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Textbook assignments for summer and fall 2019 and spring 2020 are listed below. The Cornell Store offers a wide variety of options for purchase or rental (new books, used books, and e-books) both in store and through their web site.
Thanks to the Cornell Mathematics Library, free versions of textbooks are available (and linked below) for many upper-level and graduate courses in mathematics.
MATH 1002 - PSP Calculus Preparation and Quantitative Methods // summer 2019
Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Calculus with Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 978-0-321-97942-1).
MATH 1003 - PSP Statistics Preparation and Quantitative Methods // summer 2019
Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Finite Mathematics, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 978-0-321-97943-8).
MATH 1101 - Calculus Preparation // fall 2019
(optional) Hass, Heil, and Weir, Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable, Pearson Education, 2018 (Edition: 14; ISBN: 978-0-13-443941-9).
MATH 1105 - Finite Mathematics for the Life and Social Sciences // fall 2019
Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Finite Mathematics, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 978-0-321-97943-8).
(optional) Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Student's Solutions Manual for Finite Mathematics, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 978-0-321-99742-5).
MATH 1106 - Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences // spring 2020
Garfinkel, Shevtsov, and Guo, Modeling Life: The Mathematics of Biological Systems, Springer, 2017 (ISBN: 978-3-319-59730-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 1110 - Calculus I // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
Hass, Heil, and Weir, Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable, Pearson Education, 2018 (Edition: 14; ISBN: 978-0-13-443941-9).
MATH 1120 - Calculus II // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
Hass, Heil, and Weir, Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable, Pearson Education, 2018 (Edition: 14; ISBN: 978-0-13-443941-9).
MATH 1300 - Mathematical Explorations // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 1340 - Strategy, Cooperation, and Conflict // spring 2020
Dixit, Skeath, and Reiley, Games of Strategy, W. W. Norton and Company, 2014 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-0-393-12444-6).
(optional) Dixit and Nalebuff, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist’s Guide to Success in Business and Life, W. W. Norton and Company, 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-393-33717-4).
MATH 1710 - Statistical Theory and Application in the Real World // fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2019 — Diez, Barr, and Çetinkaya-Rundel, OpenIntro Statistics, OpenIntro, Inc., 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-943450-07-7) — free PDF version from OpenIntro
spring 2020 — Diez, Barr, and Çetinkaya-Rundel, OpenIntro Statistics, OpenIntro, Inc., 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-943450-03-9) — free PDF version through Canvas
MATH 1890 - FWS: Writing in Mathematics // spring 2020
Gladwell, Malcom, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Little Brown & Company, 2007 (ISBN: 978-0-316-01066-5).
Kahneman, Daniel, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013 (ISBN: 978-0-374-53355-7).
O'Neil, Cathy, Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy, Crown/Archetype, 2017 (ISBN: 978-0-553-41883-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Saina, Angela, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong - and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story, Beacon Press, 2018 (ISBN: 978-0-8070-1003-7).
Doxiadis and Papadimitriou, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009 (ISBN: 978-1-59691-452-0).
MATH 1910 - Calculus For Engineers // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
Rogawski, Adams, and Franzosa, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-319-05073-3).
MATH 1920 - Multivariable Calculus For Engineers // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2019, spring 2020 — Rogawski, Adams, and Franzosa, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-319-05073-3).
summer 2019 — Rogawski and Adams, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-4641-2526-3).
MATH 2130 - Calculus III // spring 2020
Hughes-Hallett, et al., Calculus: Single and Multivariable, Wiley, 2017 (Edition: 7; ISBN: 978-1-119-26000-4) — Instant Access through Canvas
MATH 2210 - Linear Algebra // fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2019 - Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4).
spring 2020 - No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 2220 - Multivariable Calculus // fall 2019, spring 2020
Marsden and Tromba, Vector Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2013 (Edition: 6; ISBN: 1-4292-1508-9) — Instant Access through Canvas (spring 2020)
MATH 2230 - Theoretical Linear Algebra and Calculus // fall 2019
Hubbard and Hubbard, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach, Matrix Editions, 2015 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-9715766-8-1).
(optional) Hubbard and Hubbard, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach, Student Solutions Manual, Matrix Editions, 2015 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-9715766-9-8).
MATH 2240 - Theoretical Linear Algebra and Calculus // spring 2020
Hubbard and Hubbard, Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Forms: A Unified Approach, Matrix Editions, 2015 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-9715766-8-1).
MATH 2310 - Linear Algebra with Applications // fall 2019
Strang, Gilbert, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-9802327-7-6).
