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Mathematics & Theoretical CS

Pure mathematics

Pure mathematics sits within Mathematics & Theoretical CS. Approach the subject through definitions, worked reasoning, and the connections that make an abstract idea useful. This selection contains 97 catalog videos from 49 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include 3blue1brown, mathematics, numberphile, complex numbers, geometry and linear algebra. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include comedy, course, demo, explainer, interview, lecture, podcast, talk and tutorial. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Preface | MIT Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus”, listed under MIT OpenCourseWare, is cataloged as lecture. The preface to Herb Gross's MIT OpenCourseWare 'Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus', an older black-and-white lecture series. It introduces his approach to teaching calculus from the basics.

“The Most IMPORTANT Video You'll Ever See (part 1 of 8)”, listed under wonderingmind42, is cataloged as lecture. Part 1 of a lecture by physicist Albert Bartlett on the exponential function and its consequences for population growth, resource use and energy. It argues that steady growth rates quickly lead to…

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