i will be starting a maths degree in September and would like to be fully prepared. i finish college at the beginning of July. what would you reccomend i read/ have a look at?

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anonymous · Answer

i mentioned july as i will have the period from july to september completely free of school work.

anonymous · Answer

drink beer

anonymous · Answer

i already have that planned out perfectly xD

kinggeorge · Answer

Reading as in textbooks? Or just in general?

anonymous · Answer

Good luck man... and keep your brain busy over the summer....

anonymous · Answer

intellectually that is....

anonymous · Answer

either :) i have a few books, one is a proper introduction to calculus and i have two entitled "Mathematical methods for science students" and "mathematical methods for the physical sciences"

the last two sound a bit science based but i've looked through and there's lots of maths.

what i'm interested in is whether there are any suggestions for things i can read which are related to the first year of the course

anonymous · Answer

i have to go eat, i'll be on later

kinggeorge · Answer

One classic book, not really a textbook, is "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid." It's an excellent book especially if you're interested in the fundamental underpinnings of mathematics.

kinggeorge · Answer

If you want more of a textbook style, check out http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/ as there are a lot of math textbooks of varying levels and fields that you can download for free. If you actually want a book, you can always check out http://store.doverpublications.com/index.html since they tend to have some pretty good books for cheap.