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MATH STUDY

PhD Prep Control Interface

A study plan with resources, nothing else. Every topic here traces back to what one document actually requires: the NTU PhD proposal, "Towards Constraint-Compliant, Multi-Objective Aligned LLM Feedback for STEM Education." This page is the index — what each file is for, and the loop that ties them together.

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SOURCE OF TRUTH → reference/ntu_proposal_080526.md. See help.html for the full study procedure, the five topic sectors, and how these documents fit together.

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Countdown pace is a fixed formula, not user-adjustable yet — see help.html to change it.

Document Index

Plan

PLAN.md →

The schedule — five phases of topics, in priority order, with checkboxes. Priority follows how central each area is to the proposal: comparative- judgement statistics and optimisation are core investigative content; linear algebra/calculus is support for reading papers, not a goal in itself.

How to use it

Edit in place as you progress. One living document — never spawn a new dated copy.

Resources

resources.md →

Curated pointers to books, papers, and links per topic, with chapter and page references, plus Math Landscapes cross-references for MSC2020 classification.

How to use it

Add a resource only once you actually start using it — never speculatively.

Study Methods

study_methods.md →

The how: binder and note-taking setup, how to read a math text, and the three-level benchmark test (§3) that defines "have I actually learned this" — mechanical, conceptual, application.

How to use it

Reference when starting a topic, or when deciding if you're done with one. Rarely edited.

Topic Coverage

topic_coverage.md →

One line per topic, tracking pass/fail on Mechanical / Conceptual / Application. The source of truth for "have I learned this" — separate from what's scheduled (PLAN.md) or narrated (log.md).

How to use it

Update after running the three-level benchmark test from study_methods.md §3 — not just after reading.

Log

log.md →

Append-only weekly narrative: what got studied, what clicked, what to revisit. Not a formal record.

How to use it

A few lines per week. Zero formatting overhead — the one low-friction habit.

Reference Archive

reference/ →

The proposal itself (ntu_proposal_080526.md), plus a legacy library carried over from math_wiki (wiki-content/ — definitions, theorems, proofs, worked examples, not converted to HTML). Its internal links to sources//topics/ are stale; the content itself still reads fine.

How to use it

Consult the proposal when questioning scope. Treat wiki-content/ as a reviewable archive, not a source of new topics.