Recomending books

Hey guys! Brilliant is fantastic. I'm from Spain and here the mathematical education is disastrous. I would like If someone can recomend me any interesting book in order to improve my matematical level Thank you all

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I highly recommend the Art of Problem Solving curriculum found at http://artofproblemsolving.com.

Tanishq Aggarwal - 8 years ago

I think almost everyone on Brilliant agrees with this.

Tanishq Aggarwal - 8 years ago

Okey Sir, I have noticed they are very expensive, almost 60. I tried to look them in pdf version, but I didn't found them anywhere, do you know where can I find them? Thanks

Jordi Bosch - 7 years, 12 months ago

@Jordi Bosch – Don't worry, they're expensive, but they're truly worth it because they lead you into olympiad-level problems when you do Volume 2. I haven't found PDFs either when I was looking for them, but hey, its illegal, and why cheat authors of perfectly good books.

One tip I have when using these books is to NOT skip over any of the intermediate proofs in the books, and take the material SLOWLY as you need to while doing ALL of the problems. If you fail to do any of these things you will miss the true teaching these books do. Also, try jumping around in the book rather than following it sequentially, i.e. doing different topics simultaneously across different chapters for a richer experience.

Tanishq Aggarwal - 7 years, 12 months ago

@Tanishq Aggarwal – The next most logical step, I believe, in a problem solving series would be to try the Art and Craft of Problem Solving by Paul Zeitz. Someone back me up on this?

Tanishq Aggarwal - 7 years, 12 months ago

@Tanishq Aggarwal – It is a great book, but deviously difficult. Also, a good share of it requires a thorough understanding of calculus.

Anthony J. - 7 years, 12 months ago

@Tanishq Aggarwal – Ok, so I'll try to buy them and follow your advice, thanks for your help!

Jordi Bosch - 7 years, 12 months ago

I can only give the name of one book that I know: * 'Geometry Revisited' by HSM Coxeter & SI Greitzer *. Advice: start studying it after you have studied your geometry textbooks (from std-6 to the end of high school) or have finished studying most of their contents.

Aiman Rafeed - 8 years ago

I have just downloaded it in pdf version. It seems quite interesting. Thank you!

Jordi Bosch - 8 years ago

You are most welcome. I have a question for u...really need to know about it. Plz read what i asked in this link: https://brilliant.org/discussions/thread/plz-help-me-about-online-pdfs/

Aiman Rafeed - 8 years ago

I recommend Schaum's Outline Series Theory and Problems of Advanced Calculus by Murray R. Spiegel

Ananth Jayadev - 5 years, 5 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$