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@ParthKohli Parth!
 
 
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@Sawarnik Hi
 
 
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9:34 AM
@N3buchadnezzar
 
9:49 AM
Greetings
 
@Chris'ssis hey there
 
@robjohn How is it going? :-)
 
@Chris'ssis pretty well... It is hot and muggy and it rained some earlier tonight.
 
10:05 AM
@robjohn I wanna show you a nice problem.
@robjohn $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n+1} n \left(\arctan(x)-x+\frac{x^3}{3}-\cdots +(-1)^{n+1} \frac{x^{2n+1}}{2n+1}\right)$$
 
@Chris'ssis Remainder in Taylor series.
 
@BalarkaSen well, it's not hard. :-)
 
@Chris'ssis I am not saying anything about it's simplicity. I am just saying that the initial idea should be to write down the Taylor series remainder for $\arctan$
 
@Nimza No. What is mechmat?
 
@BalarkaSen Yeah, I got your point.
 
10:10 AM
@Chris'ssis I'll look at its derivative when I get back in a few minutes.
 
@robjohn No hurry with it. When you have time.
 
@Alyosha Hello again.
 
Indeed. I am beginning Alekseev now
 
Coolomundo!
Have fun.
@Chris'ssis Probably the integral form of the remainder would do the trick.
 
@BalarkaSen hmmm ...
 
10:19 AM
I am just sprouting ideas, not attempting to solve anything in any way! Probably having the integral form would allow you to interchange the summation and the integral, thus my suggestion. =)
 
@BalarkaSen The result is not that friendly (by the way).
 
You mean the final closed form expression?
Or do you mean the result of subing the integral form of remainder?
@N3buchadnezzar Comrades, let us bring radical!
 
hi
 
@BalarkaSen if you really want to, I can give you a very nice series to make you fall in love with calculus ...
wait
 
@Chris'ssis It's not that I hate calculus, only that I hate series and integral manipulations.
 
10:32 AM
@BalarkaSen $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \arctan\left( \frac{ n^2+n-1}{ (n^2+n+1)(n^2+n+2)} \right) = \arctan \left( \frac{1}{2}\right)$$
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I have seen those. They telescope.
 
@BalarkaSen I'd like to learn how it telescopes, really.
 
If it doesn't, I have honestly no idea.
@Chris'ssis For most of the arctan series, one just looks for $\frac{a+b}{1+ab}$ type expressions to use the addition formula and make it telescope.
If it doesn't work here, I don't know what would
 
@BalarkaSen I didn't say it doesn't work. It might work that way, but how?
 
I will star it and think about it when I get a little more time.
 
10:39 AM
@BalarkaSen OK
 
Byes for now.
 
@BalarkaSen bye
 
Can somebody help to find such exercises in this post
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Q: Finding the expression of a projection

pourjourSuppose that $\mathbb{R}^3=K\oplus L$ as $K=Vect(k)$ and $L = Vect(l_1,l_2)$ and $k=(1,2,1)$, $l_1=(1,0,-1)$, $l_2=(-2,1,1)$. And Supposing that $q$ is the projection on $K$ in parallel to $L$. The question is what is the expression of the projection $q$ and how can I find it?

 
11:06 AM
what do you think about this answer
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A: Finding the expression of a projection

Sami Ben RomdhaneLet $$P=\begin{pmatrix}1&1&-2\\2&0&1\\1&-1&1\end{pmatrix}$$ the transition matrix from the standard basis to the basis $\mathcal B=(k,l_1,l_2)$ and let $x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)^T\in \Bbb R^3$ a vector in the standard basis so its components in $\mathcal B$ are $$(x'_1,x'_2,x'_3)^T=P^{-1}x$$ and final...

 
11:23 AM
Hello everyone,
@Chris'ssis
 
@chinamath Yes?
 
Find a example function $f$,such $f\in C^2(R),and such $$\left(\sup_{x\in R}|f'(x)|\right)^2=2\sup_{x\in R}|f(x)|\cdot\sup_{x\in R}|f''(x)|$$
 
@chinamath I'm only interested in integrals, series and limits until I publish my book.
 
