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Highly intuitive yet comprehensive and easily readable (student friendly) book on linear algebra which do not focus much on applications, just basics
I came to know about Gilbert Strang's two books, "Introduction to Linear Algebra" and "Linear Algebra and its Applications". The first is the one used as the text in the 18.06 ...
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An intuitive (non rigorous) text book on graph theory which is student friendly with vivid illustrations
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Hello, I am an undergraduate in CS. I would like to study Graph Theory on my own (self-study) for a competitive examination (named GATE). It is an examination for undergraduates and as such,...
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Is there any video lecture series on Graph Theory which uses "Introduction to Graph Theory" by Douglas West? as the text
I am interested in learning graph theory, and from many resources I came to know that Douglas West's Introduction to Graph Theory is a good textbook. But since I am doing self-study, it is at times ...
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Statistics, for the mathematically rigorous
I don't know where I can find a rigorous statistics course or textbook. The closest thing I can think of is measure-theoretic probability theory, but I wouldn't really call that "statistics"....
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Fear of notation and hazily-appeared writing in Mathematics
I am looking for literature related to fear of notation in mathematics.
It is even heard that the font size and font type make a reader reluctant to study mathematical literature, often lecture notes,...
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How to study for university level math olympiads and competitions?
I participated in some high-school-level math competitions, but I never invested much of my time in them at that time, something that I regret immensely.
Now that I am an engineering grad student, I ...
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Effects of early study of advanced books
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There was recently a question on Math.SE: Inferior to Other Younger and Brighter Kids which starts as follows:
I'm a high school student (Junior/Grade 11) and I'm currently studying ...
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Advice on studying mathematical biology [closed]
I am really passionate about theoretical and quantitative biology and I would like to build my future career around this topic.
I've just got my bachelor's degree in biology (ecology) but scince I've ...
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Looking for an online mathematics practice resource
Forgive me if this is off topic, but I've been looking for an online resource that I can use to polish up and improve my math skills. I've looked at math.com and purplemath.com but they don't have ...
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