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Series Book 5 - 數學其實一直都在
手機沒有真正「聽見」你的聲音，相機也沒有看見一個完整世界。麥克風在一連串時刻量度空氣振動，感光元件把光轉成像素；連續的聲音和影像，先被切成數字，才可以儲存、傳送和處理。《把世界變成訊號》追問的，是這個轉換究竟保留了甚麼，又悄悄丟掉了甚麼。本書由取樣開始：一秒應該量多少次？量得太慢，快速變化可能偽裝成另一個較慢的訊號；像素增加，也不保證照片一定更清楚。讀者會看見同一首歌在時間和頻率中呈現兩種面貌，亦會明白轉換座標後，原本複雜的資料有時只剩少數重要成分。壓縮正是利用這種結構，但「丟掉九成資料仍看得出來」並不表示被丟掉的部分毫無意義；保留甚麼，取決於用途、誤差尺度和人真正想分辨的細節。後半部走進稀疏表示、少量量測、去噪、去模糊和影像辨識。雜訊能否真的消失？一張變清楚的照片是否等於看見更多真相？電腦如何由像素分出物件與邊界？書中既解釋方法為甚麼有效，也守住證據邊界：重建會結合資料、模型和偏好 ... Read more

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手機沒有真正「聽見」你的聲音，相機也沒有看見一個完整世界。麥克風在一連串時刻量度空氣振動，感光元件把光轉成像素；連續的聲音和影像，先被切成數字，才可以儲存、傳送和處理。《把世界變成訊號》追問的，是這個轉換究竟保留了甚麼，又悄悄丟掉了甚麼。本書由取樣開始：一秒應該量多少次？量得太慢，快速變化可能偽裝成另一個較慢的訊號；像素增加，也不保證照片一定更清楚。讀者會看見同一首歌在時間和頻率中呈現兩種面貌，亦會明白轉換座標後，原本複雜的資料有時只剩少數重要成分。壓縮正是利用這種結構，但「丟掉九成資料仍看得出來」並不表示被丟掉的部分毫無意義；保留甚麼，取決於用途、誤差尺度和人真正想分辨的細節。後半部走進稀疏表示、少量量測、去噪、去模糊和影像辨識。雜訊能否真的消失？一張變清楚的照片是否等於看見更多真相？電腦如何由像素分出物件與邊界？書中既解釋方法為甚麼有效，也守住證據邊界：重建會結合資料、模型和偏好
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