Thank you all the same
 
@chinamath You might like my series in the right panel, the arctan series. Please do not post anymore my problems on main.
 
11:41 AM
Hi. Let $X$ be a discrete r.v. and $Y$ a continuous r.v. with bivariate density function f(x,y). I would like to compute a mean of $X$ when I know what is the value of $Y$.. Actually, I need to use $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^M i f(i,y)}{\sum_{i=1}^M f(i,y)}$, but what is it?
It is not a conditional mean since P(Y=y)=0, is it then a restricted mean of $X$ given a known value of $Y$? Does not seem so either since I think that $E[X; Y=y]=\sum_{i=1}^M i P(X=i, Y=y)=0$ and $E[X; Y\in dy]=\sum_{i=1}^M i f(i,y)$.
 
12:17 PM
@Chris'ssis Such math, shiba shiba
 
@N3buchadnezzar What do you mean?
 
dunno
@Chris'ssis What are you doing?
 
@N3buchadnezzar dunno
 
@N3buchadnezzar :-)
@N3buchadnezzar I create some very nice question ... and I ponder over life things ...
 
12:26 PM
@Chris'ssis I am doing serious physics.
 
@N3buchadnezzar Do you like it?
 
A problem asks me to integrate over a sphere and then in the solution they write the integral as $$ \int_0^{2\pi} \int_0^{\pi} r^2 \sin^2\theta \, \mathrm{d}\theta \,\mathrm{d}\phi$$
I mean then they are not integrating over the whole sphere just the upper half (becomes angry)
Should be just a simple sine, not squared sorry
 
12:54 PM
can someone tell if this is correct: $vect(l_1,l_2)=\alpha l_1+\lambda l_2$
 
I really shouldn't mess with the cranks who post mathematical nonsense. I guess I'm just mean.
 
@ThomasAndrews that's what I'm asking for is the expression above make sense or not?
 
No, I wasn't referring to that, sorry, but a question on the site. I have no idea what you are talking about - the context or the question at hand. @pourjour
 
@ThomasAndrews Sorry hhhh
 
1:20 PM
is $\forall n \in \Bbb N : \exist k \in \Bbb N: 5^m +1 = k^3 $ the correct way of expressing the negation of the following : For each natural number m the number $5^m +1$ is not a cube of a natural number?
Sorry for my bad grammar
.
 
Ah, the person I am tangling with is the infamous Thierno M. SOW, who has claimed to have solved the ABC Conjecture, the Beal Conjecture, the Goldbach Conjecture, the Riemann Hypothesis and the Twin Primes Infinity, all in a 12-page paper.
 
Seems unlikely
 
Should be just a simple sine, not squared sorry
 
Given the levels of wrongness in his "question' in SE, it seems even more unlikely. @Matthew :)
 
1:49 PM
 
2:05 PM
I have a question that I know the answer too but I don't no how to express the answer
 
with words?
 
I mean express it the right manner
*in
 
2:31 PM
@Chris'ssis how about $$\frac14\left[\frac{x}{1-x^2}+ \log\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right)+\arctan(x)\right]$$
Sorry, I had a nap, and now I have to go to the park.
 
OK. I got that in terms of arctanh.
 
Here is my work $$
\begin{align}
f'(x)
&=\sum_{n=1}^\infty(-1)^{n+1}n\left[(-1)^{n+1}\left(\frac{x^{2n+3}}{2n+3}-\frac{x^{2n+5}}{2n+5}+\dots\right)\right]'\\
&=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{nx^{2n+2}}{1+x^2}\\
&=\frac{x^4}{(1-x^2)^2(1+x^2)}
\end{align}
$$
$$
\begin{align}
\int\frac{x^4}{(1-x^2)^2(1+x^2)}\mathrm{d}x
&=\int\frac18\left(\frac1{(1-x)^2}+\frac1{(1+x)^2}-\frac2{1-x}-\frac2{1+x}+\frac2{1+x^2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x\\
&=\frac18\left[\frac1{1-x}-\frac1{1+x}+2\log(1-x)-2\log(1+x)+2\arctan(x)\right]\\
BBL
 
Hello
I am sitting in a room that is 40 degrees
 
@robjohn Yeah, proceeding like that is the way to choose.
 
