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		data-ottawa on Dec 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conditioning Is Grouping By You might like this page which shows the equivalence between mathematical sum notation and for loops https://thomasward.com/sigmas-and-for-loops/ And this wikipedia page on iterated function notation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated_function You'll also probably like Think Stats by Allen Downy which approaches teaching stats in a very similar framework (that you can code yourself) https://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/

dr_kiszonka on Dec 21, 2023 | [–]

I really enjoy those "X for programmers" kind of materials. I wish there were more of them, especially on less popular topics.

relyks on Dec 21, 2023 | [–]

Thanks, I'm going to take a look at these :)

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