Heuristics List

  1. Get your hands dirty: Levine 3-10
  2. Externalize: Levine 11-20
  3. Visualize: Levine 21-42
  4. Look for special features in the problem: Levine 43-53
  5. Go to extremes: Levine 54-59
  6. Simplify: Levine 60-72
  7. Don't be blind: Levine 73-88
  8. Sleep on it: Levine 88-89
  9. Wishful thinking: Course notes slide 160
  10. Penultimate step: Course notes slides 161-163
  11. Look for symmetries and invariants: Course notes slides 164-168