2:47 PM
@Chris'ssis Hello
 
@Alizter Hi :-)
 
Hello everyone
 
@Chris'ssis I was talking with my cousin earlier and she was talking about some difficult diff equations and integrals she got in engineering. I showed her one of those fractional part integrals and she stopped complaining. :)
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@robjohn Did you actually need to define $\log \left( \frac{z^{n}}{1-z^{n}} \right)$ like you did to answer Mark's question? Is it not enough to notice that $f(z)$ doesn't have a branch point at infinity?
 
@Alizter lol :-))))))))))
 
2:51 PM
Helluu :D
I got a question
Let's say I read a solution to a mathematical problem, understand it and use it(or part of it) for an assignment, do I have to reference it? And do I lose marks if I used the idea?
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ What kind of solution?
 
The famous Crossing Ladders Problem
 
İf it is a well known result then no
However it is always good practice.
 
There is a variety of results
 
You don't have to cite it.
 
2:53 PM
So I read lots of ways of doing it and I finally did it
But doesn't it become plagiarism in some way
?
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ Are you trying to prove the same thiıng
 
It's not a proof
It's solving for x
but yeah solving for the same thing
This solution is different from most solutions I found
 
Oh but you just want to use a mechinism they have?
 
Yep
It's the solution that makes sense to me
and since I can understand it I can write it on top of my head now.
 
Best option is to avoid it or ask your instructor
 
2:56 PM
Yeah
 
Too risky imo
 
yeah
 
I'm sure they didn't expect you to think of that mechinism?
 
It's a very hard question for a freshmen
The crossed ladders problem is a puzzle of unknown origin that has appeared in various publications and regularly reappears in Web pages and Usenet discussions. == The problem == Two ladders of lengths a and b lie oppositely across an alley, as shown in the figure. The ladders cross at a height of h above the alley floor. What is the width of the alley? Martin Gardner presents and discusses the problem in his book of mathematical puzzles published in 1979 and cites references to it as early as 1895. The Crossed Ladders Problem may appear in various forms, with variations in name, using various...
it looks very simple but it's not
I tried to do it and I used the similar triangles and pythagorean
but I got stuck
then I googled, and then I picked up from my mistakes and did it
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ I'm sure if you used your own thoughts on the problem and state that you read about the solutions it wouldn't hurt but I am not your instructor.
 
2:59 PM
Yeah.
I will ask him tomorrow just to make sure.
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ Some instructor will allow while some not depends on instructor and if you don't know who gone check your problem in examination then you should not take risk :)
 
I guess I'll send him an email.
 
@Alizter maybe she might like to see my last creation
Or better no ...
 
3:25 PM
their's an amazing article on Forbes on mathematics, must read
 
3:40 PM
@RandomVariable what would be the way to detect a branch point at infinity?
 
4:15 PM
I was wondering if anyone could turn that into a quartic form:
$\frac{1}{sqrt(9-x^{2}}} + \frac{1}{sqrt{4-x^2}}}= 1$
 
can somebody with moderation previlage do something about this spammer
 
Wtf xD I can;t even read 2 lines LMAO
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ You have deficient LaTeX fix it
 
$\frac{1}{sqrt{9-x^{2}}} + \frac{1}{sqrt{4-x^2}}}= 1$
@Hakin Here
Thats weird it's not working
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ I fixed it: $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{9-x^{2}}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{4-x^2}}= 1$$
 
4:26 PM
nice :D
so I'm simplifying it to arrive to an 8th degree polynomial
Apparently the graph is exactly the same as a 4th degree polynomial
so I'm not sure how to simplify this to 4th degree. Though I can turn it to an 8th degree polynomial.
 
@robjohn Check to see if $f(1/z)$ has a branch point at the origin?
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ You can write it as: $$\sqrt{4-x^2}+\sqrt{9-x^2}=\sqrt{4-x^2}\sqrt{9-x^2},$$ do you know how to proceed?
 