MATH 2930 - Differential Equations for Engineers // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, John Wiley & Sons, 2017 (Edition: 11; ePub ISBN: 978-1-119-38164-8) — Instant Access through Canvas (fall 2019, spring 2020); available summer 2019 as an ebook
MATH 2940 - Linear Algebra for Engineers // summer 2019, fall 2019, spring 2020
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4) — Instant Access through Canvas (spring 2020)
MATH 3040 - Prove It! // fall 2019, spring 2020
Beck and Geoghegan, The Art of Proof: Basic Training for Deeper Mathematics, Springer (ISBN: 978-1-4419-7022-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 3110 - Introduction to Analysis // fall 2019, spring 2020
Abbott, Stephen, Understanding Analysis, Springer-Verlag, 2002 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4939-2711-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 3210 - Manifolds and Differential Forms // fall 2019
do Carmo, Manfredo, Differential Forms and Applications, Springer, 1998 (ISBN: 978-3-540-57618-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Reyer Sjamaar, Manifolds and Differential Forms
MATH 3230 - Introduction to Differential Equations // fall 2019
Brauer and Nohel, The Qualitative Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations: An Introduction, Dover Publications, 1969 (ISBN: 0-486-65846-5).
Zachmanoglou and Thoe, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations with Applications, Dover Publications, 1986 (ISBN: 0-486-65251-3).
MATH 3320 - Introduction to Number Theory // fall 2019
Weissman, Martin, An Illustrated theory of Numbers, American Mathematical Society, 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-4704-3493-9).
MATH 3340 - Abstract Algebra // spring 2020
Beachy and Blair, Abstract Algebra, Waveland Press, Inc., 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-4786-3869-8).
MATH 3360 - Applicable Algebra // spring 2020
Childs, Lindsay N., A Concrete Introduction to Higher Algebra, Springer-Verlag, 2009 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-387-74527-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4130 - Honors Introduction to Analysis I // fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2019 (Lec 001) — Strichartz, Robert, The Way of Analysis (revised edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2000 (ISBN: 0-7637-1497-6).
fall 2019 (Lec 002) and spring 2020 — Rudin, Walter, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1976 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-07-054235-X).
MATH 4140 - Honors Introduction to Analysis II // spring 2020
Strichartz, Robert, The Way of Analysis (revised edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2000 (ISBN: 0-7637-1497-6).
MATH 4180 – Complex Analysis // spring 2020
Levinson and Redheffer, Complex Variables, Holden-Day, Inc., 1970 (ISBN: 0-8162-5104-5).
MATH 4200 - Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems // fall 2019
Hirsch, Smale, and Devaney, Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and an Introduction to Chaos, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 2012 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-0-12-382010-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4210 - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos // spring 2020
Devaney, Robert, An Introduction to Chaotic Dynamical Systems, CRC Press, 2003 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-0-8133-4085-2).
MATH 4220 - Applied Complex Analysis // fall 2019
Saff and Snider, Fundamentals of Complex Analysis with Applications to Engineering, Science, and Mathematics, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-0-13-907874-3).
MATH 4250 - Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations // fall 2019
Burden, Faires, and Burden, Numerical Analysis, CENGAGE Learning, 2015 (Edition: 10; ISBN: 978-1-305-25366-7).
(optional) Moler, Cleve, Numerical Computing with MATLAB, SIAM, 2008 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-0-898716-60-3) — free electronic access to previous edition provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4280 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations // spring 2020
Strauss, Walter, Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction, Wiley, 2007 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-470-05456-5).
MATH 4310 - Linear Algebra // fall 2019, spring 2020
Friedberg, Insel, and Spence, Linear Algebra, Prentice Hall PTR, 2018 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-13-486024-4).
(optional, spring 2020) Cooperstein, Bruce, Advanced Linear Algebra, CRC Press LLC, 2015 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4822-4884-5).
MATH 4330 - Honors Linear Algebra // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 4340 - Honors Introduction to Algebra // spring 2020
Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-471-43334-9).
MATH 4370 - Computational Algebra // fall 2019
Cox, Little, and O'Shea, Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms: An Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra, Springer, 2015 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-3-319-16720-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4410 - Introduction to Combinatorics I // fall 2019
Van Lint and Wilson, A Course in Combinatorics (paperback), Cambridge University Press, 2001 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-521-00601-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4420 - Introduction to Combinatorics II // spring 2020
Van Lint and Wilson, A Course in Combinatorics (paperback), Cambridge University Press, 2001 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-521-00601-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4500 - Matrix Groups // spring 2020
Stillwell, John, Naive Lie Theory, Springer-Verlag, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-387-78214-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4530 - Introduction to Topology // fall 2019
Jänich, Klaus, Topology, Springer, 1984 (ISBN: 978-0-387-90892-2).
