The Camel Principle: Why Adding Zero is the Most Powerful Trick in Mathematics
What it is, how it works, and why it is essential
Behold one of the mightiest tools in mathematics: the camel principle.
I am dead serious. Deep down, this tiny rule is the cog in many methods. Ones that you use every day.
Here is what it is, how it works, and why it is essential:
A quick note. You might heard that I’ll teach a live 4-hour workshop about the Mathematics of Machine Learning on January 24th, organized by Packt.
I have an 40% discount code for you, exclusive to the subscribers of The Palindrome (January 11th deadline extended, it’s the last 24 hours to claim the 40% off, full price after that):
The entire workshop will focus on building a linear regression model from scratch. Yes, I know: linear regression is not exactly state-of-the-art, but we’ll go into unprecedented depths, mastering the mathematical foundations of machine learning in the process:
vectors and matrices,
vectorized code,
optimization,
gradient descent,
and many more low-level details that are often overlooked, but give you a massive advantage in the field.
As a bonus, you’ll also receive
a digital copy of the Mathematics of Machine Learning book,
the full recording of the workshop,
and the Jupyter Notebooks that are created live.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Tivadar