Looking for math audio resources online

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It is pretty difficult to find advanced math lectures online, though, with some effort, one can find a few (by "advanced" I mean anything beyond 1st or 2nd year of college, and preferably aimed at mathematicians, rather than engineers or scientists). The difficulty of this search becomes orders of magnitude greater if one is looking for audio-only lectures (that can be easily readily played in an mp3 player). Of course, much of this has to do with the fact that it is difficult to communicate math without visuals, although it is definitely possible.

Does anyone know of any such resources (preferably free) online?

Thanks!

PS: one could, with considerable additional effort, extract the audio from, say, math video lectures on YouTube or iTunes, but I'm not too keen on this option, and not only because of the work involved.

I don t see why you had to down vote my answer, you only edited your question to exclude iTunes in addition to YouTube once I had provided it ... — Beltrame, Jan 28 '12 at 23:07

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:24

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http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/abstract-algebra

Abstract Algebra from Benedict Gross at Harvard University.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '12 at 21:48

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Yes, there is a great resource containing tuns of stuff of the exact kind you are looking for ! Check out Itunes University, most major US schools and many of the top European ones have whole lectures series uploaded there, and they are available for free to download in many cases both audio and video.

answered Jan 28 '12 at 21:48

Beltrame

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Who down-voted this one? And why? – M.B. Jan 28 '12 at 22:57
interesting question :) would be courteous if the kind benefactor had a least left a comment – Beltrame Jan 28 '12 at 23:01
@Beltrame: I don't know, but probably because you didn't give a link; etc. – Abhimanyu Pallavi Sudhir Jul 30 '13 at 18:06

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:09

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Advance mathematic courses are freely available at http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/#mathematics

Regards, Arif

answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:09

Arif

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:36

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There is several audio http://www.openculture.com/math_free_courses

answered Feb 23 '12 at 05:36

Nikita Evseev

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score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:58

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I found the answer to my original question in this excellent Math Overflow post:

https://mathoverflow.net/questions/2507/mathematical-podcasts-audio

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:58

Community

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answered May 06 '12 at 16:07

kjo

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 08 '20 at 19:26

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I wrote a book called Math Fundamentals for Audio which you can find here: https://www.areditions.com/gaston-bird-math-fundamentals-for-audio-das027.html

answered Dec 08 '20 at 19:26

Leslie Gaston-Bird

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 03 '13 at 19:33

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Check out http://www.redhoop.org/search/?q=math. These are all online courses. Not sure how advanced they are though

answered May 03 '13 at 19:33

Michelle Chen

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Aren't these are video rather than audio? – Hi-Angel Jul 27 '15 at 19:54

Looking for math audio resources online

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