A useful LLM learning trick: ask how a human would have stumbled upon the math insight originally
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-09
A practical method for learning math with LLMs: feign (or admit) ignorance and ask the model to reconstruct how a human might have originally stumbled upon the insight, with an emphasis on intuition rather than polished definitions.
The author demonstrates the approach with Galois Theory and found the resulting explanation much more intuitive than standard textbook-style treatments.
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