Mathematics for Machine Learning
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Using too much symbolic language?
Solomon
Oct 12, 2018 02:47AM
Currently reading at Chapter 2 Linear algebra. Was excited before reading this chapter because it said this book only requires High school level maths. But in this chapter, there're too many strange math symbols, and no explanation found for any of those.
So, what actual level of mathematics should I suppose to obtain for reading this book?
So, what actual level of mathematics should I suppose to obtain for reading this book?
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I'd say college level up to what you'd see by 2nd year of a mathematics undergraduate degree (basically all the basic intro classes out of the way):
1. calc 1
2. calc 2
3. calc 3 (up to multivariate calculus)
4. intro to probability
5. statitics (up to where calculus meets statistics which is usually not even where most students make it to)
6. linear algebra
With the exception of Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus, a high school student COULD have all this knowledge if they took all AP classes in HS in these subjects (since AP is really just intro college classes in a subject).
Also, as for the notation, this is honestly the hardest part to get used to. It's like learning a new language. I'd HIGHLY recommend printing out the 'notation' pages the author has in the beginning of the book. It maps the symbols to 'english' and is essential to reading any heavy math books unless you've taken many classes like the above and just 'gotten use to' the notation
1. calc 1
2. calc 2
3. calc 3 (up to multivariate calculus)
4. intro to probability
5. statitics (up to where calculus meets statistics which is usually not even where most students make it to)
6. linear algebra
With the exception of Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus, a high school student COULD have all this knowledge if they took all AP classes in HS in these subjects (since AP is really just intro college classes in a subject).
Also, as for the notation, this is honestly the hardest part to get used to. It's like learning a new language. I'd HIGHLY recommend printing out the 'notation' pages the author has in the beginning of the book. It maps the symbols to 'english' and is essential to reading any heavy math books unless you've taken many classes like the above and just 'gotten use to' the notation
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