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Conditioned on what you want to achieve, I would suggest against, strongly against, or very strongly against avoiding (applied) mathematics. In any case, I sug

Conditioned on what you want to achieve, I would suggest against, strongly against, or very strongly against avoiding (applied) mathematics. In any case, I suggest flipping through the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine [1] and reevaluating your learning path. [1] https://signalprocessingsociety.org/publications-resources/ieee-signal-processing-magazine https://signalprocessingsociety.org/publications-resources/i...

knaik94 5y ago
Can you elaborate on why you so strongly advise against it?
- vitorsr 5y ago
  I can only invite you to flip through current technical texts in signal processing and go through the thought exercise of defining the envelope of prior knowledge required. I recommend the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine as it is the flagship magazine from the IEEE Signal Processing Society. IEEE magazine articles are written “to appeal to non-experts as well as experts in the field” [1] and therefore target a broad engineering audience while remaining current and being peer-reviewed. [1] https://magazines.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/get-started-with-ieee-magazines/about-ieee-magazines https://magazines.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/get-started-with...
dceddia 5y ago
I'd say my goal is not so much about avoiding math but more about learning intuition-first rather than equations-first. Top-down vs. bottom-up, maybe. Most of material that I've encountered about math-heavy stuff tends to do the latter. I imagine there are many people who're great at picking apart an equation and deriving things from first principles; but for me, I find it more manageable to get the big picture first, visualize what's going on, and then finally learn the math behind it. So far the DSP Guide book is doing a great job of presenting things that way. Another good example of this kind of style is https://betterexplained.com/ https://betterexplained.com/ (some of their articles are great companions to these DSP topics actually!)

knaik94 5y ago

Can you elaborate on why you so strongly advise against it?

vitorsr 5y ago
I can only invite you to flip through current technical texts in signal processing and go through the thought exercise of defining the envelope of prior knowledge required. I recommend the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine as it is the flagship magazine from the IEEE Signal Processing Society. IEEE magazine articles are written “to appeal to non-experts as well as experts in the field” [1] and therefore target a broad engineering audience while remaining current and being peer-reviewed. [1] https://magazines.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/get-started-with-ieee-magazines/about-ieee-magazines https://magazines.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/get-started-with...

dceddia 5y ago

I'd say my goal is not so much about avoiding math but more about learning intuition-first rather than equations-first. Top-down vs. bottom-up, maybe. Most of material that I've encountered about math-heavy stuff tends to do the latter. I imagine there are many people who're great at picking apart an equation and deriving things from first principles; but for me, I find it more manageable to get the big picture first, visualize what's going on, and then finally learn the math behind it. So far the DSP Guide book is doing a great job of presenting things that way. Another good example of this kind of style is https://betterexplained.com/ https://betterexplained.com/ (some of their articles are great companions to these DSP topics actually!)