Thanks for posting these - these books look like exactly what I have been looking for recently! I'm someone who procrastinated and crammed my way through high school and undergrad level maths and then promptly forgot all of it once I finished schooling. I plan on working through them soon. Hopefully this isn't an annoying question, but do you still intend to publish a guide to statistics?
ivan_ah · 1d ago
Here are the concept maps from the books that might be interesting for anyone learning these topics:
I don't know why but actually rendering the equations (mathjax? didn't check) is such an eye-catching way to see those problems in a feed like that, and having it almost mimic HN with a comment section is awesome. This is super cool!
ping00 · 1d ago
Good luck Vivek, this looks really nice! I was in Bangalore for the first time this Feb and had a great time. You should check out Mecca cafe, it's thoda grimy but a total vibe.
mtts · 1d ago
Super cool! Where did you get the problems from?
thuruv · 18h ago
Kudos., Personalizing problems to familiar places hitting a nostalgic sweet spot for me.. Reminds me how much fun it used to be and creative math gets when you’re bouncing ideas around..
nxobject · 1d ago
What a fantastic idea – I know I got the most out of my college math classes collaborating on homework – well, I really only survived because of collaboration. Learning math has been inseparable from collaboration since Ethen.
ashutosh-mishra · 1d ago
Best! Great way to connect with interesting people!
What's your criteria for letting people in? Like what should be the minimum level of maths skills they should already have?
wanderingmind · 1d ago
Awesome initiative. For people not physically in Bangalore, maybe start a discord and we can asynchronously try to work through problems and get support
seanhunter · 1d ago
As someone who is studying maths myself I absolutely love this- What a great idea.
viveknathani_ · 1d ago
hey thanks!
trueismywork · 22h ago
Rope in people from TIFR and IISC and ISI, they have a lot of activities going on like this.
dmd · 1d ago
No matter how many times I do number 20, I end up with 615. Am I wrong, or is the solution sheet wrong?
random_coder · 1d ago
I think you're right and the given answer of 596 is wrong. It's 380 m-w, 190 m-m, 45 w-w handshakes, so 615 in total.
dmd · 22h ago
Yeah. It's not even the only wrong answer on the page, which is troubling.
alecst · 1d ago
Love this. Anyone know of something similar in NYC? Casual, unpretentious math club?
kylehotchkiss · 1d ago
This looks like a really great way to make some new friends and challenge each other. Have fun!!
agcat · 1d ago
Love the idea. All the best!
viveknathani_ · 1d ago
thanks!
tines · 1d ago
Anything like this in Austin?
vivzkestrel · 1d ago
if you guys ever do this in mumbai, i ll happily join ya
viveknathani_ · 1d ago
sure thing, currently figuring out ways to scale, thanks!
Are many of them programmers/techie or academicians?
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What's your criteria for letting people in? Like what should be the minimum level of maths skills they should already have?
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