Re:So you want to study mathematics
by j2kun on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:38PM
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I'm actually currently writing a book with exactly this emphasis!
The working title is "Practical Math for Programmers," and the idea is to build a collection of 60-75, 3-page long, _compelling_ demonstrations of mathematics used in production settings, biased toward stuff a generalist programmer might find useful. Not going into proofs or foundations, but providing lots of references to further reading.
I'm aspiring for it to be like a Hacker's Delight, or Programming Gems, but just for math that is genuinely useful.
The working title is "Practical Math for Programmers," and the idea is to build a collection of 60-75, 3-page long, _compelling_ demonstrations of mathematics used in production settings, biased toward stuff a generalist programmer might find useful. Not going into proofs or foundations, but providing lots of references to further reading.
I'm aspiring for it to be like a Hacker's Delight, or Programming Gems, but just for math that is genuinely useful.
Read more here: https://buttondown.email/j2kun/archive/a-week-of-book-writin...
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