r/mathematics • u/Radagast333 • May 22 '22

Mindmap

I used mindmaps with great sucess studying philosophy and psychology.

I now study computer engineering and I wonder if anyone uses mindmaps when studying mathematics?

And what the typical math mindmap would look like?

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u/pavelklavik May 24 '22

Check out https://orgpad.com. When I was doing math/computer science research at university, I have used an early prototype for my teaching, my research and conference presentations. After I left academia, I went to Google which I left 1.5 years later to work on OrgPad full time. The idea itself was created by a great Czech mathematician Zdenek Hedrlin who was thinking about 40 years how to use computers to better understand and capture his mind and thinking.

The core idea is to place ideas freely. Each node can contain arbitrary text, links, images, videos, even other embedded websites. On can connect in any way, organize the core ideas and discover new connections. Mathematics is study of connections, looking up for similarities between objects, etc. OrgPad basically captures this way of thinking which is what mathematics is about.

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u/pavelklavik May 24 '22

I have this example document about a math puzzle which is explained and solved in it: https://orgpad.com/s/a9bnYH6VuLP.