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Line 10: ==Particular points== Studying mathematics from a reference source is not ideal. Unless you ~~come~~consult ~~here~~Wikipedia ~~with~~to answer a ~~particular~~specific ~~query to answer~~question, it is not reasonable to expect ''instant results''. Mathematics textbooks are conventionally built up carefully one chapter at a time, explaining what mathematicians would call the ''prerequisites'' before moving to a new topic. For example, you may think you can study Chapter 10 of a book before Chapter 9, but reading a few pages may then show you that you are wrong. Because Wikipedia's pages are not ordered in the same way, it may be less clear ''what'' the prerequisites are, and ''where'' to find them, if you are struggling with a new concept. Line 19: *look at related pages, either under the "See also" section or using the article's categories. Mathematics is also something that is ''done'' rather than ''read''. A mathematics textbook will contain many problems, and solving them is an essential part of learning mathematics. Wikipedia does not have these; by design, Wikipedia is an encyclopedic reference, [[WP:NOTTEXTBOOK\|not a textbook]]. ==Ways to use Wikipedia==

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