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==Particular points==

Studying mathematics from a reference source is not ideal. Unless you consult Wikipedia to answer a specific question, it is not reasonable to expect instant results. If you are a student who is studying for school curriculum, you should give first priority to the textbooks. tryTry to learn from them first., but if you find any concept or any problem hard to understand or solve respectively, then you can jump to wikipediaWikipedia for that particular topic. You can get good knowledge about that Conceptconcept as the content present on wikipediaWikipedia is a cumulative contribution of a lot of people. youYou can also learn about the topics that are related to that particular concept with the help of those hyperlinks., so you should consider wikipediaWikipedia as a helpresource to understand certain things but not the wholeentire subject. and whenWhen it comes to solving a particular problem it is not always true that you will find itthe solution on wikipediaWikipedia, so you canshould also have other tools in hand toon relywhich onyou alsocan rely.

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.