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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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Modern Equivalent of Carr's Synopsis?

I would like an up-to date book which lists results with perhaps a comment on how to prove it, as this one. I have gone through the algebra section partially and I am awed. It provides definitions, lists results and has occasional comments. I try to…
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Is the book: A Course of Pure Mathematics (G H Hardy) still relevant today?

A very intelligent family member of mine has recently decided to send me a large number of books and other resources on mathematics, include Hardy's book. Since this was published in 1921, is it still a useful textbook from which to learn pure…
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Ring theory reference books

I am studying ring theory in this semester. I am new to this theory. Hence, I would like to have some recommendations on what books should be used for ring theory(beginner). If possible, I would like to have a book on theory and a lot of problems(…
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Tackling Evans' PDE's book

I'll start to study PDE's from Evans’ Partial Differential Equations soon. I'd like a few suggestions: I'm already studying measure theory this semester. Do I need to know functional analysis and multivariable integral/vector calculus (theory) to…
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"Conditional" trigonometric identities

If $\alpha+\beta+\gamma=\pi$ then $\tan\alpha+\tan\beta+\tan\gamma=\tan\alpha\tan\beta\tan\gamma$. If $\alpha+\beta+\gamma=\pi$ then $\sin(2\alpha)+\sin(2\beta)+\sin(2\gamma) = 4\sin\alpha\sin\beta\sin\gamma$. These get referred to as "conditional…
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Any Good Textbook on ODE that covers the following topics....

I am a first year graduate student in math. I am taking a graduate course on ODE which covers the topics listed below. I feel that the lecture notes of my instructor are great. However, like with any math course, there is no way for me to have a…
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Gauss Disq. Arithm. Translation Errata?

Note: I apologize if this is the wrong website/section to be posting such questions, but at the same time I hope someone can help me. Hi, this year I finished high school and decided to start reading Disquisitiones Airithmeticae. (I plan to follow…
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Joseph Kitchen's Calculus (reference)

I'm asking about one textbook: Kitchen's Calculus. I tried to get a copy in different libraries but nothing. I tried buying it and I cannot find it wherever I've been. I've heard that is an outstanding book, as good as Spivak or Apostol at the…
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A book to inspire people about math

I'm looking for a book for someone who only knows high-school level math that will show him what math really is and how amazing it is. Do you know a book that could do that?
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Reference: Representation Theory

In studying Linear Representation theory of finite groups, many authors state the important theorems over the field $\mathbb{C}$ or algebraically closed field, which is much stronger assumption. I am interested in representations over general…
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Fixed point of adjunctions

I am looking for a reference where the notion of "fixed point of an adjunction" is examined extensively; by this I mean that given an adjunction $F\colon {\cal C\leftrightarrows D}\colon G$ I'm looking for a description of the subcategories of those…
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mathematical books

I am a Japanese so it is difficult for me to read English and I may make some grammatical mistakes. I have little experience with mathematics but plan to self-study mathematics by reading mathematics books in English. I would like to know what the…
Matsumoto Yoshiharu
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Algebraic Curves reference

I am an undergraduate student. I finished a Galois theory course. I started to read Fulton`s book Algebraic Curves.I am doing self-study. I found it difficlt to understand from 2nd chapter onwards. The notes I find are too concise. Are there some…
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Measurable selection from equivalence classes

I have the following problem. There is a binary relation $\succeq$ defined on a separable metric space $X$, and $\succeq$ is total, transitive, and closed (as a subset of $X\times X$, in the product metric). There exists a set $Y\subseteq X$ that…
J. Carr
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Online pronunciation of mathematicians names

I self study mathematics. Since I don't attend lectures and learn by reading books, it happens frequently that I read names of mathematicians that I am not sure of how they should be pronounced. Is there an online resorce that provides pronunciation…
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