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📣 xicara

How to read algorithms and math notation in scientific papers?


Hi! I'm a CS outsider, I write code but I'm not literated in computer science. I need to learn how to read both pseudo algorithms in papers and all the letter soup in math formulas, in the machine learning space. I had formal calculus and linear algebra in college, but that was 15 years ago.

Any tips are appreciated!

Thanks


  👤 eimrine Accepted Answer ✓
Pseudocode is supposed to be easily readable by humans or why else is somebody going to publish a code which does not even compile?

Math formulas are different because they are supposed to be perfectly working and understanding them requires an understanding of a corresponding math discipline.