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I find the most important step in learning is to figure out the best learning material for the subject (which book, author, research paper or tutorial to go thr
by mrtnmcc 5y ago
I find the most important step in learning is to figure out the best learning material for the subject (which book, author, research paper or tutorial to go through). If you are going to invest days or months of your life, it's worth first spending a fraction of that time choosing the material.
Obviously it takes at least a skim to judge whether you feel the material is worthwhile. But being picky on this will likely pay off. Certain textbooks are so far superior that it's almost criminal the others are being sold. In some cases they were clearly knocked off by a prof to sell to their students, rephrasing the same material in a more confusing way and trying to take credit for the ideas without contributing much of anything.
- itronitron 5y agoI agree and am hoping that you will list some of the learning materials that you feel stand out as far superior :)
- mrtnmcc 5y agoIntroduction to Probability Theory https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Probability-2nd-Dimitri-Bertsekas/dp/188652923X https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Probability-2nd-Dimitri-... Linear Algebra https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-Strang/dp/0980232775/ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Algebra-Gilbert-S... Convex Optimization https://www.amazon.com/Convex-Optimization-Corrections-2008-Stephen/dp/0521833787/ref=mp_s_a_1_1 https://www.amazon.com/Convex-Optimization-Corrections-2008-... Linear Programming https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Optimization-Scientific-Computation/dp/1886529191/ref=mp_s_a_1_18 https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Linear-Optimization-Scie... Digital Signal Processing https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Digital-Signal-Processing-3rd/dp/0137027419/ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Digital-Signal-Processi... https://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Signal-Processing-Oppenheim-Schafer/dp/9332535035/ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Signal-Processing-Oppenheim-...
- mrtnmcc 5y agoThose were some examples in mind, but the broader point was it's worth spending substantial time finding material that works for you.
- itronitron 5y agoVery true, and I've also found that revisiting/discovering old techniques or initial approaches often yields new insights.