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What's a good introductory text or lecture series to get me interested in math again?

The past few years it's seemed like a useless foreign language to me, no doubt because of the half-assed american public school system, and my ever-increasing apathy towards the subject. However, recently I'm starting to see the appeal and really feel I need to build my self back up from the ground level.

>> No.8733148

what math do you already know?

>> No.8733153

>>8733146
Try Khan Academy.

>> No.8733159

>>8733148
I've taken a semester of university Calculus 1 and failed out of a second semester because I had clinically diagnosed depression and assessed it as my least important investment.

>>8733153
Used this a bit in High School. Might as well give it another shot and see if it hits the spot this time.

>> No.8733167

>>8733146
the manga guide to calculus TBQH

>> No.8733170

>>8733153
I have to agree with this. Need to rust up hardcore on my math to take a placement test. Originally struggled with math but it's actually made me enjoy what I've done so far.

>> No.8733182

>>8733159
Khan Academy also has Calc 1 and other university level courses. They're pretty good too. But I get that part of the charm of mathematics to a lot of people is the rigour and thoroughness, for that I'd recommend Spivak's Calculus. If you struggle with it definitely go over Highschool math on Khan Academy.

You might also want to check out some highschool textbooks written by famous mathematicians such as Lang, I think he has one on basic mathematics.

>> No.8733250

>>8733182
Thanks. Will be looking into Spivak and Lang.

>> No.8734078
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>>8733146
This isn't exactly a book but Paul's Online Math Notes help me for learning Calculus outside of class. I'd say to find a subject you're interested in and learn the math which is applied to that best; textbooks aren't too necessary when you have the internet. Furthermore, PDFs of textbooks can be found online, so use those unless you'd really prefer to have the physical book (I prefer physical for annotations).

>> No.8734198

>>8734078

No Rudin ?

Into the trash it goes.

>> No.8734204

http://www.purplemath.com/index.htm
https://www.youtube.com/user/bullcleo1/videos?flow=grid&view=1
http://17calculus.com/
http://17calculus.com/precalculus/
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH1cV4RtgI_N97M8jepiUzw/videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9t-u87df3o&list=PLBE9407EA64E2C318
KHAAAAAAAAAAN

>> No.8734224

>>8734078
>assorted unrelated freshmen books.png

this image is worthless

>> No.8734262

Spivak's guide to Manga.

>> No.8734426

>>8734198
>>8734224
What? I thought it was a meme. Give me a break.