[jvvw]

I never remember explicitly learning the epsilon-delta definition. By the time I had worked through enough problems, read enough books etc I just knew it.

I saw other students learning definitions etc off by heart and to me it seemed liked they were doing it because they hadn't really understood the material and it would get some them marks. It was probably the right exam strategy if you didn't deeply understand the material to optimise your marks and get a reasonable pass mark but I don't think it was the right way to really learn mathematics or get one of the top marks.

I did learn and test myself on the structure of some of the more complicated proofs in my finals I mostly revised by doing old papers though.

(Feel I should offer some credentials but also don't want to brag, but feel I am about as qualified as one can be to talk about doing extremely well in maths exams :-))