Ask HN: Text Book Recommendation for Math?

  • Serge Lang has a series of books that cover these topics with a miniumum of fluff and in a maximally efficient way. Starting with his "Basic Math" and "Geometry", you could then study his "First Course in Calculus" and "Introduction to Linear Algebra."

  • For:

    - algebra

    - trig / precalc

    - geometry

    - calculus 1/2

    I would suggest "for dummies" series. I did Algebra I and it was easy to read and understand and I really liked it. The math topics that I listed above "for dummies" series also have good reads on Amazon. Linear Algebra of "for dummies" series is not rated high. Also I would personally not recommend statistics of "for dummies" series.

  • If you really want a challenge, and to learn math deeply, work slowly through:

    Principles of mathematical analysis by Rudin.

    It might be above your pay grade, but all those lower level concepts/classes you listed will come with working through this book. Even if a chapter takes a month, you will learn real math and not be memorizing recipes to solve equations

  • Don't read books, take classes instead - Khan Academy, MIT 18.01, 18.02, 18.06, Harvard Stat100 etc.