Textbook Thread

I need to understand linear algebra and differential equations in order to understand my subjects, any recommendation?

Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes by Simmons

Want more theory: An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (Dover Books) by Coddington
Want more problem solving: Ordinary Differential Equations
by Carrier and Pearson

when you guys study these books do you buy a physical copy or do you use pdfs/ebooks you get online?

If I'm interested in it, I'll download the pdf
If I like it, I'll borrow it from my school's library
If I really like it or know I'll use it as a reference forever, I'll buy it
>t. own Munkres Topology, Eisenbud Comm Alg, Hartshorne AG

I buy books when they're under $10.

cheers, yeah seems like molecular computing is a pretty new field. I'll browse papers once I have the basics down

thanks m8

for organic, try the oxford uni press "foundations of organic chemisty" - I'm finding it a pretty good introduction, but perhaps only because I already understand atomic physics in some depth (seems inevitable that chem books skim over the fundamentals in that respect)

My laser course right now (senior/grad level) is using "Lasers" by Thyagarajan and Ghatak. PDF of it should be easy to find and the book seems alright in my opinion. It starts on basic optics, simple QM, and then chapters 4-19 are all on lasers, different types, applications, etc..

looks cool, thanks

Does anyone know any book that goes in depth with set theory cardinality stuff? Or a book that explains rigorous combinatorics through set theory

The higher infinite by Kanamori