Self-Learning Advanced Math

This cluster revolves around recommendations for resources, books, online courses like Khan Academy and Coursera, and strategies for non-experts to independently study college-level or advanced mathematics.

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fastball Jul 30, 2019 View on HN

Find a well-regarded college math curriculum and read the textbooks?

hellofunk Jul 21, 2016 View on HN

Can you recommend an approach to learn high level math on one's own? Any particular books that are good for that purpose?

namelezz Mar 11, 2016 View on HN

What are the best ways for a non-genius, normal person to learn advanced mathematics?

injb Aug 18, 2022 View on HN

Yes there are definitely courses that would help with the kind of thing you're talking about. Probably the most accessible would be Khan Academy. That will explain all the "whys" of foundational stuff.Another approach that I recommend to people all the time is the Open University. Enrolling in a course is obviously a pretty big deal because they're expensive, but you can usually find used copies of the books on eBay etc. I'd recommend MST124 for the kind of stuff you&

medo-bear Nov 13, 2021 View on HN

in your case i would suggest khan academy - https://www.khanacademy.org/math

hugja Feb 23, 2017 View on HN

Found [1]this while browsing /r/learnmath, it might be of some help.1. https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/micromass-insights-on-...

ramesh31 Nov 14, 2021 View on HN

>Since I only had the opportunity to finish my high school diploma and this was several years ago I wonder if you could have any suggestion to brush my math knowledge up in order to properly understand the examples of these books.You should really consider taking a few community college math courses if you're serious. Math is extremely difficult to learn on your own. Not only because of not knowing what you don't know, but because it requires intense effort and repetition which i

injb May 24, 2022 View on HN

I post this a lot when people ask similar questions: get the Open University books (such as MST124, MST125, M208). They're not cheap but they are designed to teach undergraduate level mathematics without a teacher and they work!

antegamisou May 29, 2022 View on HN

Pretty sure a lot of people in the comments have already suggested helpful online resources however I'd recommend you start right where you left from; your mid/high school textbooks. I'm kind of old-school and I think a pencil and paper approach w/o online distractions is how you really get closer to understanding math.Of course you can use various tools (e.g. Wolfram Mathematica) for any fancy visualizations and maybe some tedious calculations. Just don't rely too mu

conroy Jul 21, 2013 View on HN

Instead of just watching lectures, I'd suggest taking one of the many available math courses:Coursera (23 courses) https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&lngs=en&ca...Udacity (5 courses) https://www.udacity.com/coursesedX (10 courses) <a href="https://www.edx.org/course-