Where do I go to learn maths for (theoretical) physics from the bottom? I mean set theory, topology etc. Preferably with lots of exercises.

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None !ELBOWS6FNQ Sun Feb 15 02:49:26 2015 No.7069592 [Reply] [Original]

Where do I go to learn maths for (theoretical) physics from the bottom? I mean set theory, topology etc.

Preferably with lots of exercises.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 02:50:30 2015 No.7069595 college

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 02:55:37 2015 No.7069599 >>7069592 books

>>	None !ELBOWS6FNQ Sun Feb 15 02:55:52 2015 No.7069600 >>7069595 I'm at university, everyone says it's great for the physics but sucks at teaching you maths, so I'm self-medicating to get ahead.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 03:01:20 2015 No.7069606 >>7069592 Visit the library and go to the math section. Find an undergrad "intro to real analysis" sort of textbook and start working through it. You won't come close to doing what an actual class would do for you, but it's a start.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 03:03:51 2015 No.7069613 >>7069600 >everyone says it's great for the physics but sucks at teaching you maths wat

>>	None !ELBOWS6FNQ Sun Feb 15 03:45:28 2015 No.7069653 >>7069613 the professors pretty much assume the math concepts and get on with the physics, so the students break their backs catching up on the maths, to in turn catch up on the physics being taught.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 03:53:00 2015 No.7069658 >>7069592 Textbooks, google. For physics in particular linear algebra is errwhere. Internalize what tensors are and how to work with them

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 15 04:51:47 2015 No.7069699 >>7069592 http://4chan-science.wikia.com/wiki/Math_Textbook_Recommendations

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