-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Ben wrote: > However, this context-free benchmark may not appropriate for some other > knowledge. For instance, suppose I wanted to remember linear/abstract > algebra for the rest of my life well enough that, should I run across a paper > that uses basic linear algebra, I could spend 10 minutes reviewing and be > able to understand the paper. This is different from being able to remember > in a few seconds the definition of a "homology" or whatever.
What if you have a deck principally of small examples and questions? I've been learning Scheme through SICP, the SICP online tester, and the R5RS report defining Scheme; I have essentially copied all the small examples of syntax and semantics I've come across (and added new ones by modifying those examples to cover in detail edge cases I didn't understand). While some of my cards are definition-style (for fundamental functions), most of them are those examples - 'evaluate these 3 expressions' ultimate result', 'is this syntax correct: yes/no' etc. Why wouldn't this approach let me understand random Scheme I come across in ten years - modulo the advanced stuff I simply haven't gotten to yet, or the use of libraries I don't know? Certainly I would expect it to. I don't see any reason why this couldn't be true of linear algebra. Is it that you don't have a mass of problems and examples for linear algebra, only an impoverished set of definitions and theorems? - -- gwern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREKAAYFAkprq8YACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oLMUQCeOadWjQUJxm6AiKGDWmoRIBce m1YAn1cwF0D+a/Y8PLOR9knXmptS9Uva =EM6a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
