Re: A good self-study book

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:43:13 -0700 (PDT), Billiam
<tadej.slamic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

it goes like this; I'm a student (sophomore) at an European
university, so it's a bit different from the study in the US; I study
applied mathematics and computer science. I have already passed first
year college calculus some discrete mathematics and a bit of linear
algebra, so I have some experience with college maths. I'm trying to
find a book that will be like some sort of a notebook - so that I
could lookup things when I need to. Moreover, I have a feeling that I
did not completely understand a few things a year ago and I would like
to give it another shot - as I already said - from scratch.

Are you going to be able to keep up with this year's courses, if
you have to do a lot of self-study in order to fill in the gaps
in your knowledge of prerequisites? Isn't there anyone at the
university who can advise you?

Also, it's not necessary that everything is in just one book.

However, if you are still thinking of an all-in-one textbook as
a possibility, one that has rave reviews at amazon.co.uk is:

K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson & S. J. Bence, /Mathematical Methods
for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide/ (3rd ed.,
Cambridge University Press 2006)

You can get it on its own for £37.00 (or less, if you shop around),
or, for another £10.00, in a set with a solutions manual for half
the exercises. That will weigh in at 3.385 kg, for 1910 pages! 8-p

<http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521679718>
<http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521683395>

--
Angus Rodgers
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