Ask HN: My math foundation is weak, can HN recommend useful math resources?

11 pointshassaanm14y ago8 comments

I've realized that my mathematical foundation is a bit weak, can you guys recommend some useful mathematical resources (articles, books, documentaries, papers, videos, etc.) to relearn or better my foundation of Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and some of Calculus?

Also, are there any articles, books, papers, documentaries, or other resources about interesting math or mathematical phenomenon that you guys would recommend?

Thanks!

8 comments

tokenadult14y ago

are there any articles, books, papers, documentaries, or other resources about interesting math or mathematical phenomenon that you guys would recommend?

A book list I posted in answer to a similar question a while ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=497796

And another list:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755416

Books and links to articles:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2862115

brudgers14y ago

Project Euler offers an interesting set of challenges.

http://projecteuler.net/

yamilg14y ago

Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) definitely!

ssylee14y ago

Try going through the videos and exercises of the MIT OCW materials.

stefanobernardi14y ago

Khan Academy FTW

arjn14y ago

With math, the one thing that works best is practice. Get some high-school math books and start solving problems. Solve all of them, then get yourself another textbook and solve the problems there.

dromey14y ago

"ocw scholar" at MIT. Start with calculus, then do linear algebra. By the time you're done, they'll have their DE course refactored for independent learning too.

lunar714y ago

Try PatrickJMT

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