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Re:Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only... by ibsulon on Tuesday September 09, 2008 @04:04PM (#299798)
As an aside, does anyone know of a mathematical dictionary? I've been trying to follow some books and I just get lost in the terminology -- as I scour the net for the pieces I need, I can get the context, but that seems entirely inefficient. Along the same lines, I'm having trouble making the leap from understanding simple proofs to advanced ones.

Is there any hope, save for going back for a math degree? :)

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Re:Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only... by kqr2 on Tuesday September 09, 2008 @05:08PM (#299838)
You should check out this online resource for mathematics:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

If you need a dead tree version, Harper Collins is coming out with a new edition:

http://www.amazon.com/Harper-Collins-Dictionary-Mathematics-...

I have an older version and it's good for quickly looking up some of the vocabulary, however, it won't give you a deep understanding.

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Re:Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only... by ibsulon on Thursday September 11, 2008 @07:37PM (#301902)
I will definitely check out both. Thanks!
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Re:Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only... by tuukkah on Tuesday September 09, 2008 @05:06PM (#299835)
Would comprehensive encyclopedias do instead of dictionaries? http://wikipedia.org/ and http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
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