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2023-01-19 · 619 points · 317 comments · 12 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

  1. 2Calculus

    Calculus

    Michael Spivak

    2 here · 11 all-time · #124 overall

  2. 1How to Solve It

    How to Solve It

    George Pólya

    1 here · 16 all-time · #60 overall

  3. 1Concrete Mathematics

    Concrete Mathematics

    Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik

    1 here · 14 all-time · #80 overall

  4. 1Linear Algebra Done Right

    Linear Algebra Done Right

    Sheldon Axler

    1 here · 13 all-time · #88 overall

  5. 1Linear Algebra

    Linear Algebra

    Jim Hefferon

    1 here · 12 all-time · #96 overall

  6. 1The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

    The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

    Timothy Gowers

    1 here · 7 all-time · #198 overall

  7. 1Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Principles of Mathematical Analysis

    Walter Rudin

    1 here · 6 all-time · #224 overall

  8. 1How to Prove It

    How to Prove It

    Daniel J. Velleman

    1 here · 5 all-time · #276 overall

  9. 1The Elements of Statistical Learning

    The Elements of Statistical Learning

    Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, Jerome Friedman

    1 here · 5 all-time · #299 overall

  10. 1Visual Complex Analysis

    Visual Complex Analysis

    Tristan Needham

    1 here · 4 all-time · #447 overall

  11. 1Calculus on Manifolds

    Calculus on Manifolds

    Michael Spivak

    1 here · 3 all-time · #463 overall

  12. 1Information theory, inference and learning algorithms

    Information theory, inference and learning algorithms

    David MacKay

    1 here · 3 all-time · #526 overall