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Laddar... A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics (utgåvan 2018)av Dr. Jeremy Kun (Författare)
VerksinformationA Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics av Dr. Jeremy Kun
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.  mitchanderson | Jan 17, 2021 |  inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics uses your familiarity with ideas from programming and software to teach mathematics. You'll learn about the central objects and theorems of mathematics, including graphs, calculus, linear algebra, eigenvalues, optimization, and more. You'll also be immersed in the often unspoken cultural attitudes of mathematics, learning both how to read and write proofs while understanding why mathematics is the way it is. Between each technical chapter is an essay describing a different aspect of mathematical culture, and discussions of the insights and meta-insights that constitute mathematical intuition. As you learn, we'll use new mathematical ideas to create wondrous programs, from cryptographic schemes to neural networks to hyperbolic tessellations. Each chapter also contains a set of exercises that have you actively explore mathematical topics on your own. In short, this book will teach you to engage with mathematics.A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics is written by Jeremy Kun, who has been writing about math and programming for 8 years on his blog "Math Intersect Programming." As of 2018, he works in datacenter optimization at Google. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)510.2462Natural sciences and mathematics Mathematics General Mathematics Miscellany The subject for persons in specific occupations EngineersKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (3)
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I hate to say this, as Jeremy Kun has written a large number of free and accessible mathematical refreshers (and has been doing so for years) many of which I have found personally useful. However, writing a introductory text is much different than amassing a large collection of fairly specific blog posts and this, I believe, is shown throughout this book.
Also a shame that the book is so expensive (mostly the fact that you're paying $50 for an e-book and physical copy).
Hoping to add more details to this review, on a per-chapter basis, or just giving some specifics to my issues with it.
For those looking for (what I believe to be) high quality comprehensive introductory math texts (not an easy feat):
- Mathematics for Computer Graphics - John A. Vince (ISBN 9781849960229)
- Calculus: Early Transcendentals - James Stewart (ISBN 0534393217)
- Linear Algebra and its Applications - David Lay (ISBN 0321287134)
- Introduction to Graph Theory - Richard Trudeau (ISBN 0486678709)
Two others that Kun also makes mention of in his book
- Calculus - Michael Spivak (ISBN 0914098896)
- Linear Algebra Done Right - Sheldon Axler (ISBN 0387982582) (