Can I get math!! ! Help!! !

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I think the more I research aspergers syndrome the more I want a better understanding of the mind. I have been meaning to become a savant in mathematics, but I don't know how to get into that particular realm. I really need help in mathematics, yet my only problem is using the same method for one thing, that really throws me off pretty much. I love reading about possible aspergers people such as Isaac Asimov, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, I just don't know how to apply my mind to mathematics, and I feel that if I try I will get to the advanced stage of it. Alex Plank has been meaning to add a new section for math and science, I just can't wait til that happens, I need some advice from some people.

If anyone wer' it may be Alex or another individual who has been in my situation, please help!! !


thank you very much

I don't think anyone can become a savant in anything by force of will or involvement in activity. You can become proficient in something, obsessed certainly, and develop a passion for it, but you're either a savant or you're not.

If you study and use math, it can become as a second language. I consider math to be my primary programming language, with the "formal" programming languages themselves being secondary. Years ago I used FORTRAN; today I use C & Python. However, I always use math.

Well, in order to improve your math you need to use it a lot. I would suggest taking advanced math courses and focusing on the concepts. Also, try to find patterns and mathematical relationships between them. The key to understanding math is really algebra, once you are comfortable with algebra most of it comes more easily.

Pretty much my suggestion is that you get comfortable with algebra(not the equations but the ideas) and you will get a lot better at understanding math. A lot of math really is just manipulating the variables and the equations are just little things that you use for this task. Equations are less important than the basic concepts.