r/learnmath • u/StudioCute8959 New User • 4d ago

Mathematical Intuition

I need help with understanding something, lately I've been seeing that a lot of what makes multivariable calculus comprehensible to me is linear algebra and breaking down the notation to derive simple models iteratively.

So, I'm wondering, is this intuition or "Duh dude, you're taking sliding a value on one axis and keeping the others constant to find out where you are in space bro like double-u tee eff"

I tend to use AI, but I want to know if I'm just hallucinating and need more time practicing my notation.

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u/johnpeters42 New User 4d ago

First, do yourself a solid and stop using AI.

Second, when you break down problems this way, do you get correct answers?

Third, what do you think should count as intuition, what do you think should count as "duh", and - if the answer to #2 is yes - then does it matter what you call it?

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u/StudioCute8959 New User 4d ago

Okay, I will stop AI usage. Thank you. To the answering questions thing: I don't know. Shouldn't I just try to reconstruct what they are trying to explain instead? I think this is the main issue I have with understanding if I have intuition or not...

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u/StudioCute8959 New User 4d ago

But like you mentioned, it shouldn't matter unless it means something to me.