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* abstractmath.org and Charles Wells's handbook of math jargon (or whatever it's called)
* abstractmath.org and Charles Wells's handbook of math jargon (or whatever it's called)
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2SOU6wwxB0uwwH80KTQ6ht66KWxbzTIo -- pretty good lectures on statistics
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2SOU6wwxB0uwwH80KTQ6ht66KWxbzTIo -- pretty good lectures on statistics
* Sutton and Barto (2nd edition) -- this ''is'' still a math book, but it's unbelievably good and polished and clear and and and... This book seems to have just about the right level of rigor+intution+repetitiveness. I really wish the book emphasized more a few things though (like, if you can rattle off the bellman equations using backup diagrams, everything in chapters 3 and 4 become trivial). you do need to know your stats/probability/analysis pretty comfortably though.
* Sutton and Barto (2nd edition) -- this ''is'' still a math book, but it's unbelievably good and polished and clear and and and... This book seems to have just about the right level of rigor+intution+repetitiveness. I really wish the book emphasized more a few things though (like, if you can rattle off the bellman equations using backup diagrams, everything in chapters 3 and 4 become trivial). you do need to know your stats/probability/analysis pretty comfortably though. what kind of madman is rich sutton (or andrew barto)?

Revision as of 22:37, 23 March 2020

  • Terence Tao's notes and books
  • Tim Gowers's blog (especially intro logic)
  • Evan Chen's infinite napkin
  • mathematicalmonk's youtube videos
  • Vipul's notes
  • abstractmath.org and Charles Wells's handbook of math jargon (or whatever it's called)
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2SOU6wwxB0uwwH80KTQ6ht66KWxbzTIo -- pretty good lectures on statistics
  • Sutton and Barto (2nd edition) -- this is still a math book, but it's unbelievably good and polished and clear and and and... This book seems to have just about the right level of rigor+intution+repetitiveness. I really wish the book emphasized more a few things though (like, if you can rattle off the bellman equations using backup diagrams, everything in chapters 3 and 4 become trivial). you do need to know your stats/probability/analysis pretty comfortably though. what kind of madman is rich sutton (or andrew barto)?