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TraderJoe
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July 26th, 2007, 9:12 pm

Yes please!
 
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July 28th, 2007, 12:43 pm

the first item on the list>> Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third Edition >> by Walter Rudin I vaguely remember from either 1st or 2nd year undergradYou thinking about doing a math phd, tj ?
 
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July 28th, 2007, 1:24 pm

See my post under Books and Research Paper Formum threads 'Please recommend some Financial Engineering books for a beginner' and'Maths book recommendation'
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July 29th, 2007, 10:07 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperthe first item on the list>> Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third Edition >> by Walter Rudin I vaguely remember from either 1st or 2nd year undergradYou thinking about doing a math phd, tj ?No. It's just for pleasure .
 
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August 8th, 2007, 10:26 pm

This looks sort of like a standard prelim sequence except with less topology. You'd probably cover the material in all of those books in a single year at grad school (minus a few topics, like knot theory or some of the analysis).