Learning to read and comprehend math notation
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:10 pm
Many times I wish to implement an algorithm but simply can't seem to grasp what is being said by mathematicians.
Usually something to the effect of "large E" with subscripts some parens, then some collections of variables with subscripts some ellipses maybe some assignment type arrows etc.
Does anyone know of a good book that teaches math notation so that a programmer can convert it mentally into a series of collections, for loops and functions?
I can't be the only one lost on this kind of thing (not having much of a math background in school)
Usually something to the effect of "large E" with subscripts some parens, then some collections of variables with subscripts some ellipses maybe some assignment type arrows etc.
Does anyone know of a good book that teaches math notation so that a programmer can convert it mentally into a series of collections, for loops and functions?
I can't be the only one lost on this kind of thing (not having much of a math background in school)