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This made me think; is there a collection of books or a volume that treats mathematic extensively from base to advanced? Right now everything is divided in spe
by totony 6y ago
This made me think; is there a collection of books or a volume that treats mathematic extensively from base to advanced?
Right now everything is divided in specialized books with little to no connection from one to the other. Is there a feynman equivalent for maths?
- reikonomusha 6y agoThe books do have strong connections to one another. They usually list the prerequisites. Math isn’t just one linear subject. The foundations have tons of branches, and the abstract stuff has lots of branches.
- rramadass 6y agoAssuming you are asking in general and not specifically Bourbaki authored; * Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning by Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov, Lavrentev * The Princeton Companion to Mathematics by Timothy Gowers et al. * The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics by Higham et al.
- totony 6y agoI'll take a look, thanks. For bourbaki, I had trouble figuring out what to read first, there are so many separate books. I'll try to figure it out
- arolihas 6y agoIn my experience I’d say just open one, try to read it, and move on to something else if you can’t decipher it. Eventually one will suit you, or none of them if you’re like me :p