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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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A formalization of the soft sciences

Branches of physics have been formalized in mathematical language. Have there been texts where the same has been done for chemistry, biology, neuroscience, sociology, and astronomy? I would love to see such texts. It would be very interesting to…
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Reference Request: Elementary introduction to holomorphic induction's role in index theory

I am currently working on an index theory senior project which involves Dirac operators, spin modules and holomorphic induction on the representation ring Lie groups. My primary reference is Sternberg's Lie algebra notes and *Spin Geometry*by Lawson…
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English translation of Minkowski's Geometry of Numbers

Is there an English translation of Minkowski's Geometry of Numbers? I have searched it but have found nothing.
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References on "Measure and Integration: History and Development"

I would like to get references for Measure and Integration", since I want to study the subject from historical perspective. The references could be books, articles or the online resources.
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Looking for some decent math books and solutions

I am a graduate student in engineering pursuing computational mechanics. I have learned very quickly that the math required to study in this area is very sophisticated and complicated. I need some good self-study books in Partial Differential…
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References for mathematics enthusiasts?

I'm willing to give a mathematics Olympiad [syllabus] and I can't buy all the book(or even some of them) and am looking for some online resources like questions, articles, or more prefably some single book with all topics(least probable).Or I would…
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What is Bush Mosteller algorithm?

I cannot find anything interesting on the internet. What is the Bush Mosteller stochastic model? ${}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}$
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Can anyone tell me more about this measure of asymmetry

I have a measure of asymmetry (Q ranging from $-1$ to $1$) between two paired variables (x,y; both positive integers) and would like to know more about where this equation comes from, where it's been applied and what math one could do with it. Sorry…
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Criteria of irreducibility for polynomials with integer coefficients

I would like to know where can I find some material related to this subject: Criteria of irreducibility for polynomials with integer coefficients. I've searched in my number theory book from Niven and I didn't find anything about this. Thanks
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Abstract Algebra book where student must make most of the work?

I am looking for a nice compact book in abstract algebra (especially group theory) which develops the material by asking questions the reader must answer. An example of what I'm looking for is Combinatorics through guided discovery.
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What do I need to know to understand Lam's Serre's Problem on projective modules

What do I need to know to understand this book: Lam's Serre's Problem on projective modules? I've already read Hungerford's book and Atiyah and Macdonald's book, however when I started to read the first pages of the Lam's book, I was surprised with …
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Common Einstein Notation Identities

I find myself regularly looking up common vector identities in index-tensor notation like the following simple examples $(u\times v)_i = \epsilon_{ijk} u_j v_k$ (in 3-space) or $u\cdot v = u_iv_i$ $(MN)_{ij} = M_{ik}N_{kj}$ (with the implied…
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What is a good book for continue studying analysis after Ross?

I have just finished Ross' Elementary Analysis, I'm just wondering what would be a good "next in the line" book to read, and perhaps after them as well? Can somebody give me an idea of the "trail" of books that I should be reading? Help…
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Is there a problem book similar to Polya & Szego's classic in the field of real analysis

I'm going to learn real analysis, and I'm using the textbook written by Elias E. Stein(the 3rd in his series). When studing complex analysis, I find that Polya & Szego's book "Problems and Theorems in Analysis I/II" is very useful. So is there any…
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Learning roadmap for learning the mathematics behind "form"

Due to my poor mathematical knowledge, I have difficulty being "formally precise", but here is an informal attempt at explaining what I mean by "form": Form: How can I represent any imaginable shape (1 dimension, 2 dimensional, or n...dimensional)…
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