Precalculus
mathematics for calculus
by James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson · first published 2016
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I was in your position as well and my recommendation is to buy a good book. I personally chose Precalculus by James Stewart and it works for me. It's a thick 1000 pages book with excercises and tests. It quite well explains all topics, which you would have in high school (from basic arithmetics to everything…
on “Ask HN: How to self-learn math?” ↗In that case, I recommend starting out with Zill's Precalculus with Calculus Previews and then working through Stewart's Calculus: Early Transcendentals!
on “So you want to study mathematics” ↗Any PreCalculus text -> Stewart Calculus -> Strang + Axler Linear Algebra -> a Calculus based Statistics & Probability book. Do the problems in the books. Read each chapter. If you do that you'll know Calculus and Linear…
on “Ask HN: 'Crash Courses' for Mathematics Related to DL, ML and Data Analysis” ↗…978-0134178059) - Geometry - Jacobs ( 2nd ed, ISBN-13 978-0716717454) - Intermediate Algebra for College Students - Blitzer (ISBN-13 978-0134178943 ) - College Algebra - Blitzer (ISBN-13 978-0321782281) - Precalculus - Blitzer (ISBN-13 978-0321559845) - Precalculus - Stewart (ISBN-13 978-1305071759) - Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals (ISBN-13 978-0134439020) - Calculus - Stewart (ISBN-13 978-1285740621)…
on “Everyone is capable of, and can benefit from, mathematical thinking” ↗…kind of my perpetual read this within 10 years list. I'm also interested in literature but prefer reading to enrich my knowledge and skills as opposed to reading for leisure : Maths: James Stewart's Precalculus Spivak's Calculus How to Solve It Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid I Am a Strange Loop Introduction to Linear Algebra Euclid's Elements The Principia: The Authoritative Translation…
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