Ouch! Now I see the two days stuff looks like boasting. Don’t worry, all my LW posts up to now have contained stupid mathematical mistakes, and chances are people will find errors in this one too :-)
(ETA: sure enough, Eliezer has found one. Luckily it wasn’t critical.)
I have a degree in math and competed at the national level in my teens (both in Russia), but haven’t done any serious math since I graduated six years ago. The sources for this post were mostly Wikipedia and Google searches on keywords from Wikipedia.
What does one read to become well versed in this stuff in two days; and how much skill with maths does it require?
Ouch! Now I see the two days stuff looks like boasting. Don’t worry, all my LW posts up to now have contained stupid mathematical mistakes, and chances are people will find errors in this one too :-)
(ETA: sure enough, Eliezer has found one. Luckily it wasn’t critical.)
I have a degree in math and competed at the national level in my teens (both in Russia), but haven’t done any serious math since I graduated six years ago. The sources for this post were mostly Wikipedia and Google searches on keywords from Wikipedia.
My comment was an honest question and was not intended as derogatory...