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This tag is for questions seeking external references (books, articles, etc.) about a particular subject. Please do not use this as the only tag for a question.

This tag is for questions seeking external references (books, articles, websites, etc.) about a particular subject. It is intended for use along with other, more "mathematical" tags. Please do not use this as the only tag for your questions. See this discussion on Meta.

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Where to find Yuri Manin's “Lectures on zeta functions and motives”

It seems a vary excellent note on motives. But I cannot find it on the internet. Could someone tell me where to find it. Thanks. BTW, is this note a first course in motives? I know Yves André's book is a good reference, but I don't know French.
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How to integrate with respect to additive measure

I would like references about theory of integrals of real functions with respect to additive (not necessary countable additive) measures defined on a field of sets.
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Mathematical Canon

Sometime ago I resolved to read through a prodigious book collection known as the The Great Books of the Western World--a rather lovely collection which I would encourage anyone to read through, if they have not already read these books. In this…
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What are the good books for learning Integral equations

I mainly study statistics. But I am interested in learning Integral equations. So what are the good books for learning Integral equations. I have no expertise in this topic. Any good lecture notes will also be helpful for me. Any help will be…
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Is this equality true? Any sources?

Is it true that $1 - \frac 12+\frac13-\frac14+\cdots-\frac 1{200}=\frac 1{101}+\frac 1{102}+\cdots+\frac 1{200}$? Where can I find sources for this proof?
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Examples of books giving problems that require more than one branch of mathematics

I want to know if there are books that give problem sets requiring knowledge of two or more branches of mathematics. For example, there could be a problem requiring geometry, set theory, and number theory, and another problem requiring ring theory…
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Collected works of David Hilbert?

1) Is there a collected works of D. Hilbert? 2) If 1) is affirmative, is there an English translation of the collected works of D. Hilbert?
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problems in finding mathematical reviews journal (MR XXX)

for example, this one: http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=0215729 the journal has the number like "MR215729 (35 #6564)" I wanna know what does the 35 #6564 means... because for some references, it just quote "MR 21 #852", which i cannot find…
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Books on rare techniques

I'm looking for good maths textbooks (preferably with olympiad style problems as the harder exercises) which cover uncommon techniques in maths. An good example of the type of book I'm looking for would be Yaglom et al's book on induction in…
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References dealing with function spaces in pde like $C^k(\mathbb R^n)$, $C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^n), \ldots$?

What would be nice references for function spaces like $C^k(\mathbb R^n$), $C_0(\mathbb R^n)$, $C^\infty_c(\mathbb R^n), \ldots$ and most common function spaces which are offen employed in partial differential equations? I'm looking references that…
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Ramanujan's expansion of $\operatorname{li}(x)$

What are the steps to showing $$ \operatorname{li}(x)=\gamma+\log(\log(x))+\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{\log(x)^k}{k!k}? $$ Any pointers on where to look would be warmly appreciated.
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I want to be a maths teacher

Hi I am 53yrs old and want to become a math's teacher. I will literally have to start from scratch as I have standard 8 math's high school which you can imagine is a long time ago, 1979. But I am very keen, excited and committed to this dream. Where…
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What are some good survey articles for automorphic forms?

Possible Duplicate: Reference for automorphic forms Does anyone know of any good survey articles that deal with the theory of autmorphic forms? I have read the chapter on modular forms in Serre's book. As for my background knowledge, I'm fine…
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Is there a modern book that reviews the various fields of mathematics as they stand today?

Preferably, this book/set of resources would provide some history of the motivation that led to the development of the modern subject, how these motivations evolved with time, where the "state of the art" lies today, and what connections have been…
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Books on multi-linear algebra for CS students

I was wondering if anybody had any good recommendations on books on multi-linear algebra for graduate and ~applied computer science students. More specifically, I am looking for reference texts that are hopefully comprehensive but that focus more on…
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