Evergreen notes and learning scientific fields?

[minhthanh3145]

@memex

If one tries to follow the atomic notes/declarative titles property, one might end up with notes like:

• X is ABC
• X is an unbiased estimator of Y and Z is true.
• X times A is equal to zero.
• When used as an evaluation metric for model M, X is the square of one minus B.

I think this is more (or less) just a collection of things related to X (I mean no offense). When I studied Queueing Theory, I also encountered the situation where the core principles are of mathematical nature, which means they are already at a high level of abstractions.

The approach I’ve taken is to have an Insight section in the note, where I use the formulas, properties, etc to explain relevant phenomenon. Below the Insight section is a set of derivations, properties, formulas that pertain to the core theories.

So for example, in my note, titled “MM1 queue”, I have something like this:

And this:

I consider the phenomenons (utilization increases queues exponentially) to be the atomic notes, and the “MM1 Queue” to be a highly abstract note that is useful in supporting the atomic notes. Hope it helps.