The Open Source Society University is basically a GitHub repo which has all the components of a traditional CS major with resources in one place. Does somebody know of something similar for a mathematics degree?
Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#2I don't know of any degree granting programs but if you want math training all the way through a college level try Kahn Academy at https://www.khanacademy.org/#/math. Hope that helps a bit.
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#3Have a look at this: https://hbpms.blogspot.com/
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#4Check the Oxford undergrad math course: https://courses.maths.ox.ac.uk/overview/undergraduate
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#5Most colleges have open source course websites where you can just go and read the syllabus etc. Not “all in one place” but pretty good resource.
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#6There's a fairly detailed curriculum here (three parts) https://www.quantstart.com/articles/How-to-Learn-Advanced-Ma...
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#7I don't know of any degree granting programs but if you want math training all the way through a college level try Kahn Academy at https://www.khanacademy.org/#/math . Hope that helps a bit.
This goes through lower division college-level math, but nothing higher than that.
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#8https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/find-by-topic/#cat=mathematics is where I'd start.
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#9Not including all the resources, but in my experience many (German) universities tend to have very comprehensive examination rules which list all offered courses with brief rough lists of topics covered.
For these the standard references are various textbooks, though almost none are ebooks and even fewer are freely available (scripts sometimes are).
Re: Ask HN: Is there an open source curriculum for for a mathematics degree?
#10Most universities have their syllabus freely available on their websites. For example here is the one from Cambridge University:
https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/study/