algekalipso comments on Anybody want to join a Math Club? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: algekalipso 05 April 2013 05:59:37AM 3 points [-]

If you lack an objective, a good goal is to be able to solve national math Olympiad problems in the time allowed for the competitions.

Comment author: ThrustVectoring 05 April 2013 01:57:39PM *  0 points [-]

Project Euler also is a good goal, but from more of an algorithmic/programming perspective.

From reading up on the math Olympiad, it sounds a lot like the competitions I went to in 4th through 8th grade. They taught me some quite useful skills - in college, discrete and combinatorial algebra was a breeze.

Comment author: DaFranker 05 April 2013 02:16:14PM *  3 points [-]

Your notation is the wrong way around. It's [Project Euler] (http://projecteuler.net). (without the space of course)

You also need the "http://" part so that the parser knows you're not pointing to "./projecteuler.net" or somesuch (omitting the http makes the comment break and not display the link or text at all, in this case).

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