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Reading proposals
Credits: General outline and template originally taken from the different book clubs by level: absolute beginners / beginner / intermediate book club. (adapted for this club)
How to propose
Proposal guidelines
Please keep in mind:
- Nominate something you are ready to read
- Nominate something clearly related to math or CS related topics
- Nominate something feasibly to procure
- For the short web articles / web text snippets section: nominate something that can be read and discussed within one week
Proposal template (short web articles / web text snippets)
We don’t have a template for this. Simply add your proposal to the bottom of the list. In case we have multiple options we will poll about which one to read next.
Proposal template (books / papers / long texts / non-digital texts)
Copy the following template into a new post when proposing a book or paper.
For page samples, you can either take photos of your own copy (try to make the three additional pages ‘representative’ if possible), grab photos from the internet, or use previews from e.g. Amazon, BookWalker, EBookJapan. Make sure the text is legible.
# Insert Title Here
## Summary
Insert summary from Amazon/Wikipedia/MyAnimeList/wherever or abstract of a paper here.
## Availability
Insert link to book on amazon.co.jp here. (if applicable)
Insert link(s) to ebook here, or mention if an ebook is not available. (if applicable)
Insert link(s) to where to get the paper. (if applicable)
## Personal Opinion
Insert why you think this book or paper would be interesting to read, personally and for the book club here.
## Pictures
[details=“First Three Pages of Chapter One”]
Insert images here (can be photos from you or the internet, or from ebook previews).
[/details]
[details=“Paper”]
Insert a few more images / copy of the abstract here.
[/details]
## Difficulty Poll
How much effort would you need to read this book?
[poll type=regular public=true]
* No effort at all
* Minimal effort
* Just right
* Challenging
* Impossible, even with everyone’s help
* I don’t know (please click this if you’re not voting seriously)
[/poll]
Current proposals
short web articles / web text snippets
- title: please add the title of the website / article here and make a link to it
- description: please add a very brief description what it is about
- comment: in case you wish to propose only part of the linked web resource mention it here or make a post with your comment in this thread and link to it.
- example: “let’s read the proof section of this Wikipedia article.”
- or: “let’s read the Japanese phrasing of this theorem but not the full proof.”
- or: [link to your post]
Math related articles:
| tile | description | comment |
|---|---|---|
| (next proposal) | (description cell) | (comment cell) |
CS related articles:
As for Programming, some exercises are the best way to also learn, so maybe get a intro guide like this or this one and go through the sections, solving simple problems.
| tile | description | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Git 2.7.4 @ Prog-8 | How does version controlling with git works - basic work flow - track changes | |
| プログラミングしながら学ぶコンピュータサイエンス入門 | basic and key concepts in computer programming - emphasizes on big data and AI | the full course is 4 weeks → why not start out with the first one and see how it goes → we might stretch the course or drop it after the first week |
| (next proposal) | (description cell) | (comment cell) |
books / papers / long texts / non-digital texts
- book / paper title: please add the title of the book / paper / … here and make a link to your proposal post
- description: please add a very brief description what it is about
- reading level: please add the reading level after it was polled in your proposal
| book / paper title | reading level | description |
|---|---|---|
| (title cell) | (level cell) | (description cell) |
Other book clubs advertisement corner
There is a math or CS related reading coming up in your book club? Feel free to advertise it here.
- book / paper title: please add the title of the book / paper / … here and make a link to the home thread
- description: please add a very brief description why it is related to math / CS
- reading level: please add the reading level
| book / paper title | reading level | description |
|---|---|---|
| (title cell) | (level cell) | (description cell) |
Vocabulary terms
Math related terms
In general: if some of the cells are not applicable, leave the empty. For clarification it can be beneficial to add mathematical notations.
- term: please add the term in Japanese here
- first occurrence: name the resource how this term found its way into this wiki (if applicable)
- translation: please add an English translation here and provide a link to an online dictionary here (if applicable)
- community agreement: in case there was a discussion around the term or it’s translation please add a link to the (first) relevant post here (if applicable)
| term | first occurrence | translation | community agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| (vocab term) | (resource of first occurrence) | (translation + link, in case it is on jisho) | (translation + link to community based comment / poll / …) |
| 集合 | Conversation | Set | |
| 方程式 | None yet | Equation | |
| 微分 | None yet | Derivative | |
| 積分 | None yet | Integral | |
| AをBと置く | Japanese university maths lecture notes | Let A be B | |
| Aのn乗 | 東京大学 2012 entrance exam question | A to the nth power | |
| 自然数 | 東京大学 2012 entrance exam question | Natural number | |
| 整数 | 東京大学 2012 entrance exam question | Whole number (from ℕ or ℤ – just as ambiguous as in English) | |
| 示す | Japanese university maths problem | To show/prove | |
| 複素数 | None yet | Complex Number |
Computer Science related terms
| term | first occurrence | translation | community agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| (vocab term) | (resource of first occurrence) | (translation + link, in case it is on jisho) | (translation + link to community based comment / poll / …) |
| 変数 | Variable | Variable | |
| 演算子 | Operator | Operator | |
| 実行 | Execution (of a program) | Execution | |
| 二進法 | パソコンの秘密 | Binary numeral system |
@ everyone: feel free to expand once this is a wiki post.