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Polynomials above 4 degrees have a shiny new target on their back.

If we have to do a lot of floating-point math, you end up with really big, slow implementations. So the activation function that I most often use is plain old ReLU.” As a result, many models use ...

In 1872, Weierstrass published a function that threatened everything mathematicians thought they understood about calculus. He was met with indifference, anger, and fear, particularly from the ...

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In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.