A problem I have: I can follow the mathematical concepts in papers, but not the notation. I don't know how to get past this. It means that I sometimes read programming papers and I'm like right, right, makes sense [EQUATION] mind blanks.
Has anyone else overcome this? How? I have a "my brain learns best by experimenting" mode, maybe I need to play more with... something?
Craig Maloney likes this.
I found certain mathematical notations easier to follow once I learned Haskell. In many cases, I only have to squint to ascii-ize symbols to their Haskell equivilants. Also mathy variable naming stuff like a and a' is idiomatic in Haskell.
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Put in a column near the equation, the meaning of each variable.
Then use differentcolors to highlight each variable (both in the explanation column, and in the equations).
Draw circles/strikes around/on part of equations that make sense by temselves, or represent a concept, or are transformed into other thing in the next step (in a similar way as teacher does in the blackboard while they explain things).
Maybe look for videos explaining the theorems etc (since they visually show all these techniques, I guess).
HTH
Laura Arjona Reina at 2017-03-13T22:53:48Z
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Craig Maloney at 2017-03-14T03:12:20Z
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I think what worked was to use them not only in a passive way (reading) but active (writing) ... and it is also the same with code I think.
so maybe trying yourself to put some concept of yours into equations with LaTex could help ?
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