The Beauty of Mathematics (Third Edition)

Eight years ago, the "Beauty of Mathematics" series of articles was originally published on Google Blackboard, which received millions of hits and was highly praised by readers. Readers said that after reading "The Beauty of Mathematics", they discovered that the mathematical knowledge learned in college, such as Markov chains, matrix calculations, and even cosine functions, were so friendly and lifelike, and only then did they find that natural language and information processing were so interesting.

In the creation of the paper book, the author rewrote almost all the articles in order to explain the advanced mathematical principles more easily, so that non-professional readers can also appreciate the charm of mathematics. What readers learn through specific examples is the way of thinking about problems - how to simplify complexities, how to use mathematics to solve engineering problems, and how to think outside the box and continue to think innovatively.

The first edition of this book won the 8th Wenjin Book Award of the National Library of China. The second edition adds content specific to big data and machine learning. The third edition adds three new chapters, introducing three very popular topics today: the mathematical basis of blockchain, the principle of quantum communication, and the mathematical limits of artificial intelligence.