Linear Algebra Lecture Notes. Hammack Home. This book is an introduction to the standard methods of proving mathematical theorems. It has been approved by the American Institute of Mathematics' Open Textbook Initiative. Also see the Mathematical Association of America Math DL review (of the 1st edition), and the Amazon reviews. The second edition is identical to the first edition, except some mistakes have been corrected, new exercises have been added, and Chapter 13 has been extended. (The Cantor-Bernstein-Schröeder theorem has been added.) Order a copy from Amazon or Barnes & Noble for $13.75 or download a pdf for free here.
Part I: Fundamentals Part II: How to Prove Conditional Statements Part III: More on Proof Part IV: Relations, Functions and Cardinality Thanks to readers around the world who wrote to report mistakes and typos! Instructors: Click here for my page for VCU's MATH 300, a course based on this book. Ten Must Read Books about Mathematics. Posted by Antonio Cangiano in Essential Math, Suggested Reading on July 17th, 2007 | 70 responses I love books with the ability to inspire readers. Many non-mathematicians consider mathematics as something abstruse and complicated, suitable only for ‘nerds’. Often I highlight the unfounded nature of this prejudice, but nothing is more effective at disproving this stigma than a good book.
I was in fact able to quickly change many of my friends’ views on the topic, by just giving them a good book which shows the beauty and fascinating nature of mathematics and science in general. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: an original biography of the genius Paul Erdős, who was arguably the most prolific mathematician of the last century , renowned for being just as much of an eccentric as a math whiz. In the comments below feel free to share your thoughts on these books (if you have read any of them) and add other to the list which are near and dear to your own mathematical heart. Math Doesn't Suck. Free e-books and e-lectures on Algorithms, Math, and Cryptography. ☮ Music: a Mathematical Offering ☮ Back to Dave Benson's front page The current online version (14 December 2008) is available FREE in pdf format here: music.pdf (10 megabytes, 531 pages). Please read further down about differences from print version.
I have noticed many people putting old versions of this text online, especially on the usenet group alt.binaries.e-book.technical: PLEASE, PLEASE don't do this. The text is regularly updated, and your version is almost always out of date, sometimes by several years. Finally, I get a large volume of email about this book. If I don't answer yours personally, please don't get offended. Published by Cambridge University Press, Nov 2006, 426 pages. UK: Hardback £65 / Paperback £26 USA: Hardback $126 / Paperback $48 AUS: Hardback A$225 / Paperback A$80 Can be obtained directly from CUP online (above) or bookshop (tel. 01223-333333); or from Amazon UK £25.99; Amazon USA $44.10; Amazon FR €29,38; Amazon DE €32,99; Amazon CA CDN$43.96; Amazon JP ¥5,213. 1. 1.1 What is sound?
2. 3. 4. 5. Free Mathematics Books. Online texts. Professor Jim Herod and I have written Multivariable Calculus ,a book which we and a few others have used here at Georgia Tech for two years. We have also proposed that this be the first calculus course in the curriculum here, but that is another story.... Although it is still in print, Calculus,by Gilbert Strang is made available through MIT's OpenCourseWare electronic publishing initiative. Here is one that has also been used here at Georgia Tech.
Linear Methods of Applied Mathematics, by Evans Harrell and James Herod. Yet another one produced at Georgia Tech is Linear Algebra, Infinite Dimensions, and Maple, by James Herod. I have also written a modest book, Complex Analysis, which I have used in our introductory undergraduate complex analysis course here.