Perhaps one should first ask what kind of
mathematical background the questioner has
and what kind of level he wants to attain.
There are free online course materials from MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
And to get a glimpse of the plethora of mathematical subjects
I suggest browsing the classification homepage of the
American Mathematical Society
http://www.ams.org/msc/
Andre
On Saturday 21 February 2009, Wolfgang Lindner wrote:
> 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
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> 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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