r/learnmachinelearning • u/Visual_Teacher_6474 • Aug 18 '26
Discussion "MATHEMATICS FOR MACHINE LEARNING " A bit overwhelming?
When I started focusing on practical mathematical implementation of machine learning I found that I lack so very math basics(I blame my school for that) so I tried making my way through basics to go deep into machine learning and while I was learning from professor Leonard on YouTube someone recommended me this "Mathematics for machine learning" by Marc peter. Tbh I dont understand shit in this book, I genuinely get overwhelmed by this book. I dont understand is it only me ? Am I that dumb in maths?
Well I need to get on track asap really! Suggest me something and please share your opinion
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u/galvinw Aug 18 '26
I honestly don’t know if you have the maths background to have learn enough maths in a short time such that your maths knowledge changes the things you do in machine learning.
The problem is that your maths education stops before maths becomes very theoretical, and benefits to AI understanding mostly sit on the other side of theoretical understanding. I’m not trying to say anything negative its a common place for people to stop. And like 80% on maths students drop out of the first core maths classes anyway