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Needs more:

Linear Algebra: http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linearalgebra/

Calculus: https://cnx.org/contents/i4nRcikn@2.48:H2TLb2-S@2/Introducti...

https://cnx.org/contents/HTmjSAcf@2.40:rrzms6rP@2/Introducti...

https://cnx.org/contents/oxzXkyFi@2.49:72YaCFgv@2/Introducti...

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I can't thank you enough for this comment

I would be remiss if I didn't also link Paul's Online Math Notes.

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

Also: /r/learnmath

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You're a godsend, thank you from another person. I've been slowly self working through textbooks my friends give me over the years after they finish from their classes but haven't really known which direction to go in being nontraditional.

Don't thank me- thank Jim Hefferon, Paul, and the OpenStax project for having the decency to make these materials available.

Is there a recommended order to these? I skipped two years of math in High School and ended up BSing my way through Calculus without learning any of it, so I'm trying to figure out what I may need to fill the gaps

The calc sequence I presented is 'canonical' and independent of the linear algebra text I posted.

If you're ambitious (or smarter than me) you could tackle both at the same time.

EDIT: By skip two years, what do you mean? Did you miss out on the typical pre-calc/college algebra/trig courses?

Yeah, we had a pre-tests for algebra & trig but I read the textbook before the class started and got 100% on the pre-tests, so they skipped me ahead. In retrospect I regret it.

The OpenStax team has you covered-

College Algebra/Trig: https://cnx.org/contents/E6wQevFf@6.35:nU8Qkzwo@4/Introducti...

Pre-calc: https://cnx.org/contents/_VPq4foj@6.57:vEOnJry_@2/Introducti...

MIT OCW Scholar has those subjects and more with HW, exams, and lecture notes and is intended for autodidacts.

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