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I’m reading and like Thomas Garrity’s “All the mathematics you missed (but need for graduate school)” which is this but for people who did a bachelors degree bu
by vmilner 4y ago
I’m reading and like Thomas Garrity’s “All the mathematics you missed (but need for graduate school)” which is this but for people who did a bachelors degree but missed certain areas (or forgot them).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Math-You-Missed-Graduate/dp/1009009192 https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Math-You-Missed-Graduate/dp/100...
- trenchgun 4y agoI bought and read it (more like, skimmed) and liked it a lot too. Gives a bird's eye view of math very nicely. Even from a skimming it was very useful to help me understand the gaps I have, and the shape of those gaps, and partially filling them.
- vmilner 4y agoSomething else I’ve found extremely useful in getting into maths topics is the Princeton Companion to Mathematics - it doesn’t have exercises but gives excellent overview essays of a wide range of maths topics - expensive to buy (mine was a present) but should be available in academic libraries, say. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Princeton-Companion-Mathematics-Timothy-Gowers/dp/0691118809 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Princeton-Companion-Mathematics-Tim...