Oli Mason

I am having a look at trying to do some generative art and i have come to realise my maths isn't the best, while its 'not bad' there is defiantly room for improvement.

Can anyone recommend any decent books on the subject? maybe with some practise problems etc?

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Books I need to be studying more frequently:

Mathematics for the Non-Mathematician - Morris Kline

Music: A Mathematical Offering - Dave Benson

Dave Benson's book is available online at: 

http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/mth192/pages/html/maths-music.html

And there is this, which seems to be like a slightly simpler version of Benson's book (more my level!) - 

http://www.perfscipress.com/numbers-notes-an-introduction-to-musical-signal-processing/

Dave Benson's book is available online at: http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/mth192/pages/html/maths-music.html
And there is this, which seems to be like a slightly simpler version of Benson's book (more my level!) - http://www.perfscipress.com/numbers-notes-an-introduction-to-musical-signal-processing/
Cheers
Roger


I guess this topic wouldn't be complete without mentioning Numerical Recipes (originally called 'Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN' when it first appeared). Well, this is not at all the book which would teach you math, specially if you don't really have a scientific background (there are theoretical summaries at the beginnings of the chapters, though). However, it is a great resource for algorithms, which comes handy when you already know what you want to do, but you don't know 

I guess this topic wouldn't be complete without mentioning Numerical Recipes (originally called 'Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN' when it first appeared). Well, this is not at all the book which would teach you math, specially if you don't really have a scientific background (there are theoretical summaries at the beginnings of the chapters, though). However, it is a great resource for algorithms, which comes handy when you already know what you want to do, but you don't know how to do it.

sound like what i need, I no studying a degree in maths or anything but I want to have a look a new formulas and apply the to visual and sound to see what result you get and eventually make a piece out of it.

and hopefully brush up my math skills along the way :)

sound like what i need, I no studying a degree in maths or anything but I want to have a look a new formulas and apply the to visual and sound to see what result you get and eventually make a piece out of it.
and hopefully brush up my math skills along the way :)

@ whos the author? a few possible titles popped up?

the one that I was talking about is the one mentioned at 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_Recipes

 . At the bottom of the page you'll find some links including their home page and the page where you can read 30 pages each month for free. This is actually a great option to check whether the book really fits your needs before spending around $130 to buy it...

the one that I was talking about is the one mentioned at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_Recipes . At the bottom of the page you'll find some links including their home page and the page where you can read 30 pages each month for free. This is actually a great option to check whether the book really fits your needs before spending around $130 to buy it...

BTW, the statements under the 'criticism' section of the mentioned Wikipedia article are more than true IMHO. Nevertheless, it is still one of my #1 resources for coding.

yeh just read that actually but still gonna check it out.

I would like to get some reading tipps for my summer holiday

Maybe someone has some decent Math book he likes to share.

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I would like to get some reading tipps for my summer holiday
Maybe someone has some decent Math book he likes to share.


https://cycling74.com/forums/any-maths-book-recommendations/

Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications by Van Verth and Bishop is a useful reference.

OMG! I clicked the link, and in that linked thread is another thread linked by stringtapper to yet another thread linked by stringtapper to yet another... wait a sec.... oh... i c wut ya did there ;D

Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications

^I keep hearing this is like an equivalent to 'Musicmathics'(

 There’s a thread about it here:
https://cycling74.com/forums/any-maths-book-recommendations/ 

^I keep hearing this is like an equivalent to 'Musicmathics'(


Any Maths Book Recommendations?