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by wildlogic
3512 days ago
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Hello, I'm hoping for a suggestion for some math courses that will help me understand these questions.. I only took algebra in high school and didn't go to college. Since, I've looked at a couple things (basic proofs, lambda calculus) but quickly was overwhelmed. What is a good starting point for someone who can reverse and exploit all sorts of binaries but does not know what a derivative is? Just start on Coursera? My other question is - what can I achieve with this knowledge? What use is it? What problems can I solve? I think one thing that kept me progressing learning code was I could see what I was looking to achieve and I reached it. I learned it because I wanted to understand it. When I look at math, I see something that I will never be able to understand... There is a part of me that has a strong desire to learn it but the other half tells me to leave it alone. Is it understandable in the same way programming is understandable? By learning the syntax? |
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Parts 2 and 3 are probability and statistics, but they are the kind of advanced statistics that is typically only taught to math students. Second and third year university courses in probability and statistics would let you answer these questions.
Part 4 is statistical mechanics, I think. That's a third-year physics course, and one of the more mathematically demanding ones, at that.
Part 5 is specific to finance. The course you are looking for is probably called Mathematical Finance.
The conventional route to learning all this stuff is an undergraduate degree in mathematics, with an emphasis on statistics. Now, getting there is a long road, but you have to start somewhere. You might possibly be able to learn it all on your own, but it's easy to get stuck and hard to get unstuck without a teacher to help you.
If you are in the US, start by taking a couple of classes in a community college. In your case, the course you are looking for is probably called Pre-Calculus or maybe Algebra II. If things go well you can continue from there.
As for what use this is, apparently you can get a good job as a quantitative financial analyst if you know this stuff.