THE VIDEO SHELF · overview of mathematics
The Map of Mathematics
An animated 11-minute tour of the whole field of mathematics as a single map, showing how pure and applied math and their sub-fields relate to each other.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended to people asking how to self-learn math as a quick bird's-eye overview of the field.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Domain of Science
- Topic
- overview of mathematics
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 8
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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I'd start with this video to get an overview of all the topics and areas that mathematics entails (some might be unknown to you) [VIDEO] . Then you go ahead and research a bit what sounds interesting to you and then you might google that …
NiklasMort on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Ask HN: How to self-learn math?I suggest this "Map of mathematics" as a starting point that gives you a reasonable birds-eye view of the field. [VIDEO]
AareyBaba on Hacker News · 2019-10
In Ask HN: Are there books for mathematics like Feynman's lectures on physics?This is a much more entertaining map of mathematics in about 10 minutes [VIDEO] For a history of mathematics NJ Wildberger's lectures are easy to listen to. [LINK]
AareyBaba on Hacker News · 2020-02
In A Map of Mathematics
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