Using the Mathematics Literature

by Kristine K. Fowler (Editor)

Overview

This reference serves as a reader-friendly guide to every basic tool and skill required in the mathematical library and helps mathematicians find resources in any format in the mathematics literature. It lists a wide range of standard texts, journals, review articles, newsgroups, and Internet and database tools for every major subfield in mathematics and details methods of access to primary literature sources of new research, applications, results, and techniques. Using the Mathematics Literature is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on mathematics literature in both print and electronic formats, presenting time-saving strategies for retrieval of the latest information.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367394271
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/17/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	475
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface iii

Contributors vii

Part I Tools and Strategies

1 Mathematics Culture Kristine K. Fowler 1

2 Tools and Strategies for Finding Mathematics Information Kristine K. Fowler 17

3 Tools and Strategies for Searching the Research Literature Molly T. White 37

Part II Recommended Readings by Subject

4 Recommended Resources in History of Mathematics Fernando Gouvea 59

5 Recommended Resources in Number Theory Jay Goldman Kristine K. Fowler 91

6 Recommended Resources in Combinatorics Kristine K. Fowler Victor Reiner 119

7 Recommended Resources in Abstract Algebra Edgar Enochs Kristine K. Fowler 149

8 Recommended Resources in Algebraic and Differential Geometry Thomas Garrity 165

9 Recommended Resources in Real and Complex Analysis John McDonald 191

10 Recommended Resources in Differential Equations Jan Figa 215

11 Recommended Resources in Topology Allen Hatcher 237

12 Recommended Resources in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes Randall J. Swift 253

13 Recommended Resources in Numerical Analysis Kendall Atkinson 273

14 Recommended Resources in Mathematical Biology Claudia Neuhauser Kristine K. Fowler 301

15 Recommended Resources in Mathematics Education Kelly Gaddis Jane-Jane Lo Jinfa Cai 327

Author Index 357

Subject Index 381