Summer Reading (17/07/2021)

Have recently begun reading maths textbooks. The aim is to build a solid foundation in the subjects taught at undergrad. My initial aim is to read the books recommended by The Math Sorcerer.

Some books I have liked so far include:

  • Introduction to Analytic Number Theory by Tom M. Apostol
  • All the Mathematics You Missed by Thomas A. Garrity
  • Linear Algebra and its Applications by Gilbert Strang
  • Analysis I by Terrance Tao
Leonard Susskind's Theoretical Minimum Series are books on applied maths; they teach you the maths behind physics.

Books by Ian Stewart, like The Great Mathematical Problems, might also be worth a read.

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