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

#1

Post by hassaanm » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 4:04 AM UTC

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!

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

#2

Post by ssylee » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 4:09 AM UTC

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

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

#3

Post by stefanobernardi » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 4:10 AM UTC

ssylee wrote: post #2

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

Khan Academy FTW

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#4

Post by yamilg » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 4:23 AM UTC

Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) definitely!

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#5

Post by arjn » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 6:28 AM UTC

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.

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#6

Post by lunar7 » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 9:25 AM UTC

Try PatrickJMT

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#7

Post by tokenadult » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 2:31 PM UTC

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

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#8

Post by brudgers » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 3:14 PM UTC

Project Euler offers an interesting set of challenges.

http://projecteuler.net/

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#9

Post by dromey » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 3:23 AM UTC

"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.