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> background in linear algebra, probability, calculus Curious. What does 'background' mean in this sentence. You can spend years studying just one of these in
by apwell23 3y ago
> background in linear algebra, probability, calculus
Curious. What does 'background' mean in this sentence. You can spend years studying just one of these in depth. How much is "enough" for ML?
- pedrosorio 3y agoThe basics. 1 semester course for each.
- apwell23 3y agothanks! I wonder if someone has compiled a resource with just enough math for ML.
- 93po 3y agoI believe fast.ai does this - they start with you using real tools and teach you the foundation as it becomes relevant
- patrick451 3y agoI'd say slightly more. Maybe it's just because I attended a state school, but I think my first semester calculus class was all single variable (20 years ago now, so my memory is rusty). You really to understand gradients and jacobians for ML, which I think was calc III for me. But you can skip curl and div part I guess.
- pedrosorio 3y agoOh, that’s right. Multivariable was Calc II for me so technically two semesters.
- apwell23 3y agohow much of that do you really use for ML
- CamperBob2 3y agoNot much of your calculus book will be relevant beyond the first couple of chapters, but you'll live and die by the numerical-method sword. The idea is that you need the analytic insight from the former to understand the latter. I don't know if I really buy that, though.