Deep Learning and the Game of Go

Appendix A. Mathematical foundations

You can’t do machine learning without math. In particular, linear algebra and calculus are essential. The goal of this appendix is to provide enough mathematical background to help you understand the code samples in the book. We don’t have nearly enough space to cover these massive topics thoroughly; if you want to understand these subjects better, we provide some suggestions for further reading.

If you’re already familiar with advanced machine-learning techniques, you can safely skip this appendix altogether.

Further reading

In this book, we have room to cover only a few mathematical basics. If you’re interested in learning more about the mathematical foundations of machine learning, here are ...