Miscellaneous Links, Study Materials, and Things

Below is a list of study materials and other miscellaneous items that I find useful, interesting and/or impactful to my own learning and growth. I will occasionally update this page.

Videos (mostly serious work stuff)

1. Some of the most beautiful and intuitive explanations of mathematics and puzzles: 3Blue1Brown
2. Lecture series on mathematical fundamentals and some advanced topics: Bright Side of Mathematics and MathDoctorBob
3. Luis Seco’s lectures on mathematical finance
4. Steve Brunton’s control theory fundamentals
5. Brian Douglas’s great control theory introduction and YouTube channel
6. Stephen Boyd’s lectures on convex optimization
7. Andrew D. Lewis’s lectures on signals and systems
8. Los Alamos National Laboratory lecture series on convex relaxation of optimal power flow

Videos (others)

1. London Symphony Orchestra & Bernstein’s 1979 recording of Mahler Symphony No.2
2. Film music analysis: Shrek Trilogy* and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. J. Kenji Lopez-Alt’s baking powder trick for roast potatoes and chicken wings
4. Gary’s Economics on why game theory is “broken”, or, the importance of the “right” objective function and not be selfish a-holes
5. How to communicate by Vinh Giang (I’ve come to realize over the years that communication is probably the most important skill to have…)

Books (serious work stuff)

1. Sheldon Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right
2. Roger Horn & Charles Johnson, Matrix Analysis and Topics in Matrix Analysis
3. Stephen Boyd & Lieven Vandenberghe, Convex Optimization
4. David Luenberger, Optimization by Vector Space Methods

Books (others)

1. Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny The Road to Unfreedom
2. Cathy O’Neil, Weapons of Math Destruction
3. Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air
4. Cal Newport, Deep Work
5. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black (save “Friday Black” for the last!)

Blogs and Notes

1. Keith Conrad’s expository papers
2. Nick Higham’s blog
3. Cal Newport’s blog
4. Counterexamples in mathematics