Today I read more of Infinite Powers. Strogatz has returned to a historical vein, and is discussing Newton’s life and discoveries. Today the principal topic was power series.
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Today I watched more YouTube videos. One of them I stopped after a few minutes, because I want to investigate its topic for myself before seeing what the video reveals. That seems like a hopeful sign.
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Well, I’m back. I ended up taking a somewhat longer break than planned. I was just too discouraged to study last Thursday, and yesterday I was still getting settled again after being at camp. Today I watched YouTube videos in an attempt to ease into my project again. One was about the recent discovery of a new formula for approximating $\pi$. (It is not superior to existing formulae, just new.) The other was a fun video about some properties of prime numbers. It should be accessible to most people, and I have embedded it below.
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Today was another unproductive day. I watched several math videos on YouTube, but had difficulty fully absorbing them. I feel as if I’ve lost something necessary to my project. Mental acuity? Concentration? Confidence? I hoped that taking a break last week would help. I did come back more rested and less emotional, but my ability to make progress seems no better. I am very discouraged.
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Today I read more of Infinite Powers. I am feeling more hopeful than yesterday, though, because I managed to accomplish a number of non-math things that had piled up during recent bad times.
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My mental health is much improved since last week, and I hoped that my first day back from break would be productive. I found myself unable to think clearly enough to do any active math, though, and ended up falling back on reading Infinite Powers again. I am rather discouraged about that. Maybe things will improve as the week goes on.
Speaking of which, I will not be blogging on Friday or Saturday of this week or on Monday of next week, because I am going to church camp.
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I took yesterday off from study and blogging to attend two family gatherings, but while doing housekeeping on the blog today, I decided to take the rest of this week off as well. I just need a break. Trying to keep up with my math review project while dealing with a long depressive episode is causing a lot problems. My medication has been adjusted, so hopefully things will improve over the coming days. See you next Monday, readers.
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Today was not as good as I hoped. I read more of Infinite Powers.
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Time got away from me today, and I did not start on my math until quite late. By that point I was too tired to absorb much, so I ended up only watching half of a YouTube video. Tomorrow will almost certainly be better.