Just want to discuss my potential courses and talk about amateur labs.

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I was considering taking a bioinformatics class at a local university. It would be at the undergraduate level. I have all the statistics, 2 years calculus, and linear algebra, but I lack knowledge of genetics. The course summary has low level biology classes, but to fully understand what the math represents I know a class in genetics is essential. I have no background in biology: the labs. I have read in Make magazine of building a home-brew bio lab. These are miniature labs that use existing technology that is available relatively inexpensive. Do you think it is worthwhile to build a bio-lab? I want to expand my knowledge of amateur radio and electronics. Electronics is also rather ready available and cheap. But I think building an amateur bio-lab and electronics both is too time intensive and I’d learn both but never master either.

 

I also found a computational mathematics course online. It is a computer science concentration. I figure that is what I do now for fun: crunching numbers. I want to transition or just quit trying to factor semiPrimes. I have read much cryptography, but I thought the computational mathematics would cover AI.

 

But you need to look at my latest math post after reading my latest status update. There is a link in the Status Update to a secure link to the Mathematica Notebooks. There is nothing to download you can see them in any web browser.

 

PNP the N of the equation, is the unsolved RSA-260 number, so it will be fun to check it for yourself.