Haha, I certainly didn't mean your teacher was bad. Sometimes being introduced to a new topic by a teacher who's extremely intelligent can be confusing. It's tough for them to put themselves in the students' shoes.
The books are great! So far I've only received the Gelfand books, Lang's Basic...
That's basically what I'm doing right now. Going to try and get the bulk of the foundation laid out over the summer, and then try to keep it fresh in my brain during the school year.
I'd love to keep you guys posted on my progress. It'll be a good way to motivate myself to stay committed...
I just checked out the courses from ASU. It looks like they have precalculus and college algebra/problem solving ones open for enrolment right now.
I think I just got so many resources now that I might wait until I get through the more elementary stuff and use the precalculus course they offer...
I'm not sure how much I downplayed my lack of mathematical maturity in my earlier posts, but I get anxiety just thinking about analysis. I've never even had a single lesson in calculus yet. If miraculously, calculus doesn't seem completely impossible after finishing my current reading list, I...
Thanks for the recommendation. I certainly might need it for supplemental material, or at least for extra problems to practice with!
I had actually read up about the Rainbow Series a little while back, but forgot all about them. Thanks for bringing them back to my attention. This one in...
I've seen that mentioned quite a bit. The newer editions of quite a few math books being recommended were regarded as watered down, or not as rigorous.
Abebooks has come up in my searches a few times. Although they carry a solid selection, the shipping costs and wait times often have me...
I'm in Canada. But that link you shared looks like they ship here as well! For that price, it seems like a no-brainer.
Looking up the Rotring compass now.
Ah, I see. I think at this point it's probably best to just wait for it to get delivered and see how intimidated I get after I flip through it. I just checked and Moise/Downs Geometry looks to be roughly $90 CAD more than the one I purchased.
I just downloaded Hammok and Levin's books, thanks...
Thanks for the detailed response.
I wish I had known that before I bought the Moise book. I read around and a few people had recommended it for relearning high school geometry so I figured it would've been decent.
Do you suppose I could go through it without much trouble after finishing...
Hey guys, first post. This might get sort of long, so brace yourselves. tl;dr at the end.
I’m a college student who just finished up the semester and has 4 months (and any free time during the following school year) to go all out and relearn all of the fundamentals of math up to but excluding...