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Textbook assignments for summer and fall 2018 and spring 2019 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 2018
Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Calculus with Applications Plus MyMathLab, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 0-13-388683-2).
MATH 1003 - PSP Statistics Preparation and Quantitative Methods
summer 2018
Lial, Greenwell, and Ritchey, Finite Mathematics and Calculus with Applications Plus MyMathLab, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 10; ISBN: 0-13-398107-X).
MATH 1101 - Calculus Preparation
fall 2018
(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 2018
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 2019
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
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
Hass, Heil, and Weir, Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Single Variable, Pearson Education, 2018 (Edition: 14; ISBN: 978-0-13-443941-9).
MATH 1220 - Theoretical Calculus II
fall 2018
Lax and Terrell, Calculus with Applications, Springer-Verlag, 2013 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4614-7945-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Errata, last modified 1/28/2018
MATH 1300 - Mathematical Explorations
fall 2018
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 1340 - Mathematics and Politics
spring 2019
Robinson and Ullman, The Mathematics of Politics, CRC Press LLC, 2016 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4987-9886-0)
MATH 1710 - Statistical Theory and Application in the Real World
Diez, Barr, and Çetinkaya-Rundel, OpenIntro Statistics, OpenIntro, Inc., 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-943450-03-9) — free PDF version from OpenIntro
MATH 1910 - Calculus For Engineers
Rogawski and Adams, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-4641-2526-3).
MATH 1920 - Multivariable Calculus For Engineers
Rogawski and Adams, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-4641-2526-3).
MATH 2130 - Calculus III
spring 2019
McCallum, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, et al., Calculus: Multivariable (paperback), John Wiley & Sons, 2013 (Edition: 6; ISBN: 978-0-470-88867-4).
MATH 2210 - Linear Algebra
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4).
MATH 2220 - Multivariable Calculus
Marsden and Tromba, Vector Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2013 (Edition: 6; ISBN: 1-4292-1508-9).
(optional) Marsden and Tromba, Student Study Guide with Solutions for Vector Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2013 (Edition: 6; ISBN: 1-4292-3109-2).
MATH 2230 - Theoretical Linear Algebra and Calculus
fall 2018
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 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).
MATH 2310 - Linear Algebra with Applications
fall 2018
Strang, Gilbert, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2009 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-0-9802327-1-4).
MATH 2930 - Differential Equations for Engineers
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 Blackboard
MATH 2940 - Linear Algebra for Engineers
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4).
MATH 3040 - Prove It!
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 2018
Mattuck, Arthur, Introduction to Analysis, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2013 (ISBN: 978-148484116) — first three chapters available here
spring 2019
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 2018
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 3230 - Introduction to Differential Equations
fall 2018
Boyce, DiPrima, and Meade, Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, Enhanced eText, John Wiley & Sons, 2017 (Edition: 11; ISBN: 978-1-119-38164-8).
Zachmanoglou and Thoe, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations with Applications, Dover Publications, 1986 (ISBN: 0-486-65251-3).
(optional) Pinchover and Rubinstein, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (ISBN: 0-521-61323-X) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 3320 - Introduction to Number Theory
fall 2018
Davenport, Harold, The Higher Arithmetic: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (Edition: 8; ISBN: 978-0-521-72236-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 3340 - Abstract Algebra
spring 2019
Beachy and Blair, Abstract Algebra, Waveland Press, Inc., 2006 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-57766-443-7)
MATH 3360 - Applicable Algebra
spring 2019
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 2018
Strichartz, Robert, The Way of Analysis (revised edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2000 (ISBN: 0-7637-1497-6).
spring 2019
Rudin, Walter, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 1976 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-07-054235-X).
MATH 4140 - Honors Introduction to Analysis II
spring 2019
Strichartz, Robert, The Way of Analysis (revised edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2000 (ISBN: 0-7637-1497-6).
MATH 4180 – Complex Analysis
spring 2019
Levinson and Redheffer, Complex Variables, Holden-Day, Inc., 1970 (ISBN: 0-8162-5104-5).
