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Textbook assignments for spring, summer, and fall 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 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 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 // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
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 // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
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 - 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 // spring 2019, fall 2019
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 2019 — 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 // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
summer and fall 2019 — Rogawski, Adams, and Franzosa, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-319-05073-3).
spring 2019 — Rogawski and Adams, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2015 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 978-1-4641-2526-3).
MATH 1920 - Multivariable Calculus For Engineers // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
fall 2019 — Rogawski, Adams, and Franzosa, Calculus, W. H. Freeman, 2019 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-1-319-05073-3).
spring and summer 2019 — 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 // spring 2019, fall 2019
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4).
MATH 2220 - Multivariable Calculus // spring 2019, fall 2019
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 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 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 2019
Strang, Gilbert, Introduction to Linear Algebra, Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 2009 (Edition: 4; ISBN: 978-0-9802327-1-4).
MATH 2930 - Differential Equations for Engineers // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
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 (spring 2019), Canvas (fall 2019); available summer 2019 as an ebook
MATH 2940 - Linear Algebra for Engineers // spring 2019, summer 2019, fall 2019
Lay, Lay, and McDonald, Linear Algebra and its Applications, Pearson Education, 2016 (Edition: 5; ISBN: 978-0-321-98238-4).
MATH 3040 - Prove It! // spring 2019, fall 2019
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 // spring 2019, fall 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 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 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 // spring 2019, fall 2019
Lec 001, fall 2019 — Strichartz, Robert, The Way of Analysis (revised edition), Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2000 (ISBN: 0-7637-1497-6).
spring 2019 and Lec 002, fall 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 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 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 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 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 // spring 2019, fall 2019
fall 2019 — 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 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 2019
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, 2007 (Edition: 3; ISBN: 0-387-35650-1) — free electronic access provided by the Cornell Math Library
MATH 4410 - Introduction to Combinatorics I // spring 2019, 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 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 4520 - Classical Geometries // fall 2019
Stillwll, John, The Four Pillars of Geometry, Springer, 2005 (ISBN: 0-387-25530-3).
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 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 4710 - Basic Probability // spring 2019, fall 2019
fall 2019 — Ross, Sheldon, A First Course in Probability, Prentice Hall PTR, 2014 (Edition: 9; ISBN: 978-0-321-79477-2).
spring 2019 — 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 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 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 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 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 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 6230 - Differential Games and Optimal Control // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6310 - Algebra // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
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 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 6510 - Algebraic Topology // spring 2019
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 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 6640 - Hyperbolic Geometry // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
MATH 6670 - Algebraic Geometry // spring 2019, 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 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 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 6870 - Set Theory // 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 7130 - Functional Analysis // fall 2019
No required textbook. The instructor may provide notes, references, or links to on-line resources.
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).