No mathematician today would flatly refuse to accept the results of an enormous computation as an adequate demonstrat...
Julie-VJune 12, 2019
Abbreviations for Diagramming
Hi LSAT Max!
I noticed sometimes that when I compare my diagrams to the ones written out in the video explanations, I tend to lengthen my abbreviations. For example, in Q8 the video diagrams the sentence "no mathematician today would flatly refuse to accept the results of an enormous computation as an adequate demonstration of the truth of a theorem" as "MT > -RAEC. I, on the other hand, diagrammed it as "MT > -FRARECADTT". I noticed that I did the same thing in Q1, so I was wondering if you had any tips on how to find the parts of the sentence that matter when it comes to diagramming. Thank you in advance for your help!
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This is really a skill that comes with experience. It really isn't necessary to incorporate every single word in the abbreviation you create for a condition. Adding in more than a video solution might include is not wrong by any means, but once you notice that it is taking you too long to write and that you are losing track of the question, then this is a sign that your abbreviations are too long. Use a limited abbreviation that will remind you of the condition and rely on your short term memory to remember exactly what that abbreviation is representing. Additionally, make sure to not think of the conditional chain as a sequence of letters, but rather always think about it as a chain of terms that you can understand as the terms they actually represent!
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any other questions or would like me to elaborate further.
