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Can you give more details on why you want to learning about mathematical modeling? And what do you want to model? Given your educational background, there are p

Can you give more details on why you want to learning about mathematical modeling? And what do you want to model? Given your educational background, there are probably more time- and cost-efficient ways to learn the same material (which is likely highly application-specific). Also, applied mathematics programs teach proofs because they want to show that their applied methods are guaranteed to work, as opposed to being fragile, ad hoc guesses.

mettamage 5y ago
I guess that's a fair point. I'd like to learn about: * Machine learning / deep learning in particular * Modeling financial data * Game development, creating a physics engine I've done all three in a humble amount. So definitely calculus, probability/stats and linear algebra. Maybe I'm missing something. I've been able to get by without calculus and linear algebra somehow.
- spekcular 5y ago
  These are fairly disparate things that each require a separate degree to do well. I don't think any single degree would cover all of them, and any program is going to cover other things you're not interested in. My recommendation would to pick the one you're most excited about and focus on it. You mention in another comment that you prefer to work with other people and not do books/MOOCs alone. In this case I suggest that you find a graduate student in the relevant area and ask him/her to tutor you (i.e. give you an independent course in the topic). This might cost $50 to $100 USD per hour if you shop around (perhaps more). The goal would be to learn enough of the basics that you can pick up the more advanced things yourself. Good luck.
  - fuzzfactor 5y ago
    >So definitely calculus, probability/stats and linear algebra. I would just take these 3 courses then, starting with linear algebra. See how much less humble you can proceed after that.

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Can you give more details on why you want to learning about mathematical modeling? And what do you want to model? Given your educational background, there are p

by spekcular 5y ago

mettamage 5y ago
I guess that's a fair point. I'd like to learn about: * Machine learning / deep learning in particular * Modeling financial data * Game development, creating a physics engine I've done all three in a humble amount. So definitely calculus, probability/stats and linear algebra. Maybe I'm missing something. I've been able to get by without calculus and linear algebra somehow.
- spekcular 5y ago
  These are fairly disparate things that each require a separate degree to do well. I don't think any single degree would cover all of them, and any program is going to cover other things you're not interested in. My recommendation would to pick the one you're most excited about and focus on it. You mention in another comment that you prefer to work with other people and not do books/MOOCs alone. In this case I suggest that you find a graduate student in the relevant area and ask him/her to tutor you (i.e. give you an independent course in the topic). This might cost $50 to $100 USD per hour if you shop around (perhaps more). The goal would be to learn enough of the basics that you can pick up the more advanced things yourself. Good luck.
  - fuzzfactor 5y ago
    >So definitely calculus, probability/stats and linear algebra. I would just take these 3 courses then, starting with linear algebra. See how much less humble you can proceed after that.