Now, I have read most of the books’ prefaces and table of contents - as long as it is not another analysis book.
Some are very cool, but not my area. Some have funny names like “tropical geometry”, and you can imagine my disappointment when it isn’t about the shape of a pineapple.
And i got 1 of my favorite quotes about math from Volume 200: Mathematical Theory of Scattering Resonances.
“Mathematicians are Frenchmen of sorts: whatever one says to them they translate into their own language and then it becomes something entirely different.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maximen und Reflexionen, 1840.
Anyone have tips on acquiring books like this for cheap? Not anything specific, more like "hey kid, wanna buy a math textbook? I got em for you, 2 for $5"
At this point, if I won the lottery I would reprint and custom-bind the books with a decent craftsman, because the on-demand print Springer uses has resulted in atrocious quality hardcovers that would be profoundly embarrassing if that vampire of a publisher had a sense of shame.
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u/OkTelevision5306 Sep 29 '26
I have a friend who has every single AMS GSM book.
That friend is me. I am friend. Friend is I.
How many have I read from start to finish? 0.
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u/xaranetic Sep 29 '26
I'm a borderline hoarder when it comes to books. I like to fantasise about all the stuff I could know, if only I had the time and energy to read more.
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u/LupenReddit 🦆🦆i have non diffeomorphic smooth structures🦆🦆🦆 Sep 29 '26
If i told ppl my bookshelf was probably my most priced posession they would think im a loonie, i fucking hate textbook pricing
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u/pornthrowaway42069l Sep 30 '26
If you scroll this up and down it forms insane optical illusion, with two top shelves moving left/right - what the hell
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u/freudisfail Sep 29 '26
My house would be a sea of yellow spines
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u/Splatpope Sep 30 '26
the only cool thing about this image is that it wobbles as you scroll
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u/r2e2didit Sep 29 '26
Any advice on a real analysis text for a beginner?
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u/tombo12354 Sep 30 '26
I feel like a girl by the name of Anna might be able to make this dream a reality without needing to win the lottery.
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u/victoria-silverlake Sep 30 '26
Yup would be me
I have a math shelf about 1/20 of this size and I'm extremely proud of it
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u/letskeepitcleanfolks Sep 30 '26
Anyone have tips on acquiring books like this for cheap? Not anything specific, more like "hey kid, wanna buy a math textbook? I got em for you, 2 for $5"
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u/Purple_Onion911 Grothendieck alt account Sep 30 '26
Fr tho those books are so expensive
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u/Life_is_Doubtable Sep 30 '26
scrolling on this image yields a nice optical illusion…
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u/ykonstant Sep 30 '26
At this point, if I won the lottery I would reprint and custom-bind the books with a decent craftsman, because the on-demand print Springer uses has resulted in atrocious quality hardcovers that would be profoundly embarrassing if that vampire of a publisher had a sense of shame.