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Excellent advice. The smartest mathematicians and physicists often invent their own funny little diagrams for doing calculations---it's a real pity these usuall
by wheeler 18y ago
Excellent advice. The smartest mathematicians and physicists often invent their own funny little diagrams for doing calculations---it's a real pity these usually don't make it into print. An obvious exception is Feynman diagrams.
I can't locate The Spellbook by Serge Lang. Can you give me a link?
- jacobolus 18y agoI assume he's talking about the first of these: http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Serge-Lang/dp/038795385X/ http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Serge-Lang/dp/038795385X/ http://www.amazon.com/Undergraduate-Algebra-Texts-Mathematics/dp/0387220259/ http://www.amazon.com/Undergraduate-Algebra-Texts-Mathematic... Michael Artin's book is also a decent text aimed mostly at undergraduates: http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Michael-Artin/dp/0130047635/ http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-Michael-Artin/dp/0130047635/
- mnemonicsloth 18y agoDid you like Artin? My first-year class in field & Galois theory started with the Artin text, and by mid-semester I started daydreaming about ripping out random pages and mailing them to the author. But I don't like colloquial exposition, so YMMV.