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All the mathematics you missed : but need to know for graduate school

This book will help students in mathematics and other quantitative subjects to fill in the gaps in their preparation for graduate school. It presents the basic points, a few key results, and an annotated reading list of the most important undergraduate topics in mathematics: linear algebra, vector calculus, geometry, real analysis, point-set topology, and more.
Print Book, English, 2002
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002
XXVII, 347 p. ; 23 cm
9780521797078, 9780521792851, 0521797071, 0521792851
637657991
Preface; On the structure of mathematics; Brief summaries of topics; 1. Linear algebra; 2. e and d real analysis; 3. Calculus for vector-valued functions; 4. Point set topology; 5. Classical stokes' theorems; 6. Differential forms and Stokes' theorem; 7. Curvature for curves and surfaces; 8. Geometry; 9. Complex analysis; 10. Countability and the axiom of choice; 11. Algebra; 12. Lebesgue integration; 13. Fourier analysis; 14. Differential equations; 15. Combinatorics and probability; 16. Algorithms; A. Equivalence relations.