Reference works include encyclopedias, dictionaries, books of tables (which may include numerical tables, tables of integrals, series, and products, tables of Fourier transforms, tables of finite groups, tables of combinatorial designs, etc.).
Questions tagged [reference-works]
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Is there a canonical database of theorems?
Does a (public) database of theorems exist, as integer sequences are cataloged in the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)?
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Camille Jordan : Treatise on substitutions and algebraic equations ??
Is there english translation available of the monograph by Camille Jordan, titled: Traité des substitutions et des équations algébriques, which is available easily online in french.
The reason for asking is that the english title of the monograph…
jiten
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Where to get 'The American Mathematical Monthly' reprints
Is it possible to obtain printed books containing important articles from The American Mathematical Monthly since it started?
imourad
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List of theorems by number of proofs
Has anyone ever attempted a list of theorems ranked by the number of published proofs? Maybe such a table could have a column listing the number of known proofs (although it may be optimistic to think that any count is complete).
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Are there useful websites that shows directly the results from various sources?
One of the biggest problems in mathematical research is that it takes time, and for me, an enormous amount of time is wasted searching for results, and by results, I mostly mean references but not the proofs.
Here is a hypothetical situation.…
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Journal Volume or Number?
In the citation
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 2 (1951), 839-848
originally found here:
http://www.ams.org/journals/proc/1951-002-06/S0002-9939-1951-0045941-1/
How should I interpret the 2?
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When authors takes maths with a pinch of a salt
This thread aims to collect mathematical books where authors deal with serious topics and offbeat humour.
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Reference sites or books to solve good , hard math problems
What are the books and sites that can be used to solve maths problems (hard ones or easy) . I want to learn different methods to solve a problem . Innovative one. So please help.
Thank you.
