Video Lectures for Upper-Level Mathematics

glb_lub

Are the lectures on this website available for free like MIT OCW ?
Or do we have to pay for them?

I noticed it needs registration. Does it mean the lectures are available only at request ?

Thanks.

Sankaku

They are free. Hence the link that says "Register Free" when you click on a course.

dimension10

NPTEL doesn't really have a strong accent.

Sankaku

Certainly some, like Balakrishnan's physics videos, are superb. However, many of their other presenters do have strong accents. I don't mind too much, but some people might find it harder to watch.

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Some differential geometry videos:
http://www.toldo.info/vipsschool/ind...d=50&Itemid=55

Some seminars & a hardcore video course on algebraic topology:
http://www.youtube.com/user/arichar6

Tons of stuff:
http://www.perimeterscholars.org/317.html

Tons of fantastic videos (in class diary section) organized around the topics in the Topic Files pdfs
http://www.math.umn.edu/~adams/FM500x/

WiFO215

I think you guys are missing this excellent set of lectures from Harvey Mudd on Real Analysis. They cover the first half of baby Rudin. Check it out. Chu is a fantastic lecturer.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...F&feature=plcp

Sankaku

Yes, Francis Su is very good. I guess I hadn't thought of those as "upper level" but they are well worth mentioning in any thread on good mathematics videos.

Here is the companion webpage:
http://www.math.hmc.edu/~su/math131/

Personally, my rough definition of "upper level" is something you would do in the final year of an undergrad degree or anything grad-level. However, if it is easier to make the thread for anything that isn't a basic first or second-year course, then that is probably fine. It looks to me that HMC considers that Analysis course something around a second-year level.

Edit: Perhaps it is better just to give up and post anything that isn't the basic calculus sequence, intro linear algebra or ODEs?

Except, if it is here, then it probably doesn't need mentioning:
http://www.infocobuild.com/education...thematics.html

...unless someone wants to do a good course review.

WiFO215

Sorry, I meant Su, not Chu.

dimension10

Maybe I don't realise that because I'm Indian myself...

genericusrnme

http://www.youtube.com/user/litsky
this guy does some nice lectures

Sankaku

Nice. I think I had stumbled on his channel a while back but he only had a couple videos at that point. I just watched the Semi-Direct product one and I think he teaches well (although he jumps around a little bit).

For others wondering, at this point he has videos on:

Group Theory
Multilinear Algebra
Introduction to Advanced Mathematics (Basic Analysis)

sponsoredwalk

Does anybody have any concrete (!!!) information about the upcoming NPTEL stuff & when it'll be released or what's coming sooner rather than later etc...?
I'm quite frankly too excited to wait for all of this, the quality of their lectures is literally unmatched by what exists on the internet & it'd be among the great tragedies of my life if I have to wait until Christmas to view their approach to some of the courses they have planned.

Statistical Mechanics
Electromagnetism
Statics, Mechanics of Materials...
Engineering Mechanics

WiFO215

Here, take my glasses and read the title again: this thread is for upper level math.

Sankaku

I have now had a chance to look through this course. Unfortunately, it is (mostly) just the first half of the Hubbard book and so doesn't get into differential forms. The second course doesn't seem to be available on their site. For clarification, it is aimed at well-prepared students who have not done a multivariable calc course yet (many Harvard freshmen seem to be taking the course, so it doesn't really fall into our "upper-level" classification).

It is an interesting mix. By introducing linear algebra at the same time as multivariable calculus, it is able to treat a lot of things in much more generality. Bamberg mixes applications and proofs in the course, but his choice of material often seems strange to me. A lot of it seemed shoe-horned in just for the "shiny" factor rather than it actually being a useful time to learn the topic (finite fields, finite topologies, etc.).

I am not sure I would have liked learning this way. There isn't enough time to devote to the linear algebra. Really, I would do LA first and then build a course like Hubbards just assuming the LA material as background. Then you wouldn't be trying to do everything at once.

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Measure & Integration by I.K. Rana, author of the best book in existence...

Sankaku

Looks great. Thanks for the link.

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F... F... Functional Analysis!!!