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Herb Gross's ultra-classic old-school chalkboard delivery of "Calculus of Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra" should not be missed:

Herb Gross's ultra-classic old-school chalkboard delivery of "Calculus of Complex Variables, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra" should not be missed: https://youtu.be/BOx8LRyr8mU https://youtu.be/BOx8LRyr8mU It turns out he also produced a complete series on the precursor material, "Single Variable Calculus" as well, which I only just now discovered: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-18-006-calculus-revisited-single-variable-calculus-fall-2010/resources/lecture-1-analytic-geometry/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-18-006-calculus-revisited-si... This professor has a great delivery and a ton of enthusiasm for the subject material, (but you can't just watch it, to absorb it you have to take notes, maybe recreate the examples in Python or something).

frob 4y ago
That cold open joke is amazing. I miss MIT.
frob 4y ago
Also, that is the best definition of the real numbers I have seen so far
uptownfunk 4y ago
Herb Gross! Love that series. Brings me back to my old days. I actually wrote him an email and he wrote back so kindly >> Thank you for taking the time to write to me. It is greatly appreciated. I am extremely pleased that work I did over 40 years ago is now available to help others. I hope you will keep me posted on your progress. I wish I could be more helpful to you. However you might find it a bit strange to know that the five years I spent at MIT were a pleasant diversion from my career work. More specifically the rest of my teaching career was spent in helping “math phobic” adult learners at community colleges and in prisons learn to cope successfully with arithmetic and basic algebra. I retired at the age of 75 in 2003 so that I could develop my own website where I am posting my videos, power point presentations and other written material in arithmetic and algebra for anyone to use free of charge. In fact I would be delighted if you found time to look at it and let me know what you think about it. You should feel free to comment in my guestbook if you so desire. The bad news is that I have virtually no knowledge in the areas of more advanced mathematics. However part 3 of Calculus Revisited which was just posted last week by OCW does have introductory lectures in differential equations, complex variables and linear algebra. I wish I could be more helpful to you but my hope is that the material that is posted on OCW will give you a good background in your pursuit of higher mathematics knowledge. I wish you the very best and look forward to hearing from you again, especially if you ever feel that my input can be of help to you. With warmest regards and best wishes, Herb
- uptownfunk 4y ago
  Note the above mentioned website no longer works I removed it - I think it may be hacked, not sure what happened to it :(
  - thfuran 4y ago
    He died a few years ago, so probably someone else owns the domain now.
    - 2snakes 4y ago
      Is it on internet wayback archive?
uptownfunk 4y ago
Ah just realized he passed in May 2020 RIP.

frob 4y ago

That cold open joke is amazing. I miss MIT.

frob 4y ago

Also, that is the best definition of the real numbers I have seen so far

uptownfunk 4y ago

Herb Gross! Love that series. Brings me back to my old days. I actually wrote him an email and he wrote back so kindly >> Thank you for taking the time to write to me. It is greatly appreciated. I am extremely pleased that work I did over 40 years ago is now available to help others. I hope you will keep me posted on your progress. I wish I could be more helpful to you. However you might find it a bit strange to know that the five years I spent at MIT were a pleasant diversion from my career work. More specifically the rest of my teaching career was spent in helping “math phobic” adult learners at community colleges and in prisons learn to cope successfully with arithmetic and basic algebra. I retired at the age of 75 in 2003 so that I could develop my own website where I am posting my videos, power point presentations and other written material in arithmetic and algebra for anyone to use free of charge. In fact I would be delighted if you found time to look at it and let me know what you think about it. You should feel free to comment in my guestbook if you so desire. The bad news is that I have virtually no knowledge in the areas of more advanced mathematics. However part 3 of Calculus Revisited which was just posted last week by OCW does have introductory lectures in differential equations, complex variables and linear algebra. I wish I could be more helpful to you but my hope is that the material that is posted on OCW will give you a good background in your pursuit of higher mathematics knowledge. I wish you the very best and look forward to hearing from you again, especially if you ever feel that my input can be of help to you. With warmest regards and best wishes, Herb

uptownfunk 4y ago
Note the above mentioned website no longer works I removed it - I think it may be hacked, not sure what happened to it :(
- thfuran 4y ago
  He died a few years ago, so probably someone else owns the domain now.
  - 2snakes 4y ago
    Is it on internet wayback archive?

uptownfunk 4y ago

Ah just realized he passed in May 2020 RIP.