The Little Book of Maths for LLMs
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The Little Book of Maths for LLMs
The Little Book of Maths for LLMs-The maths you need to understand LLMs
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Makes maths enjoyable and accessible, unlike typical textbooks
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Math being one of my least favorite subjects, I assumed I'd be bored or it would be over my head. Instead, I'm half way into chapter 3 -- will be sharing! Thank you for this…
leakycap on HNI stumbled into this "tales" section: https://little-book-of.github.io/maths/books/en-US/tales.html I started reading it to my elementary-aged kids as a bedtime story! We're only…
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Works well as bedtime story for children
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I stumbled into this "tales" section: https://little-book-of.github.io/maths/books/en-US/tales.html I started reading it to my elementary-aged kids as a bedtime story! We're only…
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I've been reading them on my phone; the web interface is OK, but if you had an EPUB I would certainly prefer that. Thanks!
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