Help! Help! Math Help!

Dear Fellow Brilliant Members and Awesome staff, I would like to ask you all as to how to improve my mathematics skills especially in the topics Algebra, Geometry and Advanced Combinatorics. I am very weak at solving equations and also finding the maxima and minima using algebra. Rather, I would say I am not familiar with them( many level 4 problems are based on these). Brilliant Technique trainer unfortunately doesnt have good material for the above mentioned topics. When it comes to geometry, I am hopeless at proofs and would like to work on them. Combinatorics also is something where I lack a good base in. I would like to know about some resources for the above topics and also methods on how to improve on them and become like most of the Brilliant prodigies here! Thanks.

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Hi! I've seen that you're solving quite a lot of decent rated number theory problems. Though I may be a level 5 in it, I still fuss around with many parts of it. I would like it if you could tell me about the way you study math, resources, etc..not just limited to number theory. BTW, I've followed you back :) @Isaac Jiménez

Krishna Ar - 7 years ago

Well , I search on the internet and in books diferent mathematics topics ( mainly number theory, because I like NT a lot). Usually, when I see a difficult problem of brilliant and I can´t solve it,I study on internet topics or solutions (mainly solutions) of similar problems. But to answer these problems I need to practice a lot.

I study on some books of the OMM (Olimpiada Méxicana de Matemáticas), with old IMO exams and some notes on brilliant(the ones I have read are of @Calvin Lin and @Mursalin Habib ) . Also with some problems of the OMM, I posted two problems which appeared in this olympiad.

Isaac Jiménez - 7 years ago

Thanks for following me back :D @Krishna Ar

Isaac Jiménez - 7 years ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$