Thanks to Maxima

ok Mario,

here are two of my favorites (free online books) - full of wonderfull math
(motivations, examples, pictures, exercises, solutions):

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/resources/Strang/strangtext.htm

http://www.math.wisc.edu/~keisler/calc.html

Give them a try :)

ciao
Wolfgang


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Von: Marco Ciampa <ciampix at libero.it>
An: maxima at math.utexas.edu <maxima at math.utexas.edu>
Datum: Samstag, 21. Februar 2009 15:12
Betreff: Re: [Maxima] Thanks to Maxima


>On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:49:24PM +0200, ahmet alper parker wrote:
>> This question is like which car is best. There are many cars, like many
>> fields of math, so if you can give more description on which topic you
need
>> a reference, I think people in the group can address your problem much
>> easily.
>I can understand your example with cars, but continuing with the analogy,
if
>someone ask for the best car, he usually has no real experience with any.
>So, if I should give advice for trying a car, my suggestion go to the
>easyest, cheaper, general purpouse ever. In this respect, people like me
>needs some introductory text, well written, with no assumption of prior
>knowledge...something that I espect could leverage the curiosity of the
>reader, something able to attract people to more specialized reading giving
>some general knowledge useful for orienteering in the wide (and wild)
fields
>of math.
>
>Am I asking too much? :-))))))))
>
>PS: as an example, I love electronics. I always suggest the "Art of
>electronics" by Horowiz & Hill as the best book ever in this field. Simple
>and wonderful. Is there anything similar for Math?
>
>--
>
>Marco Ciampa
>
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