May I suggest a couple of books? How to Solve It by George Pólya's 1945 http://w...

b-man on June 24, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Math for hackers.

May I suggest a couple of books?

How to Solve It by George Pólya's 1945 http://www.amazon.com/How-Solve-Aspect-Mathematical-Method/d...

and

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering Learning to Learn by Richard W.Hamming http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9056995014/ref=olp_product_...

Great books, and they will introduce you to learn the mathematical thinking, so you can deduce the patterns yourself. Great for math and hack I think.

gcheong on June 24, 2009 [–]

The price for a used copy of TAODSE is a bit high ($1200 + $3.99 for shipping?), which makes the kindle version at $17.57 pretty attractive.