[_russelldb]

I wish someone would put together the "basic math" resource for people like that. I didn't do any maths beyond 16. I was an maths idiot at school (me? the teacher? I dunno) but since then I've worked 20 years in programming and had to learn more and more maths just to make a living. However, my maths is a rickety hodge-podge house, with no real foundations. I can't be a total idiot, because I've done some decent work in distributed systems, even research in CRDTs (which made me learn some math) but still, I'd love a self-study plan that took me from 16 to today with the _real basics_.

Thanks for your comment, it made me feel less alone.

[aashu_dwivedi]

I've just finished the coursera's Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra (https://www.coursera.org/learn/linear-algebra-machine-learni...) and I'd say its very good for beginners

[hackermailman]

Such a thing exists https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5A714C94D40392AB though he's using nonstandard notation it doesn't matter. His lectures are like learning lisp to better understand programming in general but for math. Combine them with a Sheldon Axler college algebra text or something.

[pault]

Honestly, this is what Khan Academy is. Start at high school algebra and work your way up the skill tree. There is no shortcut though, so you won't find a single book that will teach you undergraduate level maths in a week.

[superviviente]

I've had the same thoughts before. 'Basic Mathematics' by Serge Lang helped me a lot.

[jimmcslim]

Sometimes I feel doing a refresher in basic algebra and geometry/trig...

[codesushi42]

I needed to take a math refresher when I entered college. This was the textbook we used, highly recommended:

https://www.mheducation.com/highered/product/college-algebra...