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Esperanza Santrizos
My grandfather had a PhD in math. When he died, he left a lot of math textbooks, which I took. These include things like Van der Waerden's 2-volume algebra set from the 1970s, "Studies in Global Geometry and Analysis" by Shiing-Shen Chern, a series called "Mathematics: it's content, methods, and meaning," and many more.
I'm keeping about 20 of them, but there are 103 which I don't want to keep, but which I don't know what to do with. I obviously don't want to throw them away, and I don't really know what will happen to them if I donate them to the giant used-books depository in downtown Baltimore (called "the book thing," where people drop off and pick up used books for free). I'd like to donate them to some math collector or math library. But maybe there are just too many used antique math books floating around.
David, Older mathematics books can be surprisingly rare.
An option is to sell them on Advanced Book Exchange (abe.com). I would be happy to help you triage your books. I did this once for the daughter of a philosopher who had a large mathematics book collection. It did not take long on the telephone. Dan
If any of them are out of copyright, the internet archive (www.archive.org) might want to scan them to put them online. There are lots of other scanned math books on the site right now. I really love this one even though I can't read any of it:
You're still in Eugene, right David? I'd take your books (or the list of books) up to Powell's bookstore in Portland to see what they think. They'd probably be happy to buy many of your books as long as they're not too common. They have a pretty serious technical books collection and as far as I can tell they make a lot of money selling rare math books on-line.
Another option would be to have an auction in Eugene, say, in the math department lounge. The Cornell math library used to auction off their old duplicate books that were no longer in frequent circulation. I got some really nice books for cheap at those auctions.
Except for purely local transactions, shipping cost is always a major concern in dealing with individual books or small collections (more so outside the US). But the market for advanced mathematics is limited everywhere, so be selective. It's true that most public or college libraries have too little shelf space and staff to deal with questionable freebies. I've often given away surplus books at all levels to colleagues and students, but there is no way to guarantee that these are really used. Some I've given away have on the other hand wound up being sold, as I later learned.
People stop by faculty offices here regularly and offer cash for current sellable editions of elementary textbooks; they pay well but are definitely picky. Even that market is changing rapidly due to e-books and the like.
If you haven't sold all of these books, i might be interested in purchasing some of them from you. I am a math major in college and planning on getting a PhD in Math. Currently i am building a library of math books. Thanks!
The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) seeks to encourage the adoption of open source and open access mathematics textbooks. The AIM Editorial Board has developed evaluation criteria to identify the books that are suitable for use in traditional university courses. The Editorial Board maintains a list of Approved Textbooks which have been judged to meet these criteria.
This is an introduction to probability theory, designed for self-study. It covers the same topics as the one-semester introductory courses which I taught at the University of Minnesota, with some extra discussion for reading on your own. The reasons which underlie the rules of probability are emphasized. Probability theory is certainly useful. But how does it feel to study it? Well, like other areas of mathematics, probability theory contains elegant concepts, and it gives you a chance to exercise your ingenuity, which is often fun. But in addition, randomness and probability are part of our experience in the real world, present everywhere and yet still somewhat mysterious. This gives the subject of probability a special interest.
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But educational resources, like textbooks, have always been limited. That was true when Allan was a young student at the John Teye Math and Music Club, Presbyterian Boys Secondary School and Sixth Form Science College.
In addition to his plans for donating these books to university libraries in Ghana, Allan has plans to increase the number of scholarly publications and make them available to mathematics and engineering students.
Furnishing textbooks and training is a crucial step in providing ongoing mathematical literacy at the highest levels in Ghana. He said he is most serious about engineering a complete solution that will help generations of STEM students in the years ahead.
I've read Baby Rudin and begun Royden though I'm unsure if there are other books that I "should" be working on if I want to study beyond Masters. I'm not there yet as I'm on a four year course and had a gap year between Years 3 and 4.
EDIT: I now think that this list is long enough that I shall be maintaining it over time--updating it whenever I use a new book/learn a new subject. While every suggestion below should be taken with a grain of salt--I will say that I spend a huge amount of time sifting through books to find the ones that conform best to my (and hopefully your!) learning style.
This may not be relevant to you, but for others who are still in high school or first and second year university the following book by Chartrand, Polimeni, and Zhang, is an incredible introduction to proofs and various areas of mathematics
And in general, if you have a bit more time, throughout my last ten years of college life I have Schaum's outlines to be handy frequently. They have a book for topology and linear algebra and so on. The first few chapters can be a good intro. You might even get through the whole book on your own before actually taking the course (will take a long long time though). But during your course (as a supplement) or later on as a quick thorough review or reference, these books are very useful. I refer to them to this day for a quick property/theorem or a cool example/counterexample/solution when I can't find it on wikipedia.
Alex Youcis's and other users suggestions are pretty good but I think some of the the books that they mentioned are a little difficult for average undergraduate students. But I totally agree with most of their suggestions.
I actually differ from the view that you have to read iconic books to "hang". If you read any book and do a good job on it (mastery learning) that will drive your comprehension and skills. Perfection of Schaum's will trump mediocre work through a tougher text any day of the week. In addition, there are always different tricks or approaches to find if you look at different books.
The Science (Hayden), Barker, and Dewey Libraries hold several mathematics and applied mathematics textbooks. The lists below show a few titles for some broad and specific subjects. You should find textbooks on similar subjects when you search for these books in the stacks.
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