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This tag is for questions about recommendation of books for some particular area, topic, problem. Use this tag together with (reference-request) tag.

Any question where you require a recommendation of textbooks or literature on a particular area, topic or problem merits the usage of this tag.

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Is there a comprehensive book, contains (algebra, trig, calculus, differential equations, statistics, ...)?

Best mathematical book that include all of the following: Algebra and linear algebra: (Numbers, fractions, exponents, log, factoring, equations, matrices and determinants, etc...) Trigonometry: (Trig. ratios; sin,cos,tan, csc,sec,cot, sine rule,…
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A recommendation for books on Lie algebra representation

I am looking for a holistic book on lie algebra representation, including the infinite dimensional cases. I heard Humphrey book is standard but it does not seem to include the infinite dimensional Lie algebras Could anyone please recommend me a…
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Book recommendation for proof?

I now realize that a big part of higher mathematics is proof construction, and it is an area I would like to get familiar with. I have found the book ‘how to prove it’ by Velleman, but am wondering if anyone has any other suggestions for proof. In…
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preparation for reading Serre's Local Fields

I don't know if this already has an answer here, however I checked for similar questions and could find none. I am an undergraduate student in Mathematics. For my summer project, my supervisor advised me to study Local Fields following 'J.P.…
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Seeking recommendation for book.

I will be in the next month finishing up Spivak´s Calculus and I was wondering what would be a good continuation. Background: I will probably start my university studies this fall and thought that I might be able to take on one more book before i…
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Any opinions on Schoof's "Catalan's Conjecture"?

Title basically says it all: I'm wondering if anyone has used this book and what their opinion was. Specifically I'd like to make sure the book is approachable but also complete. Background on me to check for compatibility on the "approachable"…
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Suggestion for an article or book

I want to get acquainted with rigorous definition of real exponents via limits of rational exponents. Can you suggest an article or a chapter in some textbook with topic about this ? All the posts on stackexchange on this topic I read, don`t really…
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Basic math subjects book recommendations

I've been wondering about what are the best books to review some of the elementary math subjects. My choices are listed below: Real Analysis: Introduction to Real Analysis, R.G. Bartle Multivariate Calculus: Vector Calculus, J.E. Marsden Linear…
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Visual maths book

Background Even when complex maths get abstract, usually there are helpful visual models. John Wheeler said he couldn't understand some functions without a picture of them. It is in this sense I use the word visual, but not only restricted to…
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Complex Analysis Book Recommendation

I'm looking for a specific recommendation for a textbook on complex analysis. I very much like the outline of Bruce Palka's An Introduction to Complex Function Theory. The textbook is an ideal resource which can be used for an upper-level…
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Are the websites for discussing specific textbooks?

Is there any centralized forum for discussing particular textbooks? Like the site would have a forum for textbook A, where posts would be like 'why did the author choose to present it this way, and not that?' 'Isn't Theorem 3.4 redundant?' Ideally,…
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Resource recommendations

I learned recently of the fact that there were algebraic solutions to the finding the roots not only 2nd degree polynomial but also third and fourth degree (cubic and quartics). I was wondering, thereafter, if there might be anyone here who would be…
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book one level more concise/practical/easier than Courant

I am a software engineer moving into machine learning, which has also meant "moving back into academia" because my boss has me reading research papers. I am glad for the opportunity, but I realized quickly I lack the background in probability and…
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Diamonds in Mathematical Inequalities,Tran Phuong

This book has a bunch of tricks to solve inequalities. So I think I should read this at least once. But is this book outdated? There are few data about this. Is there a way to buy or access this book?
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Recommend Books for Relearning and Reinforcement

I want to fill the holes in my knowledge and get to a masterful level at undergraduate material, so I am looking for books to help me with that. I recently took the GRE Math Subject test and I focused on calculus problems. I am not sure how I did…
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