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That's so boring! I recommend people learn whatever they want, and then if needed go and read a maths book. Much more fun that way. (Btw, I don't mean to dis yo
by mathgenius 10y ago
That's so boring! I recommend people learn whatever they want, and then if needed go and read a maths book. Much more fun that way. (Btw, I don't mean to dis your book, it looks good to me.)
Edit: just to elaborate on this. I hear often from people "what math do i need to learn so i can do X?" And I just think that alot of the time people should just do X and this will force them to figure out the math as needed. Learning math from a book is brutally difficult! Just like learning a programming language, what is the best way to do that? You start with a project that you want to do. People who want to read the "pre-requisite book" often-times just seem to be deferring the real crunch that happens when you actually get down to the business of actually learning X.
- Ar-Curunir 10y agoI can understand your approach. It helps to learn a topic (like linear algebra) when you can immediately see it's applications. However, I'm not sure it would work here; for one, quantum mechanics is not an "easily" understood application, like, say PCA, or DFT, or other such things.
- groovy2shoes 10y agoI'm reminded of the film "October Sky" where Jake Gyllenhaal's character (and I feel like a terrible nerd for not recalling the character, who is (was?) an actual NASA engineer, iirc), upon witnessing Sputnik-1 on a clear night, became obsessed with space flight and rocketry in particular. Got himself a bunch of really advanced texts on the subject and just powered through them, lazily learning the necessary math as needed, as you suggest. Once a poor student (bit of a slacker), he went on to make himself some rockets in relatively short order. Excellent flick. If you haven't seen it, I recommend giving it a watch.