Mathematics of Data Science(arxiv.org)
208 points by Anon84 1 day ago | 14 comments
tl;dr: A textbook on the mathematical foundations of data science, covering 16 chapters spanning high-dimensional geometry, SVD/PCA, linear regression, graph-based methods, dimension reduction, optimization, classification, and deep learning. It also treats more theoretical topics including concentration of measure, matrix concentration inequalities, compressive sensing, and low-rank matrix recovery. Authored by Thomas Strohmer and posted to arXiv.
HN Discussion:
  • High-dimensional intuition is a crucial foundation that this book valuably addresses first
  • Data science jobs really require decision-making intuition, which is hard to build
  • ~Statistics fundamentals matter more than the mathematical topics emphasized in the book
  • Recommending related books and resources on similar mathematical foundations
  • Practical question about converting the LaTeX source into an epub format