Applied Mathematics
Linear algebra, calculus and probability, taught through the problems that need them.
- Courses
- 50
- Hours
- 74
- Modules
- 5
Seventy-four hours is a real commitment, and the path is built to be taken in small sessions over months rather than in a sprint.
Each of the five sections ends in a graded problem set, and the final assessment is a single applied problem worked from scratch.
The sequence
Modules unlock in order. You finish one before the next opens, which is the point of a path rather than a playlist.
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01
Linear algebra
Vectors and matrices as things that do something, not as notation.
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02
Calculus for change
Derivatives where they are used rather than where they are examined.
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03
Probability
Distributions, and the intuition that stops you misreading them.
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04
Optimisation
How a model actually finds its parameters.
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05
Putting it to work
The same five problems, solved with each tool in turn.
What you can do afterwards
The assessment checks these directly, against a rubric published before you start.
Before you start School-level algebra, and patience. This is the longest path in the catalogue.
- Read the notation in a paper without stalling.
- Choose the right tool for a modelling problem.
- Explain what an optimiser is doing when it fails.