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This tag is for questions seeking external references (books, articles, etc.) about a particular subject. Please do not use this as the only tag for a question.

This tag is for questions seeking external references (books, articles, websites, etc.) about a particular subject. It is intended for use along with other, more "mathematical" tags. Please do not use this as the only tag for your questions. See this discussion on Meta.

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Is $\pi$ more transcendent than $e$?

I’ve often wondered about this, and I conjecture the affirmative, based mainly on that it is so much easier to prove the transcendence of $e$ than that of $\pi$. I would be surprised if, just as numbers form a linearly ordered classes ranging from…
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Mathematical journal for an undergraduate

I want to make someone a present by subscribing for him to a mathematical journal. (It should appear every month or every two months). The contents should be comprehensible to an undergraduate in mathematics, and be about a broad selection of topics…
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Quote from mathematician-poet

I read once a quote by a mathematician (or scientist) who was also a poet and it was something similar to: As a mathematician I try to make complicated things obvious, as a poet I try to make obvious things complicated, but I can't find it online…
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Out-of-print textbooks that should be reprinted

One of the things I'm looking into doing is beginning a Dover-like publishing company for putting out-of-print textbooks back into print in nice, cheap editions for students. So I'd like to ask the mathematicians here who are aware of such books:…
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Free math books to a good home

UPDATE - The books are located in northern Virginia, in the US. A full list of them can be viewed here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qSDX50-WZico_Z69btynqbLTNZC2kQZQdGP9V29-8qk/edit?usp=sharing The various tabs/sheets are mostly for my…
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Is there a translation to English of this calculus book of Hermite?

I would like to read "Cours de M. Hermite" (1891) ( https://archive.org/details/coursdemhermite00andogoog ) in English. It was translated to Russian as "Шарль Эрмит -- Курс анализа" (1936) but I did not find any translation to other idioms... Also,…
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Is there an English translation of Diophantus's Arithmetica available?

It should be in the public domain (obviously), so I'd thought I could find the English text on the web somewhere. Apparently not?
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Interesting math books for children

Are there any interesting books on math for children? Let's break this into two questions: interesting books on math for children in elementary school and interesting books on math for children in middle school. The only book I can think of that…
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Open Problems list

Is there a listing of open problems in math? Let me make myself clearer. I'm a grad student and I want to train my abilities with not yet solved problems. So is there a list, or a book or somewhere I can "google" open problems? Preferably in…
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Compendium(s) of Elementary Mathematical Truths

Can anyone suggest a reference (or set of references) that simply list the core definitions/theorems from any (or all) of the listed subject areas: Precalculus (Elementary Algebra, Trig, Analytic Geometry) Algebra (Abstract/Linear) Real Analysis…
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Can someone copyright/own a math problem?

I'm curious about the rights of ownership regarding problems presented in math textbooks. Can a math problem in general be considered intellectual property of its "inventor"? I'm assuming textual word problems can be "owned" in the same way other…
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Which translation to read of Euclid Elements

Which translation of Elements By Euclid should i buy ? I mean obviously they are all going have more or less the same content .. But still wanted to have someone else's opinion on book Recommendation ... :) And i am not unknown to mathematics and…
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Analysis of the function $\prod_{n=-\infty}^{ \infty }(1-e^{-a{(x+n)^2} })$

While playing on pruduct series, I noticed interesting function that it has similar behavior to $C\cdot\sin^2(\pi x)$ function . I need help about some results below. $$f(x)=\prod\limits_{n=-\infty}^{ \infty }(1-e^{-a{(x+n)^2}}) $$ where $a>0$…
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Good and free books for a 17 year old

In short; money is really tight at the moment and need to save up for university. I'm a 17 year old student who have just finished basic multivariable calculus and differential equations. I was wondering if you could recommend some free or very very…
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Good books to get a grasp of Quantum Computing? (+ preliminaries)

What are good upper undergraduate/graduate level books on this matter? What are the preliminaries before you can go for an introduction to quantum computing? If there is a book like Sipser, that would be perfect! (but I doubt its existence) This…
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