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Looks like completely normal math to me. It's not like they're trying to shove category theory down your throat or anything. A useful book! Look just like what
by gngeal 14y ago
Looks like completely normal math to me. It's not like they're trying to shove category theory down your throat or anything.
A useful book! Look just like what I needed. If there's something heavier about it, it's the terse encyclopedic feeling of it, it's not a gentle introduction in this sense.
- hyperbovine 14y agoWell that is not very helpful. If the last math class you took was 20 years ago, ESL probably seems rather intimidating. The good thing is that most of the book requires only calculus and linear algebra. By brushing up on those topics first, you could be in a position to understand most of the basics of machine learning.
- gngeal 14y ago"If the last math class you took was 20 years ago, ESL probably seems rather intimidating." Actually, only ten years ago. :-) But I do need a refresher. Just started working on it recently. I feel actually smarter today than I felt back then, so I don't think will hurt that much. "The good thing is that most of the book requires only calculus and linear algebra. By brushing up on those topics first, you could be in a position to understand most of the basics of machine learning." Yeah, I've noticed. The scope of the whole book is vastly overblown for my needs, my application (NLP-related) won't probably need more then the basic stuff, but any good material at my disposal helps.