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12 Aug 2012, 9:58 pm

What are your favorite books on mathematics?
I liked A Concise history of mathematics by Dirk Struik.
And also a biography of Erdös.
I don't like Lay linear algebra, but I like Calculus from Michael Spivak.
Which I'm reading right now. I don't do all the exercises when I finish a chapter, but after a couple of chapter I return and try some exercises from the previous chapters.



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12 Aug 2012, 10:08 pm

I like Introduction to Analysis by Wade.



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13 Aug 2012, 12:44 am

I'm reading Advanced Calculus by Widder right now, among other non-math things. I haven't taken a math class in two years, though, so I find myself needing to supplement the reading sometimes.



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17 Aug 2012, 8:30 pm

Tomatoes wrote:
What are your favorite books on mathematics?
I liked A Concise history of mathematics by Dirk Struik.
And also a biography of Erdös.
I don't like Lay linear algebra, but I like Calculus from Michael Spivak.
Which I'm reading right now. I don't do all the exercises when I finish a chapter, but after a couple of chapter I return and try some exercises from the previous chapters.


I have enormous respect for Dr. P Erdos!! !! :D



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17 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm

I don't know if the Erdös number serie will diverge or converge. I hope it will diverge.