Re:Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
by kens on Monday December 23, 2024 @10:08PM
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What book was it that you found helpful?
Re:Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
by jvanderbot on Thursday December 26, 2024 @10:15AM
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A survey on matrix theory and matrix inequalities - Marvin Marcus
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048667102X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
Re:Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
by seattleeng on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @12:45AM
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Im reviewing linear algebra now and would also love to know that book!
Re:Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
by jvanderbot on Thursday December 26, 2024 @10:15AM
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It was this one (in case you miss sibling response): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/048667102X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...
I make no claim about its usefulness for anyone else!
Re:Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
by PeeMcGee on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @01:39AM
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> [...], but what I (and I suspect GP) might want, is to know why a few of the key steps might work.
It's been some time since I've used the step-by-step explainer, and it was for calculus or intro physics problems at best, but IIRC the pro subscription will at least mention the method used to solve each step and link to reference materials (e.g., a clickable tag labeled "integration by parts"). Doesn't exactly explain why but does provide useful keywords in a sequence that can be used to derive the why.
You can unlock a full derivation of the solution, for cases where you say "Solve" or "Simplify", but what I (and I suspect GP) might want, is to know why a few of the key steps might work.
It's a fantastic tool that helped get me through my (engineering) grad work, but ultimately the breakthrough inequalities that helped me write some of my best stuff were out of a book I bought in desperation that basically cataloged linear algebra known inequalities and simplifications.
When I try that kind of thing with the best LLM I can use (as of a few months ago, albeit), the results can get incorrect pretty quickly.