![]() | Problem-Solving Strategies (Problem Books in Mathematics) by Arthur Engel
Buy new: £30.79 / Used from: £28.83 You should really already have a copy of this, but I include it anyway because it is an incredible book. Has some use for the Numbers and sets first year course.
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![]() | Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces by W. A. Sutherland
Buy used from: £5.90 Decent problem sets and essential to take in Easter term of the first year. Make sure to grasp the inverse function theorem.
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![]() | Algebra and Geometry by Alan F. Beardon
Buy new: £20.99 / Used from: £18.00 Transition book from pre-university mathematics; covers half of first year group theory (Orbit stabilizer and isomorphism theorem), spherical/hyperbolic geometry, elementary results in quadratic forms
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![]() | Vector Calculus (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics) (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) by Paul C. Matthews
Buy new: £17.89 / Used from: £18.00 Easy guide to doing basic computations in vector calculus and intuitive proofs of the results. A book that is quickly outgrown, but still serves some purpose.
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![]() | A First Course in Mathematical Analysis by J. C. Burkill
Buy new: £20.84 / Used from: £5.32 After 45 years this is still the best first year analysis book on the market, with more stimulating problems that Rudin. Also written in a "transition to university maths" style.
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![]() | Probability: An Introduction (Oxford Science Publications) by Geoffrey Grimmett
Buy new: £29.71 / Used from: £15.90 Covers most of the first year probability course succintly; problem sets a bit lacking though.
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![]() | Rings, Modules and Linear Algebra (Mathematics) by B. Hartley
Buy used from: £55.00 Covers the material for the latter half of the rings and modules optional first year course (which you should take!)
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![]() | Problem Solving through Problems (Problem Books in Mathematics) by Loren C. Larson
Buy new: £41.99 / Used from: £25.26 An alternative/complement to Engel with more focus on calculus problems.
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![]() | A First Course in Mechanics (Oxford Science Publications) by Mary Lunn
Buy new: £24.70 / Used from: £14.00 First year mechanics book. Perhaps a bit lacking in tripos-difficulty and length problems...
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![]() | Introduction to Complex Analysis by H. A. Priestley
Buy new: £21.97 / Used from: £16.50 Superb book; you will likely cover the first half in a session at the end of the first year and then complete in the second. Make sure to pick up open mapping, maximum modulus and Rouche's theorem.
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![]() | An Introduction to Quantum Theory (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) by Keith Hannabuss
Buy new: £54.15 / Used from: £32.00 Straightforwardly readable coverage of second and part of third year quantum mechanics.
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![]() | Elementary Fluid Dynamics: Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series by D. J. Acheson
Buy new: £33.81 / Used from: £31.24 Reasonable book for second and a lot of third year fluid mechanics. Very lacking in challenging problems for the earlier material though.
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![]() | A Second Course in Mathematical Analysis (Cambridge Mathematical Library) by J. C. Burkill
Buy new: £35.84 / Used from: £30.00 Many interesting problems and coverage of Analysis II and an alternative view of elementary complex analysis.
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![]() | Probability and Statistics by Example: Volume 1, Basic Probability and Statistics: Basic Probability and Statistics v. 1 by Yuri Suhov
Buy new: £26.90 / Used from: £19.99 Provides good coverage of first year probability problem solving and second year statistics. Be careful not to abuse this book!
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![]() | Elementary Differential Geometry (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics) (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) by Andrew Pressley
Buy new: £17.44 / Used from: £13.95 Covers the latter half of the second year geometry course. Provides quality solutions to exercises if you are having difficulty.
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![]() | Algebraic Topology by Allen Hatcher
Buy new: £18.38 / Used from: £17.18 The standard text for undergrad algebraic topology. The amount you will cover varies; the first course finishes at homology whilst previous courses had included de Rham cohomology and homotopy theory.
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![]() | Representations and Characters of Groups by Gordon James
Buy new: £29.62 / Used from: £23.46 Despite its size it only covers the first half of the course using slightly annoying conventions. Provides extensive experience with finite groups (up to order 1000 in fact!)
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![]() | Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure & Applied Mathematics) by Walter Rudin
Buy new: £40.79 / Used from: £19.48 The book most great modern mathematicians learned elementary real analysis from.
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![]() | Complex Analysis by L. Ahlfors
Buy used from: £13.89 Covers more elementary topics in the Riemann surfaces course. Absolute classic book .
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![]() | An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers (Oxford Science Publications) by G. H. Hardy
Buy new: £38.00 / Used from: £11.50 Covers number theory from first year material to the prime number theorem.
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![]() | Galois Theory (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematics) by Ian Stewart
Buy new: £31.69 / Used from: £27.99 Slow paced and readable introduction to Galois theory. Covers most of the third year course.
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![]() | Linear Analysis (Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks) by Bila Bollobás
Buy used from: £10.17 Functional Analysis
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![]() | Markov Chains (Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics) by J. R. Norris
Buy new: £22.24 / Used from: £19.00 2nd year Markov chains and more!
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![]() | General Relativity by Wald
Buy new: £26.98 / Used from: £24.65 A decent choice of text for third year General relativity. Exercises are perhaps a bit lacking.
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![]() | Algebra [1st Edition] by Michael Artin
Buy new: £48.18 / Used from: £46.74 Comprehensive coverage of Algebra for the first two years, but a bit light on Representation and Galois theory.
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