Ya
Square both sides
then square both sides again to eliminate the last sqrt
However this turns it to an 8th degree polynomial
My friend's graph is exactly the same as mine but it's a 4th degree polynomial
So I'm guessing it can be simplified from 8 to 4th
 
4:42 PM
@Sabಠ_ಠ After working it out I don't think one can even write it as a polynomial.
 
you can write it as a polynomial
lemme type it :)
 
@robjohn Heya, did you get a chance to look at tht integral ?
 
@N3buchadnezzar which one?
 
Lemme type it up, one sec
 
4:45 PM
@robjohn $$ \int_0^x \left\{ \frac{1}{t} \right\} \,\mathrm{d}t \, , \quad 0<x<1$$
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ I bet you can't.
 
@N3buchadnezzar Yeah, it is a piecewise function...
 
i'm slow to type but wait ;)
 
Really?
 
$(9-x^{2}) + 2\sqrt{({9 - x^{2})(4 - x^{2})}} + (4 - x^{2}) = (4-x^{2})(9-x^{2})$
$2\sqrt{(9 - x^{2})(4 - x^{2})} = x^{4} - 11x^{2} + 23 .$
Wait -_-
Square both sides again, collect terms and get a polynomial
 
4:47 PM
Okay let me check
@Sabಠ_ಠ Sorry that's incorrect.
 
This was my idea $$ \int_0^x \left\{ \frac{1}{t} \right\} \,\mathrm{d}t
= \left( \int_0^1 - \int_1^x \right)\left\{ \frac{1}{t} \right\}\,\mathrm{d}t
=1-\gamma -\int_1^{1/x} \frac{\{y\}}{y^2}\,\mathrm{d}y $$
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ You may check here, to see that it's wrong.
 
u typed the wrong equation, of course it's gonna be wrong lmao
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ No, I've written the equations as: $$(9-x^{2}) + 2\sqrt{({9 - x^{2})(4 - x^{2})}} + (4 - x^{2}) -(4-x^{2})(9-x^{2})=0,\tag1 $$ $$ \sqrt{4-x^2}+\sqrt{9-x^2}-\sqrt{4-x^2}\sqrt{9-x^2}=0, \tag2$$ then I've computed the difference between the LHS of $(1)$ and the LHS of $(2)$. If they were identical then the difference would have been 0 everywhere.
 
4:55 PM
And so $$\int_1^{1/x} \frac{\{y\}}{y^2}\,\mathrm{d}y
= \left(
\int_1^{\lfloor1/x\rfloor}
+
\int_{\lfloor1/x\rfloor}^{1/x} \right) \frac{\{y\}}{y^2}\,\mathrm{d}y
=
\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor 1/x \rfloor-1} \int_{n}^{n+1} \frac{y-n}{y^2}\,\mathrm{d}y\right ]+\int_{\lfloor1/x\rfloor}^{1/x}\frac{y-\lfloor 1/x\rfloor}{y^2}\,\mathrm{d}y
$$
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ Furthermore, using the TrueQ command results in False, see here.
 
I dunno then since my equation works
I'm using it to solve the Crossing Ladders Geometry problem.
and I get the solutin
The only kink is it's a power 8
 
@Sab!!
 
@Ted :D
How's it :D
I've been in the room last night, the room was dead :D
 
Well, liven it up! :)
 
5:01 PM
I'm doing a puzzle
as an assignment, The Crossing Ladders problem.
I thought it was easy when we got it, but it wasn't.
 
Sounds like math :)
 
I had the idea but I couldn't go further
Then I googled and got loads of solution and they made sense
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ Hmm... the numerical solution for the two equations yields the same solutions... so I was wrong after all :P
 
Oh, I did that problem in high school, I think ....
 
@TedShifrin My series in the right panel?
Oh, I think I misunderstood things here ...
 
5:05 PM
Oh, @Chris'ssis, no, @Sab's problem.
 
