Methods of Mathematical Physics
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Methods of Mathematical Physics
Richard Courant and David Hilbert
5 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2020–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
It begins by giving three proofs of cauchy-schwartz inequality, and then goes on to give several different definitions of the eigenvectors of a matrix. Both of those make great beach readings for this summer.
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- Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math? 2023 · 3 recommendations
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