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I started a little math club in Bangalore
- idlip 1y agoThis is nice. You can spread the word to r/bangalore and related subs. But sure small communities sound like more fun than a big one. Are many of them programmers/techie or academicians?
- viveknathani_ 1y agohey thanks! for now, a lot of them have some sort of a tech background
- ivansavz 1y agoNice to see adults (re)learning math. It's one of the rare subjects that are guaranteed to provide "knowledge buzz" and also widely applicable. <shameless plug>For other adults interested in learning math, check out my (nonfree) book here: https://noBSmath.com/ https://noBSmath.com/ PDF preview and sample chapter: https://minireference.com/static/excerpts/noBSmath_v5_preview.pdf https://minireference.com/static/excerpts/noBSmath_v5_previe... I also have a longer book that includes calculus and physics (cf. links in profile). </shameless plug>
- ivansavz 1y agoHere are the concept maps from the books that might be interesting for anyone learning these topics: - https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/math_concepts.pdf https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/math_concepts.p... - https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/math_and_physics_concepts.pdf https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/math_and_physic... - https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/linear_algebra_concepts.pdf https://minireference.com/static/conceptmaps/linear_algebra_...
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- necessary 1y agoThanks for posting these - these books look like exactly what I have been looking for recently! I'm someone who procrastinated and crammed my way through high school and undergrad level maths and then promptly forgot all of it once I finished schooling. I plan on working through them soon. Hopefully this isn't an annoying question, but do you still intend to publish a guide to statistics?
- ivansavz 1y ago> do you still intend to publish a guide to statistics? Yes! Very much so. I'm in the final stages of cooking it right now, hoping to make it available for sale in the coming months. Statistics is by far the hardest subject I've had to write about, as I had to (re)learn pretty much everything. I did several rewrites (working on tis book for the past seven years!), but now it's finally ready to ship. You can check out the notebooks from the book here: https://nobsstats.com/ https://nobsstats.com/ and a detailed outline here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwep23-95U-w1QMPU31nOvUnUXE2X3s_Dbk5JuLlKAY/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwep23-95U-w1QMPU31nOvUn... ETA July for digital download, then one round of copy-editing, and September for first print version.
- mtts 1y agoSuper cool! Where did you get the problems from?
- kylehotchkiss 1y agoThis looks like a really great way to make some new friends and challenge each other. Have fun!!
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- vivzkestrel 1y agoif you guys ever do this in mumbai, i ll happily join ya
- viveknathani_ 1y agosure thing, currently figuring out ways to scale, thanks!
- seanhunter 1y agoAs someone who is studying maths myself I absolutely love this- What a great idea.
- viveknathani_ 1y agohey thanks!
- agcat 1y agoLove the idea. All the best!
- viveknathani_ 1y agothanks!
- nxobject 1y agoWhat a fantastic idea – I know I got the most out of my college math classes collaborating on homework – well, I really only survived because of collaboration. Learning math has been inseparable from collaboration since Ethen.
- alecst 1y agoLove this. Anyone know of something similar in NYC? Casual, unpretentious math club?
- tines 1y agoAnything like this in Austin?
- Avicebron 1y agoI don't know why but actually rendering the equations (mathjax? didn't check) is such an eye-catching way to see those problems in a feed like that, and having it almost mimic HN with a comment section is awesome. This is super cool!
- dmd 1y agoNo matter how many times I do number 20, I end up with 615. Am I wrong, or is the solution sheet wrong?
- random_coder 1y agoI think you're right and the given answer of 596 is wrong. It's 380 m-w, 190 m-m, 45 w-w handshakes, so 615 in total.
- dmd 1y agoYeah. It's not even the only wrong answer on the page, which is troubling.
- dgfitz 1y agoWhy has this been on the front page all day?
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- ping00 1y agoGood luck Vivek, this looks really nice! I was in Bangalore for the first time this Feb and had a great time. You should check out Mecca cafe, it's thoda grimy but a total vibe.
- ashutosh-mishra 1y agoBest! Great way to connect with interesting people! What's your criteria for letting people in? Like what should be the minimum level of maths skills they should already have?
- wanderingmind 1y agoAwesome initiative. For people not physically in Bangalore, maybe start a discord and we can asynchronously try to work through problems and get support
- trueismywork 1y agoRope in people from TIFR and IISC and ISI, they have a lot of activities going on like this.
- scaradim 1y agoJust to motivate your team: a mathematician just became the President of Romania this month - https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=1571 https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=1571 :-)
- sparky_z 1y agoCan't forget to mention the new Pope as well. It's been a big month for math majors on the international stage.
- thuruv 1y agoKudos., Personalizing problems to familiar places hitting a nostalgic sweet spot for me.. Reminds me how much fun it used to be and creative math gets when you’re bouncing ideas around..
- jak6jak 1y agoI want to create my own club in a small town. Not necessary in math but in gamedev. How did you get people to show up for the first meeting?
- lolu_plan 1y agohow can I join this ?