Solved – Algebraic Geometry for Statistics

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I have heard about uses of Algebraic Geometry in Statistics and Machine Learning. I wanted to try to learn a bit about this topics. I don't know nearly anything about Algebraic Geometry, but I have background in math, and I know about basic group theory, rings fields and some commutative algebra. My questions are:

  1. What are the Algebriac Geometric concepts I should learn that are connected to applications in Stats/ML (I suppose only a portion of what is usually taught in Algebraic Geometric courses and books is useful).

  2. Can you recommend some books / introductory papers for someone with my background? I don't mean standard textbooks for AG but something that focuses on concepts used in applications.

Best Answer

Here is a list of the standard references:

Here is a list of related references, not directly addressing algebraic statistics, although providing background in the methodology used for the subject:

Web pages of courses about the topic, past and present:

These lists are almost certainly by no means comprehensive.

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