Questions tagged [books]
Questions in which books play a key-role, such as questions on antique books, e-books, difference between various editions of a book, etc. For questions asking for recommendations of books on some subject the tag textbook-recommendation is often more suitable.
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Book on analysis and algebra at the undergraduate level [closed]
I am writing this post because I would like to know what are your references concerning math book showing the interplay between analysis and algebra at an undergraduate-advanced undergraduate level.
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Book that shows a construction of ZFC with Calculus of Constructions
Is there any book that teaches the basics of Type Theory and Calculus of Inductive Constructions (CIC) and also shows a construction of ZFC (or preferably NBG) in CIC?
I only found the paper "...
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A book about mathematical drawing on the blackboard
Several years ago, when I was just starting undergrad, I ran across an instructional text on chalking beautiful mathematical diagrams while killing time in the college library. In my infinite wisdom, ...
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Books containing new results
In Endless controversy about the correctness of significant papers, Denis Serre writes:
The research community is able to point out incorrect statements, at least among those which have some ...
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Mathematical physics roadmap
I am looking for a roadmap to be able to understand more of the physical theory behind mathematical physics (at the level where I can read physics oriented textbooks/monographs)
I have a background in ...
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Springer GTM Series statement of purpose (early editions)
Earlier editions of the Springer Graduate Texts in Mathematics series include a motivating statement about the purpose of the series. The current statement of purpose is as follows:
Graduate Texts ...
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What to do with a collection of theoretical math books?
My father had a Ph.D. in mathematics. He was a consummate mathematician and enjoyed reading about all topics related to math. He passed away a couple of years ago. I have yet to find a suitable place ...
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Maths books or works by originators or pioneers of fields of mathematics [closed]
I am looking for a (hopefully eventually comprehensive) list of examples of books or works that are:
written by an originator of a field of mathematics, and about that field
written by a pioneer of a ...
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antique/rare math books to sell/donate (not to university) [duplicate]
I'm looking for resources for selling and/or donating my father's antique/rare mathematics books. He was a math professor for many years and has an extensive book collection (math, physics, ...
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Publishing a book with a big publisher [closed]
This question is not strictly mathematical (as there are not concrete mathematics on it), but I guess that could be of interest to the community.
I am considering to write a research graduate book on ...
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Does the book "Algebra III" exist (within the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences series from Springer)?
Within the series "Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences", as published by Springer, one finds the 8 volumes, namely,
the volumes I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX but zbMath has no listing ...
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General topology book recommendation for advanced probability theory
I would like to know if anyone could suggest a general topology book for a deeper understanding of probability at advanced level. If there is an advanced topology book oriented to probabilists, I ...
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Exposition of Grothendieck's mathematics
As Wikipedia says:
In Grothendieck's retrospective Récoltes et Semailles, he identified twelve of his contributions which he believed qualified as "great ideas". In chronological order, ...
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"Equivalent" reference to "Quelques méthodes" by J-L. Lions
I've just started learning about some methods to deal with parabolic equations, and in a lot of papers they refer to the book "Quelques méthodes de résolution des problèmes aux limites non ...
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Looking for 1986 book "Algebraic and topological theories"
I am looking for the proceedings book (in paper or electronic form):
Algebraic and topological theories, Papers from the symposium dedicated to the memory of Dr. Takehiko Miyata held in Kinosaki, ...
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Help to use Statistics and algebra books for community [closed]
My father has 2000 statistics and higher algebra books (schaum series etc). Need to use these for community since he passed away (India) kindly guide me
I just need to know if we can donate these ...
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Books/References for Inequalities that take advantage of orders
Are there any good references/papers/books that specifically address inequalities that take advantage of orders or monotonicity? I have already browsed through the classical Cauchy-Schwarz Master ...
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What a good alternative for Mendelson's math logic can I read?
I am a programmer and I am master of computer science. I remember we studied mathematical logic with Mendelson's book "Introduction to mathematical logic" and I barely understood this book ...
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Latest "A Term of Commutative Algebra" by Altman and Kleiman? [closed]
Where can I find the latest revision of A term of Commutative Algebra by Allen B. ALTMAN and Steven L. KLEIMAN? Is my 2013 version ok?
It is hard to locate the latest one; many old revisions and ...
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What is the point of reading classics over modern treatments?
There seems to be a good number of mathematicians who recommend reading "classic" works in a given field (where the term "classic" is in the sense defined below). Indeed, there are ...
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How to buy Spivak's A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry
This sounds a bit stupid, but how can I buy Spivak's A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry (the third edition)? It does not seem to be available on Amazon (at least most of it is not ...
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Christoffel symbols as the expansion coefficients of covariant/contravariant derivatives
Page 155 of Vector and Tensor Analysis with Applications, by A.I Borishenko and I.E. Tarapov, the authors state that Christoffel symbols of the second kind are expansions of $\frac{\partial {\bf e}_j}{...
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Learning mathematics in an "independent and idiosyncratic" way
This is a question about learning mathematics outside of the standard undergraduate/graduate education.
The following is a quote from Thurston's On Proof and Progress in Mathematics:
My mathematical ...
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What are your opinions on Zeidler's QFT books? [closed]
I am interested in mathematically rigorous treatment of quantum field theory, constructive QFT in particular.
I have read 'QFT, A Tourist Guide for Mathematicians' and am going to read "Quantum ...
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Books on foliations
I am looking for resources (books, notes, lecture video, etc. anything will do although printed material in English is preferable) on foliations which satisfy some or all of the following constraints. ...
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Book on Rigorous Renormalization
Many years ago I came across Salmhofer's Renormalization book and I studied its first chapter for a while. At the time, a professor told me the aim of the book was to develop a perturbative fermionic ...
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Has vol. 3A of Cullis's "Matrices and Determinoids" been scanned and vol. 3B been archived?
This is a borderline question, but I'm going to risk posing it.
Cuthbert Edmund Cullis (1875?-1955?) was a somewhat obscure British mathematician whose opus magnum was a multi-volume treatise called ...
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What happened to Stark's book on the analytic theory of algebraic numbers?
I just read the excellent chapter 6 Galois Theory, Algebraic Numbers and Zeta Functions(*) in Waldschmidt, Michel, et al., eds. From number theory to physics. Berlin etc.: Springer, 1992 by Harold ...
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Quirky, non-rigorous, yet inspiring, literature in mathematics
In contrast with such lucid, pedagogical, inspiring books such as Visualizing Complex Analysis by Needham and Introduction to Applied Mathematics by Strang, I've had the pleasure of coming across the ...
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Adding something to a book from an unpublished paper
As many of the people that I am spamming in real life might at this point know, I am turning my coend note into a book.
I would like to add a few pages taken from a (still) unpublished paper of mine (...
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