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Ask HN: Best online video courses to learn basic math?

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Hey everyone! I want to understand the fundamentals of math, mostly out of curiosity and for AI/ML learning. So I probably want to start with calculus, linear algebra, probability/statistics.

I can't commit to it with extreme intensity and put a huge amount of time/energy into it, I'm just looking for something with a low barrier to entry to get started and begin gradually making some progress (and have some fun learning).

I know about Khan Academy and 3blue1brown, they're pretty great, but I'm wondering if there's more good stuff out there.

Can you recommend some good courses? (can be free or paid)

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Sorry, you can't learn math by watching videos. It's like trying to get fit by reading books. I recommend the answers found in these threads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17075261 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16562173 aj7's answer is on the mark imho.

These videos are not full blown math course, but will definitely give you base to develop your own math intuition: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

This free book is good, but assumes you've done calculus like Stewart's calculus book or something similar https://infinitedescent.xyz

Really the only way to learn is get a beginners book like Stewart, Apostol or Hoffman &Kunze and do the exercises once a day for an hour or less. In a month you'll have done so many exercises you'll begin to understand basics.

I don't have any videos but Paul's online math notes http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/ got me through my undergrad basic math

Make sure you are doing exercises in addition to watching videos/reading as homework is how most people learn math.

I recommend Professor Leonard. I found him very good at explaining things. Check out his playlists.

https://www.youtube.com/user/professorleonard57/playlists?vi...

https://betterexplained.com/ - has some great guides and a bunch of different ways to think about things. Site is primarily text, but he offers video courses too.

I really enjoy http://patrickjmt.com/

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