(optional) Gamelin, Theodore W., Complex Analysis, Springer-Verlag, 2000 (ISBN: 0-387-95069-9) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4200 - Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
fall 2018
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
Arnold, Vladimir I., Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer-Verlag, 2006 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-3-540-34563-3) — free electronic access to previous edition provided by the Cornell Math Library
Hubbard & West, Differential Equations: A Dynamical Systems Approach; Vol I: Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer-Verlag, 1995 (ISBN: 0-387-97286-2) — free electronic access to previous edition provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4210 - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
spring 2019
Strogatz, Steven H., Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering, Westview Press, 2014 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-0-8133-4910-7).
MATH 4220 - Applied Complex Analysis
fall 2018
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 2018
Burden, Faires, and Burden, Numerical Analysis, CENGAGE Learning, 2015 (Edition: 10; ISBN: 978-1-305-25366-7).
Kincaid and Cheney, Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, American Mathematical Society, 2009 (Edition: 3 (revised); ISBN: 978-0-8218-4788-6).
(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 2019
Pinchover and Rubinstein, An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations, Cambridge University Press, 2005 (ISBN: 0-521-61323-X) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4310 - Linear Algebra
fall 2018
Friedberg, Insel, and Spence, Linear Algebra, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 0-13-008451-4).
spring 2019
Cooperstein, Bruce, Advanced Linear Algebra, CRC Press LLC, 2015 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 978-1-4822-4884-5).
MATH 4315 - Linear Algebra with Supplements
fall 2018
Friedberg, Insel, and Spence, Linear Algebra, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 0-13-008451-4).
MATH 4330 - Honors Linear Algebra
fall 2018
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 4340 - Honors Introduction to Algebra
spring 2019
Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-471-43334-9).
MATH 4410 - Introduction to Combinatorics I
spring 2019
(optional) 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 2019
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 2018
Munkres, James, Topology, Prentice Hall PTR, 2000 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-13-181629-2).
MATH 4540 - Introduction to Differential Geometry
spring 2019
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 4550 - Applicable Geometry
fall 2018
Ziegler, Gunter, Lectures on Polytopes (softcover), Springer, 1994 (0-387-94365-X) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4560 - Geometry of Discrete Groups
fall 2018
Meier, John, An Introduction to the Geometry of Infinite Groups, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (ISBN: 978-0-521-71977-3) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Clay and Margalit, Office Hours with a Geometric Group Theorist, Princeton University Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-0-692-15866-2) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4710 - Basic Probability
Anderson, Seppalainen, and Valko, Introduction to Probability, Cambridge University Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-108-41585-9).
MATH 4720 - Statistics
spring 2019
Rice, John A., Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis, Brooks/Cole, 2007 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-534-39942-8).
MATH 4740 - Stochastic Processes
spring 2019
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 4810 - Mathematical Logic (also PHIL 4310)
fall 2018
van Dalen, Dirk, Logic and Structure, Springer, 2013 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-1-4471-4557-8) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6110 - Real Analysis
fall 2018
Stein and Shakarchi, Real Analysis: Measure Theory, Integration, and Hilbert Spaces, Princeton University Press, 2005 (ISBN: 0-691-11386-6).
Stein and Shakarchi, Functional Analysis: Introduction to Further Topics in Analysis, Princeton University Press, 2011 (ISBN: 978-0-691-11387-6).
MATH 6120 - Complex Analysis
spring 2019
Stein and Shakarchi, Complex Analysis, Princeton University Press, 2003 (ISBN: 0-691-11385-8).
Stein and Shakarchi, Functional Analysis: Introduction to Further Topics in Analysis, Princeton University Press, 2011 (ISBN: 978-0-691-11387-6).
