Re:Show HN: Tough mathematical symbols to lovely code (v0.1)
by mkagenius on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @09:07PM
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Interesting stuff.
Actually this would just be a list which I would keep on adding to, I do not intend it to be machine readable at all. The purpose of this is to make non-math programmers less afraid while reading papers with some math symbols sprinkled in it.
If a programmer who is not that good at maths can keep up with the paper he is reading by forming a somewhat easier understanding of the paper by having a better understanding of the formulas then it achieves the purpose.
Think of it as a cheatsheet for programmers to understand those symbols, nothing more. I do not expect it to be complete with all maths formulae either, maybe 20 most frequently occurring.
Actually this would just be a list which I would keep on adding to, I do not intend it to be machine readable at all. The purpose of this is to make non-math programmers less afraid while reading papers with some math symbols sprinkled in it.
If a programmer who is not that good at maths can keep up with the paper he is reading by forming a somewhat easier understanding of the paper by having a better understanding of the formulas then it achieves the purpose.
Think of it as a cheatsheet for programmers to understand those symbols, nothing more. I do not expect it to be complete with all maths formulae either, maybe 20 most frequently occurring.