Good video lectures for studying Calculus?

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I am looking for a good online video resource to start studying Calculus. I am studying it alone, not part of any school or university. Trying to learn and enhance my mathematical skills. Thanks!

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I would suggest the following: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01-single-variable-calculus-fall-2006/video-lectures/

I learned a lot from these lectures (not the ones in the link but the multivariable calculus ones) but these are just as good!

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I found this I myself used Tom Apostol's Calculus volume 1.(I am not really an expert ) [MIT Open courseware]

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The web site www.academicearth.org has a wide variety of entire courses in mathematics, especially in calculus (Not to mention history, philosophy, psychology, etc.). It's one of my favorite sites!

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The Kahn Academy has many mathematics video courses.

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You may find Adrian Banner's Calculus Lifesaver course useful. The series of 24+ videos are available at http://press.princeton.edu/video/banner/ and are also provided on the iTunes Store as Podcasts. The quality of the videos is variable, but the exposition is thorough, and his style is engaging.

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I studies Single variable calculus from Thomas Finney and currently doing Multi-variable calculus from Kenneth Kuttler.

NOTE: In Video lecture for Multi-variable Calculus by Edward Frenkel of UC berkeley, in the first lecture he is referring to an equation (function y=f(x)) and he says that there are 2 "independent" variables and 1 equation, so number of independent variables minus number of equations gives us the dimension.

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Gilbert Strang's Highlights of Calculus videos are probably good.

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I highly recommend learning Calculus from the ground up with Professor Leonard. His video lectures are comprehensive, comprehensible, and help the math stick long after you've watched his videos. I completed his Calc 1 and Calc 2 courses. I am halfway through his Calc 3 videos. I suggest starting here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF797E961509B4EB5

The other recommendations such as the Strang Lectures and the 3Blue1Brown Essence of Calculus lectures make a great supplement, but I do not recommend them as the way to build your foundation.

The Apostol books can be considered the bible of Calculus. They are wonderful texts, but they are not for beginners.