As far as I am concerned, you don't need to have a very outstanding IQ to do Math.
The human brain is like a sophisticated computer, to deal with a given topic, your brain uploads all the context you need to understand your topic to your working memory. It is true that the working memory capacity differs from one human to another, this why our understandings differ.
The majority of topics require a minimum of information to be uploaded to your context memory, either because every situation is independent or because you are familiar with it .
To illustrate this, I go to my kitchen to cook: my brain uploads to the working memory the places of the ustensiles and ingredients, the cooking methods and processes ...etc
If I read a book of History talking about the French Revolution, my brain situates the span of information toward the 18 th century, and It uploads only the events in this period that will allow me to understand the context of the French Revolution.
Mathematics is different than the majority of topics and the usual situations because you require to upload all what you have studied since the first years of your education to understand a simple equation. You may notice that every lesson of Math you have ever taken requires you to have full understanding of all the previous lessons. Everything in Math is channeled, and sometimes you block at solving a simple Math problem just because some tiny piece of information is missing at some stage of your Math education.
So, if you want to be good with Math, you need more focus while you study or do research, because you will need all your working memory while doing Math. Otherwise, you must have a very exceptional memory : I guess people with such a memory have an easy life , isn't it?
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