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What is the motivation for refining your math ability?

• jsudhams 11y ago
  I had to drop out of school for job (as part son of soil type) and i dropped after class 10 so learned only up to algebra, basic probability and basic geometry as the differentials and calculus was on the 11th and 12th class. And lot of time i am not able understand even small equations in articles related to crypto and others hence starting to learn it now.(35 but i understand the math now much better so started again from basics)
  • hga 11y ago
    As long as you're (re-)learning math (which is a very good thing), you should consider dipping your toes into Lisp by doing some of SICP (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_Interpretation_o... note the complete text is on-line), which was designed for MIT undergraduates, who the authors could safely assume were fairly mathematically mature. It doesn't require any math I consider difficult, but it does use it freely. So if you do it, it'll reinforce the math you're learning, show you to some very useful, basic computer science, and incidentally teach you basic Lisp and functional programming.
    • MichaelGG 11y ago
      Or along with Sedgwick's old algorithms book. Reading it at a fast pace will give anyone a good survey of algorithms. I read the Pascal version, and it was clear enough to pick up a fair idea of many things.