So the other day I was burning time doing a little bit of Spanish practice on the free version of duolingo when I thought to myself “wouldn’t it be fantastic if something freely available like this existed that comprehensively taught mathematics up to a university level”.

Does something like this exist and if so is it any good? Ideally the software I imagine is totally comprehensive; offering not only tutorials on everything from the absolute fundamentals to advanced topics but also problem generators that allow people to apply the lessons, practice and test their understanding under a wide variety of possible circumstances. Does such freeware exist?

A readily available, approachable and most importantly freely available resource of this kind could be a huge boon for spreading mathematical education all over the world.

  • redjoker
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    4 years ago

    Like different from Khan Academy and WolframAlpha?

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      4 years ago

      Do those have problem generators for things like differential equations and stuff?

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          4 years ago

          They seem to have the tutorial side of things down, but do they do anything besides multiple choice format for questions? It’d be great if they do other formats too.

          EDIT: nvm seems they have at least one question with a box for typing. Still can’t tell if their example questions are drawn from a generator that randomly produces new problems every try or just set examples though?

          EDIT 2: Yeah seems like it’s just set examples so you can’t rote learn very well with this.

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    I can recommend Brilliant which, despite being nagware, still offers lots of free courses on mathematics, statistics, informatics, and natural sciences. Only the first batch of lessons for each course is free, but there is unlimited free practice and an on-site code editor