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Calculus

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2 recommenders · 2 threads · recommended in 2 years, 2013–2016 · score 1.5

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A Coursera calculus course from Ohio State, aimed at learners starting from little or no background. Commenters point to it as the first step before more advanced calculus material.

Commenters recommend it as the starting point for someone who doesn't know calculus at all, and one says they are enjoying it a lot.

Mathematicsbeginnerfreemiuminteractive MOOC#calculus#single variable#coursera#ohio state#mooc

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What commenters said (2)

  1. Recommendsosoba2016in “Machine Learning in a Year”

    For Calculus check Coursera - the Ohio State course if you really don't know absolutelly anything, then do the Penn State course(s) Calculus in a Single Variable

    For Linear Algebra check Gilbert Strang's course on MIT OCW

    For Probability/Statistics either John Tsitsiklis' course on MIT OCW (or even better on edX when it re-runs) or Harvard's Statistics 110: Probability course on youtube

    The level of multivar calculus you'll need is really minimal, just google these terms "partial derivative", "total derivative", "differentials and integrals commute" ("Symmetry of second derivatives", "Fubini's theorem") or take the vector calculus course from MIT OCW

  2. Recommendsgrovulent2013in “Big Data at Khan Academy”

    The quality of a course really depends on who is running it and how enthusiastic they are. So I would recommend keeping an open mind about coursera until you've taken a few different courses.

    Also depends on the students that take it. Sometimes you get incredibly helpful people taking the course - that seem to know everything and beyond - and don't mind taking the time giving really detailed explanations on the forums.

    I'm doing the calculus course atm - and enjoying it a lot.

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