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

11 points by hassaanm 14 years ago | 8 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!

tokenadult 14 years 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

brudgers 14 years ago |

Project Euler offers an interesting set of challenges.

http://projecteuler.net/

yamilg 14 years ago |

Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) definitely!

ssylee 14 years ago |

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

stefanobernardi 14 years ago | |

Khan Academy FTW

arjn 14 years 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.

dromey 14 years 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.

lunar7 14 years ago |

Try PatrickJMT