[0];
       | paraphrasing: "learn a topic by teaching/simulating teaching it
       | to a child", which in addition to the above, demands for the
       | topic to be explained in simple terms.
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       | [0]: https://fs.blog/feynman-technique/
        
       | wanderer2323 wrote:
       | "Compose" in the sense of "create", not in the sense of "combine"
        
         | JadeNB wrote:
         | > "Compose" in the sense of "create", not in the sense of
         | "combine"
         | 
         | Although the latter is also highly valuable.
        
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