@TedShifrin OK :-)
 
Back, my internet was sloppy today
@TedShifrin So, I've searched for a lot of solutions on Google today and I'm at a point where I can write the solution off my head right now
I understood it perfectly.
Now my problem is, it's an assignment, and my solution will be a bit like what I learned off Google
So is it plagiarism?
 
5:22 PM
hmm
why dont you work out something on your own
 
I tried
my idea was the same but couldn't go further i was stuck
the i googled
and i understood how it was solved
so now I dunno if it's plagiarism if I write it
or should I reference or s/t
 
Now since you understood it....write it in your own words....w/o looking up google solutions
 
I already did
but the logic/equations are nearly the same
 
hmm
 
my words are mine, my equations are formulaed my way
 
5:27 PM
okay
 
but the difference is: I could have, for example, written 3x5 and the one off google is 5x3
 
this pretty much depends on your instructor and what he/she thinks....if the instructor feels that you must not use the textbook or google the solution then it is...otherwise it is cool. It depends on your instructor's definition of plagiarism.
:D
well, I was looking at a problem
 
:)
I think @TedShifrin could answer this question :)
 
In the $l_2$ space, consider the set S = ${e_n : e_n =(0,0,0,... , 1(n-th place),0,0,.... )}$ . This is bounded in 2-norm.... it is not closed as n->inf results in no limiting value...
it is not compact
as it is not closed
in reals, a bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence
here, it does not hold good....am i right?
 
I won't know this, I'm still new :)
 
5:38 PM
okay, if no one answers here, I will ask in the forum
i guess people who studied functional analysis will find this very basic....i just want to check whether what i think is right or not
 
The room isn't very active today I suggesst you post in the forum
 
thats what i was thinking of doing.... anyway I wanted to check some pretty much basic questions but I was feeling lazy to post them online... pretty tedious
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ: Yes, I consider getting your homework solution from Google or from StackExchange plagiarism. At the very least, you need to give credit where credit is due. Changing $3\times 5$ to $5\times 3$ does not constitute independent thinking.
 
@TedShifrin Yeah, with proper referencing, is it fine?
I need to point out I looked at various sources, various solutions and I made sense out of them. Then I wrote it without copying
 
It's not fine. But tell your instructor that.
 
5:43 PM
So, I referenced the sources I read
but I want to know if normally, it is acceptable?
 
When I help my students I don't consider it cheating, but when they get "help" from a book or the internet, I do consider it inappropriate. It depends on the instructor's definitions.
I know that my viewpoint is not universal. I've had many fights with folks on MSE about this exact issue.
 
Aha. But if I referenced everything, my sources, etc do I lose marks in general?
 
Don't ask me. It's a question of what your instructor's standards are.
 
Aha. Okay :)
 
some instructors will deduct marks for sure :P
 
5:47 PM
Yeah, I guess there is no other options.
I need to find some books on Geometry and learn it
 
I suggest that you work out the answer on your own....anyway, I feel slightly lazy to work out your question
 
haha
There seems to be 2 ways of doing it
 
In this day and age, cheating is becoming commonplace. In my Probability course this fall, I'm counting homework for a very low percentage of the grade (10% instead of 35% or 40%) because I already know there are answers easily available for people to copy. I just don't want to hassle with it. I'm going to give regular quizzes on the homework, in addition to exams.
 
that's all I could find
 
yeah, absolutely right... students' cheat
there is a homomorphism or sets of homomorphisms of solutions
:D
 
5:50 PM
Yeah its 10% for us as well
The thing is I got some friends who told me they copied it flat out from the net
 
In my proof-based courses, I count it a lot, and I stress the importance of academic honesty. I have caught cheating a few times.
 
not a problem to allocate 30% or 40% if no one copies...
 
The problem with copying flat out is not understanding anything
 
Yup @Sab. Indeed.
 
yup
 
5:51 PM
In the end, they cheat themselves, and are likely to get low grades on exams.
 
But I actually try and understand first and then try to write it
But this still falls under plagiarism.
 
I try to make my students understand that the struggle is where most math gets learned. Guidance on the struggle is my goal. ... But I've had fights about this with numerous people here on MSE. One reason I think seriously about quitting here.
 
