This note will **teach you quickly** how to use this site **effectively** in reviewing content or teaching yourself. This note is quite text-heavy, so please bear in mind. >[!info]+ Read Time ⏱ **5 mins** # How Notes Are Formatted Each concept/note is formatted to be short. The start of each note will include a summary, allowing you to quickly skim over a concept. On the right of each note, there is a section called "On This Page" that will have all the sections in the note; use this to skip to sections (computer only) Some notes may have resources, which will mostly point to videos that I've watched to understand a concept. The focus of the notes is explaining concepts and showing assumptions we make throughout a derivation, or linking to what it relates to. Hopefully, this makes learning a concept much quicker and simpler to understand. # How to Learn from this Site While you continue in your education and/or self-education, and find a particular concept difficult to understand, refer to this site. This website is more meant to be used as a reference to understand specific concepts, derivations or proofs rather than being a textbook. Unlike a textbook, there are no chapters or steps to learn concepts; rather, you, the user, need to choose what concepts you want to learn. # Important Features For Computers > [!info]- Are You Viewing This on a Phone? If you are viewing this website on your phone, scroll down to or click [[How to Use This Site#Important Features For Phones|Important Features For Phones]] > Some tips and information in "Important Features For Computers" are not accessible to phone users. Notes on this website are built in a way to **interlink ideas** with other notes. These are done in case you **forget or need to better understand a concept that links to another**. You will know whether a word is linked if you see underlined text that links to another note. For example, this note can be linked back to [[Home]]. Notice that you **hover over linked text to quickly view its content** (which is computer exclusive) On the [[Home|main menu]], all folders are sorted by classes and index files, which hold the notes that belong to them. Click on the index files to view the notes that belong to that index file. The **search bar** on the top left of the page allows you to search for specific keywords or note titles. For example, typing “website” will likely show you results for the "Welcome to The Math & Matter Website" first, alongside other notes that use the keyword “website” **Another way** to **search** is to open the files on the left side of this site, which will always be visible and hold notes that relate to the folder topic. For example, this note is under “Site Information.” In the upper right of this page, you can see an **interactive graph** that shows you the current notes that connect to this page. Connected notes will only show by default if a note is directly referenced in another note (a note is linked) You can use the **interactive graph** to **quickly swap** between **connected note**s, or expand the graph (top right of the graph) to show all connected notes (This is fun to play around), or expand the current linked notes. # Important Features For Phones The website is built for both computers and phones; however, for a full experience of this website, I recommend using a computer, as it makes navigation much easier. On the phone, you are limited in the features at your disposal. Notes on this website are built in a way to **interlinks ideas** with other notes. These are done in case you **forget or need to better understand a concept that links to another**. You will know whether a word is linked if you see underlined text that links to another note. For example, this note can be linked back to [[Home]]. On the [[Home|main menu]], all folders are sorted by classes, and index files which hold the notes that belong to them. Click on the index files to view the notes that belong to that index file. On the phone, another way you can find notes is by clicking the upper left box. This brings up all the folders in this website, which you can use to find notes relating to the folder name. For example, this note is under "Site Information." When you open the upper left box, notice there is a search bar. The **search bar** on the top left of the page allows you to search for specific keywords or note titles. For example, typing "website" will likely show you results for the "Welcome to The Math & Matter Website" first, alongside other notes that use the keyword "website" # Meaning of Highlighted Text Most, if not all these notes will include some type of highlighted text. Below is the meaning behind most. I recommend you use this site in dark mode, since it makes highlighted text more prominent >[!summary] Summary Any note titled summary is a quick overview of the main idea(s) expressed in the note, along with key equations derived or proved in the note >[!warning] Warning/Assumptions Text coloured orange like this often points you to assumptions or common mistakes, don't overlook these! >[!bug] Note Highlighted text coloured red often points to assumed knowledge at the start of notes or important simplifications we make >[!tip] Tip Text coloured blue with this symbol are extra thing to note without going too much into it >[!info] Read time This type of colour and logo will often point to the estimated time it will take you to finish a note. >[!note] This dark blue text can also point to extra information in a note >[!example] Examples Some notes may include examples, which will usually be under this type of colour Now that you are done with this note, there are many ways to return to the homepage. The easiest is clicking the "Math & Matter" text on the top right of this website. If you have more time, read my [[Purpose & About]] or [[Support]] page.