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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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Logarithmic singularity of complete elliptic functions of the first kinds.

My professor, in class, talked about logarithmic singularity of complete elliptic functions of the first kinds: $$ K(k) =\int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{d\theta}{\sqrt{1-k^2\sin^2\theta}} $$ I want to know a reference (online if possibile) about that subject.…
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Jacobian Invariant

I'm trying to find an on-line source for the "Jacobian Invariant" of four points on a line. The cross-ratio depends on the order of the points, while this one doesn't. I've done several Google searches and can't seem to find anything. Does anyone…
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Reference Request: Greatest Even (Odd) Integer function

This probably isn't the most important question, but I'm working on something where I've found it convenient to define the following two functions (on the integers): $$ I_o(q):= \begin{cases} q & q \text{ is odd } \\ q-1 & q \text{ is…
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What is the reference for refreshment of some mathematics subjects

I was graduated from Bachelor's degree of computer science in 2006. Right now I am taking a master's degree in computational science. So, last week my classes just started and I was not surprised when I found out that I have forgotten most of the…
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High school programmed instuctions book.

I am looking for books like this physics book below. Basically a programmed set of exercises that teaches chunks of mathematics. Have you every seen things like…
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Blog article about incorporating certainty into quiz questions

(Note: I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this question, but it's the best-fitting SE site I could find.) Some time ago I read a marvelous math blog post about how to incorporate certainty into quiz questions, but can't find it now…
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books to understand the Tao-Green theorem.

I whish to understand the Tao green theorem but don't know where to start off. Which are some good texts that can give me knowledge to understand it and learn the knowledge surrounding it? Regards
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reference books for self study of basics of mathematics

I am a computer science graduate and slacked my way through high school and college and don't have a solid understanding of the basic concepts in mathematics I also don't have the mathematical way of thinking. I am trying to build a product which…
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Open source / permissively licensed collections of exercises

I read somewhere in the distant past that posting questions and getting answers to exercises from a textbook in a public forum like this one reduces its value in courses. Wikipedia has a nice collection of articles on mathematics. ProofWiki has lots…
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Book on problems about Riemann integral that are solved by another integrals

Some time ago I found a book (don't remember if it was about integration or real analysis in general) that stated three concrete problems that Riemann integral has (about convergence, primitives, etc.) before introducing other types of integrals…
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Don't know the equation in an SMBC comic.

The comic is here. The equation is: $$ L\left(q\,, \dot{q}\,,t\right) = \mbox{everything}$$ I have tried searching for it, but haven't found it. So I am asking here.
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"Classification" theorems up to embeddings

There is no classification theorem for abelian groups in general, as i asked here: (Why) Is there no analogue to the classification of finitely generated abelian groups for abelian groups? However, every abelian group embeds into a divisible abelian…
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Reference request for unconstrained optimization

I want to study following topics. 1: Line search iterative methods (The steepest descent method, Newton's method, Quasi-Newton's method), 2:Scalar correction method. I haven't studied these topics before. Could anybody suggest me references for a…
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Does anybody have a good database of quadratic residues?

I'm looking for a quick way to find the solutions to the equation $n\equiv x^2\bmod p$ for prime $p$. Specifically, I'm interested in knowing all (or a large number of) the values of $p$ for a given value $n$. I know this work has been done before…
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Best optimal stopping theory textbook?

What do you think is the best textbook on optimal stopping theory for someone on a late-stage-undergraduate level? The ones I've found online are Chow (1971) and Shiryaev & Aries (2007), and I suspect that Chow is the classic one. Any help would be…
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