I hope you do write this. I’m trying to get comfortable with using math again and I’m pretty much starting from scratch with only my rusty half-forgotten high school algebra and pre calculus (I haven’t even learned calculus. Should I? That’s why I need your post).This kind of general guidance about what to focus on would likely be very helpful.
My goal (for now, unless I try and find out I really like some specific direction of study) is mainly just to learn whatever math gets me the most mileage in understanding the random grab bag of subjects I happen to like a bit more rigorously- I’m not sure what specific advice that would warrant, besides maybe some discussion on the math prereqs for various domains. Could that be something your post covers?
I’m not sure what specific advice that would warrant, besides maybe some discussion on the math prereqs for various domains. Could that be something your post covers?
It could be if you list those domains, although I can’t claim to be a domain expert in anything that isn’t math.
I’m still working on deciding what I’m into; I was hoping for something like a general overview of the maths used in different fields (whichever ones you felt like writing about about).
But since you’re wanting examples, I’ll list some things I might or might not read and would like to know what math would enable understanding them
I hope you do write this. I’m trying to get comfortable with using math again and I’m pretty much starting from scratch with only my rusty half-forgotten high school algebra and pre calculus (I haven’t even learned calculus. Should I? That’s why I need your post).This kind of general guidance about what to focus on would likely be very helpful.
My goal (for now, unless I try and find out I really like some specific direction of study) is mainly just to learn whatever math gets me the most mileage in understanding the random grab bag of subjects I happen to like a bit more rigorously- I’m not sure what specific advice that would warrant, besides maybe some discussion on the math prereqs for various domains. Could that be something your post covers?
It could be if you list those domains, although I can’t claim to be a domain expert in anything that isn’t math.
I’m still working on deciding what I’m into; I was hoping for something like a general overview of the maths used in different fields (whichever ones you felt like writing about about). But since you’re wanting examples, I’ll list some things I might or might not read and would like to know what math would enable understanding them
Theory of Computation
Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
AI: A modern approach
Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World
Chaitin’s books on algorithmic information theory and the math of evolution
Highly Advanced Epistemology 101 for Beginners
or learning computational cognitive science
And are the math courses listed in Louie Helm’s course recommendations everything I need to understand the rest of the courses in it?
I don’t know! But I’ll attempt to suggest untested heuristics for answering this question.