PhilGoetz comments on Training for math olympiads - Less Wrong

6 Post author: D_Malik 29 May 2011 09:34AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 May 2011 05:27:09AM 0 points [-]

The math olympiad is not like most tests - each problem has one or more key insights you must have in order to solve it. Get the insight; solve the problem. Don't have the insight, don't solve the problem.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 May 2011 09:19:45AM 1 point [-]

This piece of advice was for preventing "get the insight, solve the problem incorrectly by making a stupid technical error".