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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Deeper meanings of Phase Space -- any books? [closed]
I often think about the phase space with quite deep interpretations. For example, contraction of phase space means losing energy. But, some of the energy is easily restored (free energy?) while some ...
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Looking for book with good general overview of math and its various branches
Is there something in the order of a Goedel Escher Bach type book? If you've read it you know what I mean. Something compelling that you have to read a couple of times in order to start to get it, but ...
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Mathematics and autodidactism
Mathematics is not typically considered (by mathematicians) to be a solo sport; on the contrary, some amount of mathematical interaction with others is often deemed crucial. Courses are the student's ...
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Undergraduate roadmap to algebraic geometry?
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I'm sorry if this question isn't posted correctly. I hope that it is (since other questions regarding roadmaps have been allowed). Now to my question:
From what I've heard from professors and ...
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Website to help track recent research level mathematical book publications?
I'm responsible for recommending purchases of research level monographs to my university library. My job would be vastly simplified if I could find a website (say) that made it easy to scan a list of ...
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Applied linear algebra textbook? [closed]
I have a copy of Linear Algebra Done Right, which I worked through years ago in college. I have been using that book to refresh my knowledge, but it does not have an applied or computational aspect ...
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Social Reading Platform for Math or LaTeX texts
Social reading is considered to be one of the big trends that could be catalysing learning by reading. Features could include:
Highlighting or annotating paragraphs or single steps in a proof for ...
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Commutative ring Notes by M. Artin
In 1966, Professor Michael Artin gave a course for first-year graduate students at MIT on commutative algebra. In that course he covered many classical topics, (the Spectrum of a commutative ring, ...
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is there an English translation of the book by Guy Barles?
is there an English translation of the book by Guy Barles, "Solutions de viscosite des equations de Hamiltion-Jacobi"? Springer-Verlag
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finding cutting edge papers and books
Hi all,
what are the best strategies to find cutting edge papers and books on a field of mathematics?
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2-3 years ago I had to analyze a time series. I found a paper and showed that to ...
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What would be your suggestion of textbooks in Lie groups and Galois theory? [duplicate]
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Learning about Lie groups
Actually, I'm having the hard time with Serre's book on Lie groups and algebras: the lack of motivation is my biggest problem. So, what would you ...
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Vinogradov's Elements of Number Theory
I can't be the only person here who has fond memories of the problems in Vinogradov's Elements of Number Theory. (For people who have not read it - the text itself is just a concise basic number ...
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Older editions of which books were better than the new ones? [closed]
When choosing some mathematics book to study, is it always the case that one should look for the current edition of the book. Are there any examples when the older edition of some book is clearly ...
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Books you would like to see retranslated. [closed]
As a follow on to this question, what books would you like to see retranslated or rewritten as the original translation wasn't very good, or can you give examples of books that have been translated ...
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Websites hosting free math ebooks. [duplicate]
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Free, high quality mathematical writing online?
Most helpful math resources on the web
A lot has been said about different kinds of math resources here in MO.
To mention a ...
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Good textbooks on probability and/or stochastic processes, emphasizing simulation
Any recommendations for textbooks on probability and/or stochastic processes that emphasize simulation? I'll be teaching this course in the Fall.
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Errata for Emil Artin's 'The Gamma Function'?
In the English translation of The Gamma Function by Emil Artin (1964 - Holt, Rinehart and Winston) there appears to be a mistake in the formula given for the gamma function on page 24:
$$\Gamma(x) = \...
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Number theory textbook based on the absolute Galois group?
I've just finished reading Ash and Gross's Fearless Symmetry, a wonderful little pop mathematics book on, among other things, Galois representations. The book made clear a very interesting ...
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Origin of Fujimura set
If we have 10 coins arranged in an equilateral triangle and we want to know the minimum number of coins we can remove so that none of the remaining coins form an equilateral triangle the remaining ...
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Number theory textbook with an algebraic perspective
Most of the number theory textbooks I've dealt with take a very classical approach to the subject. I'm looking for a textbook that's something like a first course in number theory for people who have ...
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Is there a text on estimation theory online?
Where can I find graduate level, thorough, parameter estimation/ estimation theory material on the web?
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Introductions to Disease- and Price-Modeling
I'm looking for resources (anything from short articles to books) about building mathematical models or computer simulations of 'things that happen' in populations.
Specifically, I'm curious about 1)...
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Algebraic Statistics textbook
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A friend and I are thinking of having an algebraic statistics seminar next semester. Does anyone know of a good book to try learn it out of?
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How to sufficiently motivate organization of proofs in math books
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I have a bit of a general question about math books. I get the feeling that in a lot of math books, the organization for the theorems and lemmas are not explained well (ex. Topics in Algebra ...
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