🧵 Learn math from scratch
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:08:01 UTC No. 16371573
Can i use websites like schoolyourself.org to do so , from beginner to advanced??? Should i buy books , and what books , is there some fucking no bs guide , i saw a yt video called learn math from start to finish by math sorcerer and he shows discrete maths(i dont know what that is)
NO, I WANT TO START FROM THE BEGINNING , JUST DON'T TREAT ME LIKE A 5 YEAR OLD , i don't want this thread to die without a valid answer
schoolyourself.org or waste my whole fortune on fucking books (i dont want e books on pdf format because it is uncomfortable shit)
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:33:06 UTC No. 16371644
>>16371573
dont want this thread to die
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:46:27 UTC No. 16371860
>>16371573
I'm also doing that, i use Khan Academy site, it's free and have exercises
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:48:29 UTC No. 16371865
>>16371573
If you want to start math from the VERY beginning, the American pre-college curriculum is decent enough:
K to 8
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Any good public library should have physical books for each of those, or you can use Khan Academy. Worrying about finding the perfect books or approach is pointless at this stage. Doesn't really matter whether you get Common Core books, Saxon books, or something else.
Next you can finish off the pre-college instruction with Axler's book Precalculus (https://precalculus.axler.net/), which will fill in some trigonometry gaps and other shit.
Then you're ready to begin the college curriculum, and only here does book choice really start mattering. The Math Sorcerer likes Epp's discrete-math book, which would be a great book to start with here (much better written than Rosen's discrete-math book). Compsci majors will usually start (and often end) with discrete math, whereas math majors will probably start calculus and linear algebra, but you can't go wrong starting with the Epp book before moving to calculus and linear algebra. If and when you persist and finish the Epp book, you probably won't need /sci/ hand-holding anymore to find the next set of study material.
Anonymous at Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:23:01 UTC No. 16373047
>>16371573
Depends how far you want to go in math. You can learn math up to several level of discrete math in 4 years if you make it full time and are starting from nothing. I started in prealgebra in freshman year semester 1 of college and am now in my last semester of my math degree. Use Kahn academy until it has nothing left, then you'll have a good idea of what to do next. Math branches out after calculus 3 so you really don't know what you're getting yourself into until you already have a fair bit under you belt.