Why would people argue about that? :P
I mean, everyone has his own point of view right?
 
Because there are plenty of people here who truly "believe" that one learns by reading/copying other people's solutions. Sigh
 
in an online forum, you will always have people with varied opinions. No two people think alike.
 
5:53 PM
Thanks for that, @Manasi. Nevertheless, I don't want to contribute to something I don't believe in.
 
copying is definitely not the way of doing it
I could read a solution and try to implement it in my own way.
 
well, there will be many of your kind here @TedShifrin
 
Not so many, @manasi, as it turns out. I know @DanielFischer agrees with me, though :)
 
Oh btw @TedShifrin I managed to catch up with calculus and even got some advance :D
 
I dont think that I'd quit MSE because people dont agree with me....some will, some will not agree. After all, you could never have a morphism of personalities as a singleton set.
 
5:56 PM
Très bien, @Sab :)
 
It's easy after all. I guess taking a gap year was a bad idea :)
Practicing loads of questions(including your exams) were amazing.
 
Glad I could help, @Sab.
 
:)
We will be doing coplex numbers, vectors l.a and some matrices, and some differential equations this semester
 
Linear algebra mostly computationally, presumably ... no proofs?
 
no it will be proofs
 
5:59 PM
cool :)
 
our course focuses a lot on proofs
It's great and no great
 
Linear algebra is an easier place to learn proofs than analysis (Spivak, say).
 
not great in the sense I need to build a skill which I never had
:D
 
The mathematical sentences are much easier in linear algebra.
 
It will be okay then I guess :D
I got a copy of spivak and apostol on my desk
I love these books
 
6:00 PM
Well, @Sab, then you're more of a mathematician than an engineer :P
 
Bookstores don't sell them here, but I got them in the library and since noone ever borrows them I always renew them :D
:D
I'll major in maths after all :D
and computer science of course :)
 
Bonne chance :)
 
I'm also doing stats this semester :)
Merci
 
What is the name of the text written by Spivak? Apostol as in Analytic Number Theory, Real analysis, etc ? What books are you guys talking about? I am clueless!
 
Spivak Calculus and Apostol Calculus (two volumes)
 
6:03 PM
@Manasi Calculus - Spivak
 
Okay thanks.... I read other Calculus books. Yeah, I have Apostol's Calculus and a lot of other Calculus books but not Spivak's!
read(as in past tense)
 
Spivak's is a serious math book, more than Apostol ... one learns all the basics of real analysis on $\Bbb R$ doing exercises in his book.
 
Is it worth it? I'll teach non-math majors in sometime.
 
Worth it for what?
 
For non-math majors?
 
6:05 PM
It's not meant for a standard calculus course. Nor is Apostol. At least not in the US. I have successfully taught it to plenty of non-math majors, however, but they were interested in proofs and being challenged.
I incorporated all the standard course material, as well.
 
okay, I have a host of Real analysis and Calculus books but if it means that if I dont have Spivak then I'm missing out on something then I will get it.....
I am in India. I am not sure whether I can get it or not.
 
Spivak is simply one of a kind.
Most of the stuff in the book are proofs
I realized all the concepts are there, not only in the explanation but in the problems as well.
I loved how odd and even functions were explain in a problem.
 
I usually assign extra applied problems beyond what's in his book, however.
Yup, problems in mathematics are essential. True in all my books, too.
 
What about number theory?
What knowledge do I know before starting that?
I opened a book on computer science(discrete math) and I saw this
 
Basic abstract algebra is more or less essential.
Just learning modular arithmetic, nothing.
 
6:10 PM
Ah
Maths is really interesting, just need enough practice
 
Some of the books that I have are- Carothers-Real Analysis, Tao-Analysis Goldberg, Real and Complex analysis-Rudin, Mathematical Analysis- Rudin, Convergence-Ferrar,Real analysis-GH Hardy, etc.Indian authors- Swadheenananda Pattanayak and G Das- Mathematical Analysis, etc
 
I heard Rudin is great too
Hardy as well
 
do I need to get Spivak?
 