MATH 4540 - Introduction to Differential Geometry // spring 2020
Pressley, Andrew, Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer-Verlag, 2010 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-84882-890-2) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4710 - Basic Probability // fall 2019, spring 2020
fall 2019 — Ross, Sheldon, A First Course in Probability, Prentice Hall PTR, 2014 (Edition: 9; ISBN: 978-0-321-79477-2).
spring 2020 — Anderson, Seppalainen, and Valko, Introduction to Probability, Cambridge University Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-108-41585-9).
MATH 4720 - Statistics // spring 2020
Rice, John A., Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, Brooks/Cole, 2007 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-534-39942-8).
MATH 4740 - Stochastic Processes // spring 2020
Durrett, Richard, Essentials of Stochastic Processes, Springer, 2016 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-3-3194-5613-3) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6110 - Real Analysis // fall 2019
Stein and Shakarchi, Real Analysis: Measure Theory, Integration, and Hilbert Spaces, Princeton University Press, 2005 (ISBN: 0-691-11386-6).
(optional) Stein and Shakarchi, Functional Analysis: Introduction to Further Topics in Analysis, Princeton University Press, 2011 (ISBN: 978-0-691-11387-6).
(optional) Stein and Shakarchi, Fourier Analysis: An Introduction, Princeton University Press, 2003 (ISBN: 0-691-11384-X).
MATH 6120 - Complex Analysis // spring 2020
Stein and Shakarchi, Complex Analysis, Princeton University Press, 2003 (ISBN: 0-691-11385-8).
MATH 6150 - Partial Differential Equations // fall 2019
Taylor, Michael, Partial Differential Equations I: Basic Theory, Springer, 2011 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4419-7054-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Taylor, Michael, Partial Differential Equations II: Qualitative studies of linear equations, Springer, 2011 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4419-7051-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6160 - Partial Differential Equations // spring 2020
Evans, Lawrence, Partial Differential Equations, American Mathematical Society, 2010 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-0-8218-4974-3)
MATH 6210 - Measure Theory and Lebesgue Integration // fall 2019
Bartle, Robert, The Elements of Integration and Lebesgue Measure, John Wiley & Sons, 1966 (ISBN: 0-471-04222-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6220 - Applied Functional Analysis // spring 2020
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6230 - Differential Games and Optimal Control // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6270 - Applied Dynamical Systems (also MAE 7760) // spring 2020
Guckenheimer and Holmes, Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems and Bifurcations of Vector Fields, Springer, 1983 (ISBN: 0-387-90819-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6310 - Algebra // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6320 - Algebra // spring 2020
Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-471-43334-9).
(optional) Fulton, William, Young Tableaux: with Applications to Representation Theory and Geometry, Cambridge University Press, 1996 (ISBN: 978-0-521-56724-4) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
(optional) Aluffi, Paolo, Algebra: Chapter 0, American Mathematical Society, 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-8218-4781-7).
MATH 6340 - Commutative Algebra with Applications in Algebraic Geometry // fall 2019
(optional) Eisenbud, David, Commutative Algebra with a View Toward Algebraic Geometry, Springer-Verlag, 1995 (ISBN: 0-387-94269-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6350 - Homological Algebra // spring 2020
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6370 - Algebraic Number Theory // spring 2020
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6390 - Lie Groups and Lie Algebras // fall 2019
Knapp, Anthony W., Lie Groups Beyond an Introduction, Birkhauser Boston, 2002 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-3-7643-4259-3) — free electronic access (1st edition) provided by the Cornell Math Library
Bump, Daniel, Lie Groups, Springer, 2013 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4614-8023-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6410 - Enumerative Combinatorics // spring 2020
Stanley, Richard, Enumertive Combinatorics, Vol. I, Cambridge University Press, 2011 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 1-107-60262-9) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6510 - Algebraic Topology // spring 2020
Hatcher, Allen, Algebraic Topology (paperback), Cambridge University Press, 2001 (0-521-79540-0).
MATH 6520 - Differentiable Manifolds // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6640 - Hyperbolic Geometry // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6670 - Algebraic Geometry // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6710 - Probability Theory I // fall 2019
Durrett, Richard, Probability: Theory and Examples (Edition: 5) — full book available on author's web site
MATH 6720 - Probability Theory II // spring 2020
Durrett, Richard, Probability: Theory and Examples, Cambridge University Press, 2019 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-1-108-47368-2) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6840 - Recursion Theory // fall 2019
Soare, R. I. Recursively Enumerable Sets & Degrees: a study of computable functions and computably generated sets, Springer, 1987 (ISBN: 978-3-540-66681-3).
MATH 6830 - Model Theory // spring 2020
Marker, David, Model Theory: An Introduction, Springer, 2002 (ISBN: 0-387-98760-6) — free e-book through the Cornell Math Library
MATH 7130 - Functional Analysis // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 7280 - Topics in Dynamical Systems // spring 2020
Bender and Orszag, Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, Springer, 1999 (ISBN: 978-0-387-98931-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library