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Re:Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the ... by jstx1 on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:29PM (#28845319)
Since you're working in the field - yes, obviously. It's not even that much math - the building blocks are fairly straightforward linear algebra and calculus.

Here's a nice, fairly detailed, summary - https://explained.ai/matrix-calculus/. But if you haven't taken undergraduate level single/multivariable calculus and linear algebra, I would take them from MIT Opencourseware even if it's just to fight off the impostor syndrome a little bit.

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Re:Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the ... by IWantToRelocate on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:56PM (#28845548)
thank you! on a quick look, that seems straight to the point, for someone who had calculus and linear algebra in 2006.
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Re:Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the ... by IWantToRelocate on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @06:17PM (#28845740)
a printable version of your link, in case someone want it as well: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.01528.pdf
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