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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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Reference requests for articles and texts on circular definitions and circular proofs

I vaguely recall reading an article from a journal about circular definitions, and another article about circular proofs, but I forgot the authors and also what journal it was from. So, can anyone help me by giving me references for research on the…
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Reference on quaternions

This is a request for a gentle introduction to quaternions and quaternion calculus and their applications to problems in computer science and physics. I would also be obliged for any references on extensions of results in complex analysis,…
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P. Hall's paper where he arrives at the Möbius Inversion Formula

I read on Wikipedia page on Möbius Inversion Formula that "the statement of the general Möbius inversion formula [for partially ordered sets] was first given independently by Weisner (1935) and Philip Hall (1936); both authors were motivated by…
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Looking for Ars Combinatoria 42 (1996)

I'm doing my BSc thesis and am looking for a paper by Yair Caro, "Simple proofs to three parity theorems". I can't find anything online, so I'm looking for the next best thing, the whole book(?) of Ars Combinatoria 42 (1996) and can find nothing…
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Leibniz integration rule reference

I'm looking for a nice reference for the "Leibniz integral rule". Do you know one? Thank you
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good number theory

There may be mistakes by grammar since I do not live in English-spoken-world. I am looking for a book on number theory (in English) . If the book is mainly written about number theory, I do not mind whether one is text or reading.Remark; Reading is…
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Reference Request- Olech's article 1960

I am looking for the following reference. Author C. Olech and, It was cited by Philip Hartman's Ordinary differential equations, and could not find way to find it online. If someone tell me how to find it online? Thanks in advance.
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Linear Algebra with Theory

The books I have seen they only go into to process of solving equations and matrices but they don’t offer theorems behind them. I have studied Gilbert Strang’s linear algebra not all of it. What I studied from there I did not see any theorems, in…
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Any reference on solving functional and differenial equations involving power towers of a function?

I am curious if this is covered in any textbooks or papers. I am interested in finding out how to solve functional and differential (even pde) equations involving power towers in them. For example if tow(f(x),n)= g(x) where tow meant a diagonal…
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Does the Harmonic Sequence do useful downsizing?

I can’t believe that I’m the first to follow this train of thought, since each step is obvious. Therefore, I am tagging this as a reference request. Someone please quote me chapter and verse where this thread has been dealt with before. Thanks. Step…
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any identity, once written down...

Who is the author of the following quote? any identity, once written down, is trivial I have seen it attributed to Halmos and to Littlewood but I am unable to locate its source.
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list of linear algebra book

I am complex geometer/algebraic geometry student. I realized I need to strengthen my linear algebra. It would be nice if someone could post a list of linear algebra books they use for research. In particular if there is connections to vector bundles…
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Why the loss of hardcover textbooks? I can only find "print-on-demand" soft cover...

Not really sure where to post this (and probably it's a bit out of place on this forum), but I've recently noticed that some of the classic textbooks for undergraduate math courses (in particular, Herstein's Topics in Algebra and Artin's Algebra)…
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Continuous function between functions

Is there a notion of a "continuous functions between continuous functions" over some interval $I\in \mathbb{R}$? For instance, some $G_t$ that satisfies $G_0=f(x), G_1=g(x)$, which varies continuously between the $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ with…
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Wave equation references.

I´m searching information about the wave equation in partial differential equations: $$U_{tt}-c^{2}\Delta U=0.$$ I need the history, deduction and interpretation, if someone could tell me some books where I can find this information will be awesome.
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