Things math has taught me about life

• You can’t just say something equals something else; you always have to prove it.
• Just throwing out an answer without any support is never acceptable.
• Having a machine or someone else do it for you is a cop out.
• That being said, without a good reference point on the circle (of life) there are very few things you can finish completely on your own.
• The more detail and information, the better.
• Always, always, ALWAYS simplify.
• If the final product seems a little ridiculous, feel free to look back over what you’ve done and find your mistake so you don’t do it next time.
• But if you can’t find one, have conviction in your actions. Don’t let anybody sway you.
• Sometimes irrational things are an unavoidable and necessary part of life.
• Usually the most complicated looking problems have a simple and neat solution.
• You can’t build something on top of a radical.
• If you overthink things, you’re very likely to miss an obvious answer that would have been staring you right in the face had you not made things so complicated.
• Negatives always distribute.
• Be open to the fact that there might not be an answer. Some things just cannot be solved.