I guess I did take for granted that it includes a bit of calculus and discrete math. I have a little tip.
Once you refresh your knowledge of the greek alphabet, it’s not that scary. Math just needs a lot of symbols.
A good starting point would be infinite series, as this is the basis on which we imagine things bigger than a human lifetime. And it reminds us why we had to define a “limit” as a summation that strangely looks like ∑
It took me years to see the significance of arithmetic series, but as with any ∑, you have to start somewhere! (Often at -∞ and +∞)
The trick to all of it is that there are patterns declared by the underlying structures. There is not really a way to understand them without playing around with equalities and diagrams until you reach a certain zenlike moksha. Trust me, it is quite fulfilling!
Once you refresh your knowledge of the greek alphabet, it’s not that scary. Math just needs a lot of symbols.
A good starting point would be infinite series, as this is the basis on which we imagine things bigger than a human lifetime. And it reminds us why we had to define a “limit” as a summation that strangely looks like ∑
It took me years to see the significance of arithmetic series, but as with any ∑, you have to start somewhere! (Often at -∞ and +∞)
The trick to all of it is that there are patterns declared by the underlying structures. There is not really a way to understand them without playing around with equalities and diagrams until you reach a certain zenlike moksha. Trust me, it is quite fulfilling!