Ask HN: Text Book Recommendation for Math?
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Serge Lang has a series of books that cover these topics with a miniumum of fluff and in a maximally efficient way. Starting with his "Basic Math" and "Geometry", you could then study his "First Course in Calculus" and "Introduction to Linear Algebra."
For:
- algebra
- trig / precalc
- geometry
- calculus 1/2
I would suggest "for dummies" series. I did Algebra I and it was easy to read and understand and I really liked it. The math topics that I listed above "for dummies" series also have good reads on Amazon. Linear Algebra of "for dummies" series is not rated high. Also I would personally not recommend statistics of "for dummies" series.
- algebra
- trig / precalc
- geometry
- calculus 1/2
I would suggest "for dummies" series. I did Algebra I and it was easy to read and understand and I really liked it. The math topics that I listed above "for dummies" series also have good reads on Amazon. Linear Algebra of "for dummies" series is not rated high. Also I would personally not recommend statistics of "for dummies" series.
If you really want a challenge, and to learn math deeply, work slowly through:
Principles of mathematical analysis by Rudin.
It might be above your pay grade, but all those lower level concepts/classes you listed will come with working through this book. Even if a chapter takes a month, you will learn real math and not be memorizing recipes to solve equations
Principles of mathematical analysis by Rudin.
It might be above your pay grade, but all those lower level concepts/classes you listed will come with working through this book. Even if a chapter takes a month, you will learn real math and not be memorizing recipes to solve equations
This is the right answer but you have to go through the book a sentence at a time and really ponder about it. It will make (the start of a real) mathematician out of you
> Principles of mathematical analysis by Rudin.
What are prerequisites for that book?
What are prerequisites for that book?
Don't read books, take classes instead - Khan Academy, MIT 18.01, 18.02, 18.06, Harvard Stat100 etc.
I want to start at under grad and go to grad, there are many sub categories so I want to focus on things related ml but also general
Book recommendation for
- algebra
- trig / precalc
- geometry
- calculus 1/2/3
- statistics 1/2/3
- linear algebra
And anything else
Please recommend in this format
Calculus: book name