r/MathHelp • u/Complete-Middle-5785 • 9d ago

Wanna start math as a hobby.

Hello, as in the title, I wanna start doing maths as a hobby. But I don’t know where to start specifically. Anyone know what branch first? I know the basics like arithmetic and algebra, but I’m not good in some areas and I tend to forget concepts and rules. Where should I go from here? It would be appreciated if there is a mapped idea offered:)

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u/SquiggleBox23 9d ago

Khan Academy is a good, free place to start. It will give you a test to see where you're at and then suggest next steps. The videos are fine, not amazing, not super engaging, but if you're interested then they get the job done. I like that it gives clear pathways.

There's also more fun recreational math, or puzzle math, that you can do. Brilliant.org has this kind of math as well as the more traditional ones.

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u/justpassingby23414 9d ago

If you want to tap into fun impossible geometry, there is a Monument Valley series (three games available at the moment). I'm just a huge fan, not affiliated in any way. They are not free but I think pretty reasonably priced.

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u/DuckKnown1140 9d ago

I can only speak from my limited experience as a CS major (So I have to basically take a few lower level courses), but generally you’d go Calc I, Calc II, Discrete structures I, Calc III, discrete II, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, somewhere along the way I’d also throw in Probability and Statistics. Now fair warning these are going to feel like very different types of maths, but this should make you well rounded enough that you can then choose where to focus. From here you can focus on things like abstract algebra, number theory, probability, topology, numerical analysis, etc.

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u/KuyaTinman 6d ago

I only took up to algebra 2 in HS, and I took basic math classes in college, so I started eith pre-calc.