This block post, which has been referenced several times on HN, was a god send for me: https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner https://www.neilwit

This block post, which has been referenced several times on HN, was a god send for me: https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner https://www.neilwithdata.com/mathematics-self-learner I also used get hung up on “mathematical notation”. But it turns out the problem wasn’t the notation. I was just bad at math. Well, out-of-practice is more like it. Once you have the fundamentals clearly explained and you’re doing some math on a regular basis the notation, even obscure non-standard notation becomes relatively intuitive.