Das as well
I dunno, I personally like it. It depends on you
 
Do you know what's in all those books you listed, @Manasi?
 
6:12 PM
I hated Stewart book. But Spivak was The Book for me
 
yeah, I have a very old version. My late grandpa studied Math from Hardy's book.
well yeah....read portions of it. Some of those books read them in entirety.
 
I actually opened Hardy. There was a second editin in the library here, but it was hard for me to understand it
 
If you know baby Rudin, you know basic undergraduate analysis. Spivak is meant as a serious text for serious beginners.
you mean Hardy and Wright?
 
The one I saw was A course in Pure Mathematics by Hardy
Not sure if it's that one.
 
Oh, that ... I was talking about the number theory book.
 
6:14 PM
Ahh, no it was by Knuth I think
 
Hardy and Wright- Number Theory. Only Hardy wrote the A Course in Pure MAthematics.
 
not sure
Nop, it was by Graham
 
I have another simple analysis book- Bartle.
 
The book was Concrete Mathematic
By Graham and Knuth
lol
 
Spivak is important only for teaching in the future, @Manasi, although more than a few problems in there would be challenging for you.
 
6:15 PM
I have the 9th edition - Cambridge University Press.
 
and Patashink
@TedShifrin So basically Spivak first, then Baby Rudin?
 
yes, thanks @TedShifrin
I hope that I can get in India.
 
@Manasi India has all the books
 
baby Rudin is very hard to read, @Sab. ZERO pictures in the entire book. I'm not that fond of it, but everyone refers to it in hushed tones.
 
I envy you guys, since you have the books and you have them cheap
Aha
 
6:16 PM
What do you think about Royden, Rudin and deBarra for Measure Theory? Are there better books than these?
 
All the books suggestion I read had Rudin in the,
 
I don't know deBarra. Do you want to learn measure theory or do you want to learn the Lebesgue integral and what it's good for?
 
I dont find the theory hard in baby Rudin....I only used to get stuck up on problems here and there in some textbooks.
Its simpler than Conway.
 
I'll go grab some food
Be right back :)
 
see ya, @Sab.
 
6:18 PM
A plus tard @TedShifrin :)
 
Well, I looked at it sometime ago. already learnt it.
See ya Sab
 
$$
\begin{align}
&\int_0^x\left\{\frac1t\right\}\,\mathrm{d}t\\
&=\int_{\frac1{\lceil1/x\rceil}}^x\left(\frac1t-\lceil1/x\rceil+1\right)\,\mathrm{d}t+\sum_{k=\lceil1/x\rceil}^\infty\int_{\frac1{k+1}}^{\frac1k}\left(\frac1t-k\right)\,\mathrm{d}t\\
&=\log(x\lceil1/x\rceil)+\frac{x\lceil1/x\rceil-1}{\lceil1/x\rceil}(1-\lceil1/x\rceil)+\sum_{k=\lceil1/x\rceil}^\infty\left[\log\left(\frac{k+1}{k}\right)-\frac1{k+1}\right]\\
&=\log(x\lceil1/x\rceil)+\frac{x\lceil1/x\rceil-1}{\lceil1/x\rceil}(1-\lceil1/x\rceil)+1-\gamma-\sum_{k=1}^{\lceil1/x\rceil-1}\left[\log\left(\frac{k+1}{k}\right)-\frac1{k+1}
2
 
Just need an opinion on what is held good by people....
 
hi @robjohn
 
@TedShifrin good morning! (here, at least, we have 40 minutes more)
 
6:21 PM
well, 39, but who's counting? :D
 
35...
 
@Sabಠ_ಠ : hey you can get e-books for free online! I am not sure whether this violates the copyright issues and blah blah
 
mostly, yes, it does
 
okay then use flipkart
 
@N3buchadnezzar: that is the solution I worked out, but I have to go for several hours..
 
6:28 PM
for second hand or third hand books.... that is really cheap
okay take care
bye
 
6:47 PM
and yeah.... Tata Book house situated inside campuses give you 10%-20% discount. That is how I got most of my books.... some of my second hand books I obtained from book exhibitions/bazaars.
 
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