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This is at a tangent, but I'm a fresh CS undergrad and this simple explanation really hooked me. So my question is, where can I find more of this stuff? MOOCs

This is at a tangent, but I'm a fresh CS undergrad and this simple explanation really hooked me. So my question is, where can I find more of this stuff? MOOCs are tough to manage with university, but if I wanted to learn more about these mathematical concepts presented in an interesting way, where should I start looking? I'm a tad bit indecisive about how good I am with CS theory but I know if I took the leap and mastered some basics I would enjoy it. Any recommendations will help.

amathstudent 12y ago
Again a bit of a tangent, but I wrote an essay on learning math on your own based on my experiences: https://medium.com/@amathstudent/learning-math-on-your-own-39fe90c3536b https://medium.com/@amathstudent/learning-math-on-your-own-3... - perhaps it will help you.
enjalot 12y ago
the other visualizations on setosa.io are pretty great. There really aren't enough of these around if you ask me. another set of good tutorials that are at this level is Red Blob Games: http://www.redblobgames.com/ http://www.redblobgames.com/ focused on games but introduces math/coding concepts very intuitively and in a practical manner.
theoh 12y ago
Dasher http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ takes some of the Markov chain ideas to the next level. If you are a visual thinker it is a good way to get a feel for probabilistic compression techniques, specifically PPM and arithmetic coding. Also good is the Viterbi Workshop (EDIT: unfortunately the URL below leads to a broken version of the applet.) http://www.alantro.com/viterbi/workshop.htm http://www.alantro.com/viterbi/workshop.htm It used to have animated Java illustrations of the Viterbi algorithm, mentioned in other comments on this post. There are other working applets out there, e.g. http://www.wirelesscommunication.nl/reference/chaptr05/receiver/viterbi/epfl_1/viterbi1.htm http://www.wirelesscommunication.nl/reference/chaptr05/recei... The general field is called "algorithm animation" but it seems be out of fashion. The old SRC Modula-3 distribution used to contain a cool package for creating animations of algorithms. Here is a video made by the authors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgu9q0vVc0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgu9q0vVc0

amathstudent 12y ago

Again a bit of a tangent, but I wrote an essay on learning math on your own based on my experiences: https://medium.com/@amathstudent/learning-math-on-your-own-39fe90c3536b https://medium.com/@amathstudent/learning-math-on-your-own-3... - perhaps it will help you.

enjalot 12y ago

the other visualizations on setosa.io are pretty great. There really aren't enough of these around if you ask me. another set of good tutorials that are at this level is Red Blob Games: http://www.redblobgames.com/ http://www.redblobgames.com/ focused on games but introduces math/coding concepts very intuitively and in a practical manner.

theoh 12y ago

Dasher http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ takes some of the Markov chain ideas to the next level. If you are a visual thinker it is a good way to get a feel for probabilistic compression techniques, specifically PPM and arithmetic coding. Also good is the Viterbi Workshop (EDIT: unfortunately the URL below leads to a broken version of the applet.) http://www.alantro.com/viterbi/workshop.htm http://www.alantro.com/viterbi/workshop.htm It used to have animated Java illustrations of the Viterbi algorithm, mentioned in other comments on this post. There are other working applets out there, e.g. http://www.wirelesscommunication.nl/reference/chaptr05/receiver/viterbi/epfl_1/viterbi1.htm http://www.wirelesscommunication.nl/reference/chaptr05/recei... The general field is called "algorithm animation" but it seems be out of fashion. The old SRC Modula-3 distribution used to contain a cool package for creating animations of algorithms. Here is a video made by the authors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgu9q0vVc0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIgu9q0vVc0