Ask HN: Best place to start learning about Markov Chains?

Re:Ask HN: Best place to start learning about Markov Chains? by larrydag on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:12AM (#19634700)

While I agree with the progression of knowledge listed here I don't think it requires 3 years of foundation to math. If you have a basic understanding of math already you should be able to pick up the theory fairly well in a couple of months of research and application.

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Re:Ask HN: Best place to start learning about Markov Chains? by usgroup on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:53AM (#19635880)

I think when you get out of the basic linear algebra and calculus prerequisite and into the analysis and measure theory prerequisite nothing takes a few months anymore :)

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Re:Ask HN: Best place to start learning about Markov Chains? by joker3 on Thursday April 11, 2019 @12:17PM (#19636160)

You don't need much math to pick up the very basic theory, but after a certain point you're going to hit a hard wall unless you have a strong background in analysis.

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