This lives in the gray world between "popular science" and "real math." As such it's intended to be an easy read, but it's actually reasonably hard to get to the ideas involved. Since people on HN keep saying they want to learn more math, and it would be awesome to have some real math to study, I thought this would be a useful way to get a handle on some of the more interesting bits before deciding to dive into the degree level stuff. However, based on the lack of clicks, lack of upvotes, and lack of discussion, I'm no longer sure it's worth posting it here.
Call this my equivalent of the initial testing of a startup idea - really does look like it won't fly, despite what people say they want.
This lives in the gray world between "popular science" and "real math." As such it's intended to be an easy read, but it's actually reasonably hard to get to the ideas involved. Since people on HN keep saying they want to learn more math, and it would be awesome to have some real math to study, I thought this would be a useful way to get a handle on some of the more interesting bits before deciding to dive into the degree level stuff. However, based on the lack of clicks, lack of upvotes, and lack of discussion, I'm no longer sure it's worth posting it here.
Call this my equivalent of the initial testing of a startup idea - really does look like it won't fly, despite what people say they want.