Mathematics made difficult (repost)
Mathematics made difficult by Carl E Linderholm
World Pub | 207 pages | 1972 | ISBN: 0529045524 | PDF | 3 MB
World Pub | 207 pages | 1972 | ISBN: 0529045524 | PDF | 3 MB
I found this book while browsing my university library 25 years ago. In a sea of titles like "Mathematics Made Easy/Simple/etc." this book stood out from the crowd. Now, my mathematical background would probably be categorized as "moderate" - the ordinary math taken by an engineering student, 3 years of calculus and differential equations. Advanced algebra, group and set theory, and topology are all beyond my understanding.Since really understanding this book more or less depends on a knowledge of all of these, one might expect it to go above me. What I found instead was, in addition to enjoying the delightfully witty writing, I actually learned something about all these topics. Not that I remember much now, of course - but probably no less than I remember from most subjects I was actually enrolled in.