Hi,
I have been trying to Learn to work hands-on on Machine learning/AI algorithms(for about 4-5 years). But somehow, have stopped with reading and understanding the algorithms in the text books/blogs and stop there. Recently came across Fractals and love them. Got a Fractal Geometry(Kenneth Falconer, thanks to library.nu) book but i seem to have lost the ability to learn from books(too much interaction addictivity). Anyway, i would be glad if you can teach Fractal Geometry.(sorry, if that is outside your offer). Thanks and Regards,
anand jeyahar
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
You mention that your doing both 121 & 221 at the same time. When I was reading up about the course they recommended only doing this if you had A level (or above) and could commit 16 hours per week. How does that stack up to your experience? Does the course have a good staring gradient? I spend my life coding (in the finance industry) and am un-fazed by the mathematical challenges it throws up daily but am utterly pe…
I had that fear too (like yourself, the last time I touched mathematics was during my GCSE's and I wasn't exactly a prodigy then) and it was exactly why I did MU123 first rather than jumping into MST121 despite that fact I think I could have handled it. I reasoned that by being thorough and starting from the beginning (i.e. the most basic module) that I was not likely to encounter any concept later on in the course t…
Given that the course starts in October I thought that a good old concerted effort on revision might get me past the need for MU123 (would be nice to aim for a 6 year degree not a 7 year one) now wondering if it is an incorrect assumption... I wonder if they would let me see some past papers from MU123 to make sure I followed it all (again, the hard work is never a problem it's the fear of not even being able to read the damn question!)
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#33Can you please provide your email address? I'm sure that there are plenty of people who want to apply, but would like some privacy to state their case.
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#34Clickables: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2737510 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811818 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_Mathematics ======== ADDED IN EDIT: WTF - I got a downvote for this?!? From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. (breathe deeply - calm - don't complain - does no good - breathe dee…
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#35first of all, thank you very much for this generous offer, it is very kind of you. ---- i am currently working in networking support (cisco stuff), but i know some python and common lisp. i am very interested in programming, compiler technology, languages (i speak 3 and currently learning 4th) and teaching (i worked as a trainer for cisco networking academy for 7 years). i am mostly self-taught, learned english mostl…
>>many a time i have to rely on wikipedia solely.
As a more readable alternative, try this http://inperc.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Courses.
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#36I would like to echo dougk7's comments regarding statistics for ML. The fundamentals of ML would be of great interest - moreso with ML becoming more en vouge.
Cheers!
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#37Clickables: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2737510 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811818 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_Mathematics ======== ADDED IN EDIT: WTF - I got a downvote for this?!? From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Resist complaining about being downmodded. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. (breathe deeply - calm - don't complain - does no good - breathe dee…
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#38On behalf of all of HN, thank you for the kind and generous offer of your time and expertise. Though a lot of people excel at learning on their own, many human beings are trained to learn better through courses. The examples, direction and structure provided can really help. I never bothered to take calculus in school (distant decades ago), and never bothered to seriously study on my own (e.g. dedicated learning work…
For university level physical applied mathematics, Boas: ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Methods-Physical-Scienc... ) I'd also recommend Riley, Hobson and Bence, which has all the benefits and disadvantages of being bigger: ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-Enginee... ) For A-level, most students I've taught want me to follow their school course, so I've mostly taught out of an array of te…
Thank You.
Re: Offer HN: Free Maths Lessons
#39On behalf of all of HN, thank you for the kind and generous offer of your time and expertise. Though a lot of people excel at learning on their own, many human beings are trained to learn better through courses. The examples, direction and structure provided can really help. I never bothered to take calculus in school (distant decades ago), and never bothered to seriously study on my own (e.g. dedicated learning work…
"Calculus Made Easy" by Silvanus Thompson (updated by Martin Gardner). http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Made-Easy-Silvanus-Thompson/d... (And you probably know this, but "Calculus" isn't the same as the "Lambda Calculus" - your comment makes it appear that you've confused or equated the two.)
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#40This is a great offer! Thanks!
I would be interested in learning (1) Machine learning, (2) Godel's theorems, (3) Group theory.
While especially #1 and #3 are not hard to find elsewhere, I have found it difficult to "break into" these topics, not having formal education in mathematics and computer science. (I am fairly smart person otherwise, so believe would be able to follow the subjects, just that books and articles often make tacit assumptions about the readers, leaving a plenty of reader's questions and doubts unanswered.)
The time slot looks suitable to me. It's middle of the night, right after my kid sleeps!