Ask HN: Which books helped you gain mathematical maturity?

Ask HN: Which books helped you gain mathematical maturity?

4 by curious16 | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Mathematical maturity is a term thrown around to mean that someone with it is well versed with the lingo and workings of the field of mathematics. You can't learn the entire field of mathematics in your lifetime. But what mathematical maturity gives you is the power to understand mathematics that is at the moment beyond your scope by searching the right things or by pattern matching. You are confident that you can learn more and tackle challenging problems with the use of mathematics. How and when did you gain that so called "mathematical maturity"?



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