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Re:Deep Learning Course by apwell23 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @03:41PM (#38337659)
> background in linear algebra, probability, calculus

Curious. What does 'background' mean in this sentence. You can spend years studying just one of these in depth. How much is "enough" for ML?

Re:Deep Learning Course by pedrosorio on Sunday November 19, 2023 @04:03PM (#38337976)
The basics. 1 semester course for each.
Re:Deep Learning Course by apwell23 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:21PM (#38338997)
thanks! I wonder if someone has compiled a resource with just enough math for ML.
Re:Deep Learning Course by 93po on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @07:54AM (#38378507)
I believe fast.ai does this - they start with you using real tools and teach you the foundation as it becomes relevant
Re:Deep Learning Course by patrick451 on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:47PM (#38339318)
I'd say slightly more. Maybe it's just because I attended a state school, but I think my first semester calculus class was all single variable (20 years ago now, so my memory is rusty). You really to understand gradients and jacobians for ML, which I think was calc III for me. But you can skip curl and div part I guess.
Re:Deep Learning Course by pedrosorio on Monday November 20, 2023 @11:44PM (#38359367)
Oh, that’s right. Multivariable was Calc II for me so technically two semesters.
Re:Deep Learning Course by apwell23 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:10AM (#38363810)
how much of that do you really use for ML
Re:Deep Learning Course by CamperBob2 on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @12:28PM (#38382154)
Not much of your calculus book will be relevant beyond the first couple of chapters, but you'll live and die by the numerical-method sword. The idea is that you need the analytic insight from the former to understand the latter.

I don't know if I really buy that, though.