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I hated math from elementary up until i learned Fourier theory. That was a pivotal moment in my education ; math went from wrote excercise to pure beauty in a single lecture. Now im trying to self learn lie algebra. I need to find out what prerequisites i need. A ton of math at this level is notation and terminology.

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For me it was vector algebra. I was trying to write space games with real motion, and that was the key to efficient code.

Same here. Linear Algebra is what got me from "math is boring, and I only learned things to pass a test" to "math is really cool, and can actually solve these problems in real life"

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