Mathematical Books
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008I went to the library today to check out Munkres’ Topology, because I am interested in listening in 18.901 next fall. I couldn’t find it except on Reserve, so I checked out some lighter readings:
- A Topological Aperitif
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Calculus by Michael Spivak (my Amazon review)
- Calculus on Manifolds by Michael Spivak
I got the Spivak’s books because Gerry Sussman recommends Calculus on Manifolds in Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (SICM), where he mentions that his notation is inspired from Spivak’s.