Re:Interactive Linear Algebra Dan Margalit, Joseph Rabinoff
by ranger_danger on Sunday September 01, 2024 @06:47PM
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YES please. I'm really terrible at math, and even more terrible at trying to convert equations into code whenever I ask a math expert for help.
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Re:Interactive Linear Algebra Dan Margalit, Joseph Rabinoff
by 0cf8612b2e1e on Sunday September 01, 2024 @09:47PM
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Something that drives me up the wall is just how sloppy math notation can be. Supposedly this pure discipline, but many authors use custom conventions all over the place, shorthand, skip steps, etc.
Give me some math code, where the end result has to compile. No sneaky tricks allowed.
Re:Interactive Linear Algebra Dan Margalit, Joseph Rabinoff
by lanstin on Sunday September 01, 2024 @11:09PM
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You want mathlib, the lean library of established results: https://github.com/leanprover-community/mathlib4
They skip steps in writing because they can generally do them and it obscures the flow of the argument to have every thing spelled out.
There is also a book on mechanics by the authors of SICP: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262028967/structure-and-interpr...
Re:Interactive Linear Algebra Dan Margalit, Joseph Rabinoff
by thaumasiotes on Monday September 02, 2024 @01:09AM
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> They skip steps in writing because they can generally do them and it obscures the flow of the argument to have every thing spelled out.
They do that in lean too; that's the idea of simp.