Learning Mathematics [closed]
I am a physics master's final year student and will be graduating in July. Recently I have become very interested in learning mathematics after studying group theory and tensors. I want to learn mathematics atleast till the undergraduate level. I was recommended to start from Susanna s Epps set theory book and I am going through it while doing exercises. I am unsure of where to go next from here. Can anybody guide me on how and what all should I study after this. Please also include book references
Solution 1:
Here is what I consider compulsory to reach a good level in mathematics.
Linear Algebra and Geometry
$\bullet$ S. Axler - Linear Algebra done right
$\bullet$ S. Lang - Linear Algebra
$\bullet$ M. Artin - Algebra
$\bullet$ Herstein - Algebra
Complex Analysis and Mathematical Methods
$\bullet$ D. Wunsch - Complex Analysis (this text you shall know and study like your address)
$\bullet$ Bleistein - Asymptotic Expansion of Integrals
$\bullet$ S. Abate - Curves and Surfaces
$\bullet$ Piskunov - Differential and Integral Culculus
$\bullet$ Weir - Lebesgue Integration and Measure
$\bullet$ Brezis - Functional Analysis, PDE and Sobolev Spaces
$\bullet$ Simmons - Differential Equations with historical notes
Differential Geometry and Topology
$\bullet$ L. Tu - Introduction to manifolds
$\bullet$ Huybrechts - Complex Geometry
$\bullet$ Do Carmo - Differential Geometry
Extras which you wouldn't miss
$\bullet$ L. Hörmander - Linear partial differential operators
$\bullet$ Weinberger - Introduction to PDE
$\bullet$ Struwe - Variational Methods
$\bullet$ Strang, Introduction to Linear Algebra.
$\bullet$ T. Needham, Visual Complex Analysis.
Just another advice: focus very much onto Fourier transform, differential equation (ordinary and partial), and try to study in a rather deep way the theory of distributions. They are fundamental.