I’m looking for a math tutor in London. Ideally for in-person weekly meetings (sick of zoom, yes I’m fully vaxxed). My circumstances are a bit unusual. I’m not a student and don’t need to prepare for exams or anything—it’s just curiosity. [thread]
A little bit about me. I’m a software engineer but I always had some interest in math. As a kid, I learned derivatives before multiplication table. However, my attempts to learn math were sporadic and would fizzle out when I have no one to ask questions and support me.
My background is very patchy but similar to a first-year college student. I’m familiar with basics of analysis (and read Tao’s rigorous axiomatization in Analysis 1 though I didn’t do exercises). A long time ago studied linear algebra, diff eq, prob theory, but barely remember.
Why am I looking for a tutor? I find traditional educational approaches (uni, MOOC, self-guided study) very hard to follow through with. Maybe that’s my adhd. I want to jump between topics, ask questions, understand connections between different areas, follow proofs.
I have no practical application for this whatsoever. Pure curiosity. So approaches focused on concrete results (“pass exam” or “learn to calculate for some practical application”) don’t work for me. I want to see how concepts connect together, and gain an intuitive feel for them.
It is important to me that the tutor is comfortable with several levels above what we’re “learning”. Eg I’d like to be able to ask about alternative formulations (like hyperreals) or generalisations (like fractional calculus) or intuitions (like in 3blue1brown videos).
Essentially, I’m looking for a person who can help me figure out what to learn, in what order, answer questions, jump between topics, help if I get stuck or bored, and with whom I can be accountable for my learning.
If you are interested in tutoring me, or can refer me to someone who would be, please send a DM with details! I would very much appreciate that :)
Oh another thing. Since I’m a software engineer, naturally I’ll appreciate if we utilize computers where they’re useful. Like I’m down to use Mathematica or R or Lean or whatever if it’s helpful to understand the concepts or have fun with them. But this is not required.
For example getting comfortable enough to contribute something to @XenaProject would be awesome. How much study is needed? I have no idea. But that’s just one possible direction.
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