What are the prerequisites for studying Machine Learning?

Question

I was always fascinated by the topic of Machine learning until I decided to teach myself how to do it. So I came through a course provided by Stanford published online. However, I was shocked at the amount of math it contained. So what is the mathematical background I should have to be able to understand the algorithms of machine learning? Are there any libraries that abstract all the maths and focuses on actually designing a software capable of learning?

Answer 1

You should have a basic understanding of the followings:

1. Python/R

2. Linear algebra

3. Probability theory

4. Calculus

5. Calculus of variations

6. Graph theory

7. Optimization methods (Lagrange multipliers)

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