MATH 6210 - Measure Theory and Lebesgue Integration
fall 2018
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 2019
(optional) Zeidler, Eberhard, Applied Functional Analysis: main principles and their applications, Springer-Verlag, 1995 (ISBN: 0-387-94422-2) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
(optional) Zeidler, Eberhard, Applied Functional Analysis: applications to mathematical physics, Springer-Verlag, 1995 (ISBN: 0-387-94442-7) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6260 - Dynamical Systems
fall 2018
Arnold, V.I., Geometrical Methods in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer, 1988 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-387-96649-8) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Katok and Hasselblat, Introduction to the Modern Theory of Dynamical Systems (paperback), Cambridge University Press, 1996 (ISBN: 0-521-57557-5) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6310 - Algebra
fall 2018
Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-471-43334-9).
MATH 6320 - Algebra
spring 2019
Dummit and Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley & Sons, 2004 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-471-43334-9).
(optional) Isaacs, I. Martin, Algebra: a graduate course, Brooks/Cole, 1993 (0-534-19002-2) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6340 - Commutative Algebra with Applications in Algebraic Geometry
fall 2018
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
Matsumura, Hideyuki, Commutative Ring Theory, Cambridge University Press, 1989 (ISBN: 0-521-36764-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Atiyah and Macdonald, Introduction to Commutative Algebra (paperback), Perseus Books Group, 2000 (ISBN: 0-201-40751-5)
MATH 6370 - Algebraic Number Theory
spring 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6390 - Lie Groups and Lie Algebras
fall 2018
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 6510 - Algebraic Topology I
spring 2019
Hatcher, Allen, Algebraic Topology (paperback), Cambridge University Press, 2001 (0-521-79540-0).
MATH 6520 - Differentiable Manifolds I
fall 2018
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6540 - Homotopy Theory
fall 2018
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6620 - Riemannian Geometry
spring 2019
Lee, John M., Riemannian Manifolds: An Introduction to Curvature, Springer-Verlag, 1997 (ISBN: 0-387-98271-X). — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6670 - Algebraic Geometry
spring 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6710 - Probability Theory I
fall 2018
Durrett, Richard, Probability: Theory and Examples, Cambridge University Press, 2010 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 0-521-76539-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6720 - Probability Theory II
spring 2019
Durrett, Richard, Probability: Theory and Examples, Cambridge University Press, 2010 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 0-521-76539-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Le Gall, Jean-François, Brownian Motion, Martingales, and Stochastic Calculus, Springer, 2016 (ISBN: 978-3-319-31088-6) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6740 - Mathematical Statistics II
fall 2018
Keener, Robert W., Theoretical Statistics, Springer-Verlag, 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-387-93838-7) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Tsybakov, Alexandre, Introduction to Nonparametric Estimation, Springer-Verlag, 2008 (ISBN: 0-387-79051-9) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6810 - Logic
fall 2018
Ebbinghaus, Flum, and Thomas, Mathematical Logic, Springer, 1994 (Edition: 2; ISBN: 0-387-94258-0) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 6870 - Set Theory (formerly MATH 7870)
spring 2019
Kunen, Kenneth, Set Theory: An Introduction to Independence Proofs, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, 1980 (0-444-86839-9) — free e-book through the Cornell Math Library
MATH 7150 - Fourier Analysis
fall 2018
Muscalu and Schlag, Classical and Multilinear Harmonic Analysis, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 2013 (ISBN: 978-0-521-88245-3) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Muscalu and Schlag, Classical and Multilinear Harmonic Analysis, volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 2013 (ISBN: 978-1-107-03182-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 7620 - Topics in Geometry: Ricci Flow
spring 2019
Schoen and Yau, Lectures on Differential Geometry, International Press, 1994 (ISBN: 1-57146-012-8) or 2010 paperback reissue (ISBN: 978-1-57146-198-8).
MATH 7710 - Topics in Probability Theory: Mathematical statistical mechanics
fall 2018
Bollobas and Riordan, Percolation, Cambridge University Press, 2006 (ISBN: 978-0-521-87232-4) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
Friedli and Velenik, Statistical Mechanics of Lattice Systems: A Concrete Mathematical Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-1-107-18482-4) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library