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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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Memoire sur la courbure des surfaces by Sophie Germain

Does anyone know where to find a pdf version of this article written by Sophie Germain?
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Books for middle-school-level algebra that covers some set theory and "axioms of algebra"?

Some background: I went to a very good school when I was in grades 7-10. In grade 7 we started algebra. First we started with basic set theory, then we covered the axioms of equality, ordering, and field axioms (we didn't call them that though). We…
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What's the standard reference to learn about asymptotic expansions?

What's the standard reference to learn about asymptotic expansions as applied to physics ?
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Where can I find a translation of Blumenthal's 1903 paper on Hilbert modular varieties?

Do you know if and where I might obtain an English translation of the paper Über Modulfunktionen von mehreren Verhnderlichen by Otto Blumenthal, which was published in Mathematische Annalen 56.4 (1903): pp. 509-548. Unfortunately I know zero German…
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books to teach K-12 math/science via real-world approach?

I volunteered abroad in rural Ethiopia and a village in a remote mountainous area of China. I plan to return to both places and teach for as long as I can make it work. I want to focus on STEM, but first I would like to reteach myself math and…
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Is the term ‘Niven polynomial’ defined online, in English, only in Julian Havil’s book on the irrational numbers?

The only place I can find the term ‘Niven polynomial’ explicitly defined online, in English, as such is in the online preview of Julian Havil’s book ‘The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can’t Count On’, on p. 116. Can someone point out one…
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Reference-request: Inequalities

I am looking for a book that deals with inequalities like $$\frac{\sin x}{x} < 1 - \frac{x}{ \pi} \qquad x \in (0,\pi)$$ perhaps some geometric exposition. I have heard that Hardy's book is good, any other suggestions?
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Books similar to The Calculus Diaries

Does anyone know of popular maths/physics books similar to The Calculus Diaries, where the author, Jennifer Ouellette, is a science/maths writer rather than a scientist/mathematician?
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Identify this map projection.

A loxodrome on the surface of the earth is a curve of constant bearing: it meets every parallel of latitude at the same angle. Suppose its bearing is $\theta$ north of east, i.e. due east is $\theta=0$; due north is $\theta=\text{a right angle}$;…
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Hilbert Spaces-Linear Algebra

I'm taking a course of linear algebra and as one of the themes this: Hilbert spaces: Hilbert bases, Fourier expansions, dimension of Hilbert, Riesz theorem. I have some text on Hilbert spaces but are more concerned with the analysis of linear…
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Is there a discipline in Mathematics that studies information loss on the formal system level?

Is there a discipline in Mathematics that studies information loss on the formal system level? Mathematicians try to use hypothesis that are the weakest possible, meaning one goal of math is to limit the amount of information loss in…
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Reference Request: Finding an Op-Ed by J. Hammersley

I'm interested in finding an online copy of J. Hammersley's article entitled On the enfeeblement of mathematical skills by Modern Mathematics and by similiar soft intellectual trash in schools and universities, which was published in the Bulletin of…
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Refrence request: What can lattices do for you? G. Birkhoff

I am looking for an article called What can lattices do for you?, published by G. Birkhoff in Trends in Lattice Theory, 1967. I have been unsuccessful at obtaining it or the book that is contained in, so any references to where it can be found would…
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Looking for textbooks that consist primarily of questions

Does anyone know of books which have lots of questions, whose formats are "fill in the holes" type? The same goes for the theorems and exercises. I am looking at pure math, especially Real analysis, Abstract Algebra, Topology, etc.
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Calculus Reference Request

Currently while doing homework I encountered the Witches of Agnesi. I have done a tiny bit of research. I was wondering if $y=\frac{\sin(x)}{x}$ would be one of these witches. What type of math domain does the study of Witch of Agnesi pertain to?…
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