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Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by dalleh »

klunger wrote: post #4

I am not sure what your "discrete math courses" were and if you have already taken these but, the Linear Algebra and Differential Equations courses on Kahn Academy are solid intros to the basics of those subjects.

I just saw those course they look really well-structured and solid ones.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by BatteryMountain »

Doing Khan Academy then 3Blue1Brown got me through many mental blocks when it came to math stuff. I used KA during university and it really helped me, but wish 3BlueBrown existed back then as it has even better visualizations - this was key for me to make math interesting and to see why certain levers exist in math and what happens when you pull them (how changing formula variable values changes outputs).

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by cmehdy »

henearkr wrote: post #2

My own way to expand my knowledge was by going through textbooks and with a heavy support of Math StackExchange. Maths is a very written-oriented domain, but still if you are more a video-oriented learner you can probably find a lot on Youtube, and a lot of great researchers have videos there.

To add to this, "All the Math books you'll ever need"[0] compiles a fantastic list of books for all aspects of mathematics.

[0] https://mathblog.com/mathematics-books/

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by sabas123 »

I would advice against resources like KA and 3B1brown.

I'm a firm believer that you don't truly understand material unless you also understand a proof for it. Ane while those resources are AMAZING for simple intuition building, they aren't sufficient.

Go pick up a book about proofs to develop mathematical maturity and then delve into some undergrad books for analysis (Abbott) or linear algera (Axler)

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by app4soft »

> part of the major was just a couple of calculus and discrete math courses

On Coursera[0] there are a lot of courses on math[1], including on discrete math[2].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coursera

[1] https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=mathematics

[2] https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=discrete%20mathematic...

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by H8crilA »

sabas123 wrote: post #15

I would advice against resources like KA and 3B1brown. I'm a firm believer that you don't truly understand material unless you also understand a proof for it. Ane while those resources are AMAZING for simple intuition building, they aren't sufficient. Go pick up a book about proofs to develop mathematical maturity and then delve into some undergrad books for analysis (Abbott) or linear algera (Axler)

You're right, but a) those are effectively (small) lectures, b) practice does not preclude watching lectures.

Re: Ask HN: Is there a website specialized in mathematics courses?

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Post by henearkr »

cmehdy wrote: post #14
henearkr wrote: post #2

My own way to expand my knowledge was by going through textbooks and with a heavy support of Math StackExchange. Maths is a very written-oriented domain, but still if you are more a video-oriented learner you can probably find a lot on Youtube, and a lot of great researchers have videos there.

To add to this, "All the Math books you'll ever need"[0] compiles a fantastic list of books for all aspects of mathematics. [0] https://mathblog.com/mathematics-books/

Good one for a starting point!

However the books I read are not in it lol...

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