[Liamrosserr]

What mathematical books are highly acknowledged by leading universities, and will enhance my understanding of mathematics?

[SecondHand]

https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/fi...ntrobook12.pdf

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[FireGarden]

Well I'm not so sure about acknowledgement from universities, but I have a bunch (lol, a lot) of suggestions for you -

Anything and Everything by Ian Stewart - Especially 17 equations that changed the world, and Letters to a young mathematician. He's written a lot.
A Mathematical Naturewalk, if you're interested in the mathematics behind nature
An Imaginary tale, Zero (the biography of a dangerous idea), Alex's Adventures in Numberland - Obviously books about numbers..
Why do Buses come in threes?, How long is a piece of string? - A pair (same author) that looks at aspects of ordinary life, and how maths can deal with and improve them.
The man who only loved numbers - Biography of Paul Erdos, very good book.
The strangest man - Biography of Paul Dirac (mathematical physicist).
A Mathematicians Apology, by G.H Hardy - Probably the book most uni's will take notice of - http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mss/mis...%20Apology.pdf

You'll also get a good deal of knowledge and insight by reading proofs of theorems (and understanding the theorems themselves), or figuring out fallacies, and such. Here's a great site filled with them: http://www.cut-the-knot.org/proofs/index.shtml

Finally, one of my lecturer's websites; everything under the section "Teaching Advice", I've found useful in studying. http://marasingha.org/mathspages/index.html

[Liamrosserr]

Thanks both, gave me a lot of ideas


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[IndyJK9]

Cambridge have a list:

http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad...eadinglist.pdf

I've read A Mathematician's Apology and Fermat's last Theorem. Both great reading.

[MHRed]

'A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics' is on most Uni's reading lists, and is exactly what it promises to be.

[Liamrosserr]

MHRed, what addition do you recommend?


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[sputum]

(Original post by Liamrosserr)
What mathematical books are highly acknowledged by leading universities, and will enhance my understanding of mathematics?

I don't know about the first bit but there are plenty that will enhance your mathematical understanding.
and you might like the prices

Hardy

Burnside

Poincaré

open source abstract algebra textbook

actually they will probably have heard of the first three

[Liamrosserr]

Thanks a lot!!


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