Mathematics

21 Birthday Problems

Solution Set

This is was the first and most green Problem Set. It teetered on the edge of Higher Secondary and Recreational mathematics:

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Library

These are all the books that I own / have owned in the past. I have not read them all, neither will I ever be able to.

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[1] Ian Goodfellow. Deep Learning. MIT Press, 2016.
[2] Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani, and Jerome Friedman. The Elements of Statistical Learning. Springer, 2009.
[3] Marc Peter Deisenroth, A. Aldo Faisal, and Cheng Soon Ong. Mathematics for Machine Learning. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
[4] Doug. Sed & Awk. O'Reilly Media, 1997.
[5] Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Modern Operating Systems. Pearson, 2008.
[6] James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. Pearson, 2020.
[7] Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, and S. Sudarshan. Database System Concepts. McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.
[8] Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. Introduction to Algorithms. MIT Press, 2009.
[9] Martin Fowler. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code. Addison-Wesley, 2018.
[10] Herbert Schiltd. Java: The Complete Reference. McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.
[11] Robert Sedgewick. Algorithms in C, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching. Addison-Wesley, 2001.
[12] Robert Sedgewick. Algorithms in C, Part 5: Graph Algorithms. Addison-Wesley, 2001.
[13] Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. The C Programming Language. Prentice Hall, 1988.
[14] Edwin T. Jaynes. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
[15] Stewart Venit. Elementary Linear Algebra. Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2005.
[16] David Hill. Elementary Linear Algebra. Cengage Learning, 2001.
[17] Edward Landesman. Linear Algebra. Springer, 2001.
[18] Howard Anton. Elementary Linear Algebra, with Applications. Wiley, 2010.
[19] Robert Hoovers. Linear Algebra for Calculus. Pearson, 2015.
[20] Steven Sallas. Calculus 1 and Several Variables. Cengage Learning, 2016.
[21] Robert A. Adams. Single Variable Calculus. Pearson, 2013.
[22] Robert A. Adams. Calculus of Several Variables. Pearson, 2013.
[23] James Hurley. Intermediate Calculus, Multivariable Functions and Differential Equations with Applications. Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006.
[24] Robert Borrelli. Differential Equations: A Modeling Perspective. Wiley, 2016.
[25] Henry J. Ricardo. A Modern Introduction to Differential Equations. Elsevier, 2001.
[26] Frank McMullen. Differential Equations, Essential Skills. Pearson, 2015.
[27] M.L. Krasnov. A Book of Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations. Dover Publications, 2013.
[28] Robert MacCamy. Linear Analysis and Differential Equations. Springer, 1999.
[29] James W. Brown and Ruel V. Churchill. Complex Variables and Applications. McGraw-Hill Education, 2009.
[30] Schaum. Complex Variables with an Introduction to Conformal Mapping and Its Applications. McGraw-Hill Education, 2009.
[31] Ronald L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, and Oren Patashnik. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science. Addison-Wesley, 1994.
[32] Susanna S. Epp. Discrete Mathematics with Applications. Cengage Learning, 2019.
[33] David S. Moore. Introduction to the Practice of Statistics. W.H. Freeman, 2016.
[34] Larry Wasserman. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference. Springer, 2010.
[35] Frank McMullen. Calculus with Multiple Variables. Pearson, 2015.
[36] Frank McMullen. 50 Challenging Calculus Problems. Pearson, 2015.
[37] Andrew Franklin and Keith Doode. Proof in Mathematics: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2003.
[38] Daniel J. Velleman. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
[39] Japan Times. Genki I, 3rd Edition. The Japan Times, 2021.
[40] NHK. Genki I Workbook. The Japan Times, 2021.
[41] Andrew Scott Conning. Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Course. Kodansha, 2013.
[42] Oxford. Oxford Beginner's Japanese Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 2011.
[43] Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui. A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar. Japan Times, 1989.
[44] Harold Ono. Japanese Grammar. Kodansha, 2013.
[45] Fudeko Reekie. A First Course in Japanese. Pearson, 2009.
[46] Fudeko Reekie. A First Course in Japanese Workbook. Pearson, 2009.
[47] Janet Ashby. Read Real Japanese. Kodansha, 2002.
[48] Scott Pape. The Barefoot Investor. Wiley, 2016.
[49] Stephen R. Covey. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Free Press, 2004.
[50] Peter Lynch. One Up On Wall Street. Simon & Schuster, 1989.
[51] Jordan B. Peterson. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Random House Canada, 2018.
[52] Cal Newport. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Grand Central Publishing, 2016.
[53] Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto. Penguin Classics, 1848.
[54] Stephen Hawking. A Brief History of Time. Bantam Books, 1988.
[55] Stephen Hawking. My Brief History. Bantam Books, 2013.
[56] Andrew Hodges. Alan Turing: The Enigma. Simon & Schuster, 1983.
[57] James Shreeve. The Neandertal Enigma. Avon Books, 1995.
[58] George Angus. Pocket Guide: Human Body. DK Publishing, 2017.
[59] Carlo Rovelli. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics. Penguin Books, 2016.
[60] E. H. Lockwood. A Book of Curves. Cambridge University Press, 1961.
[61] Hans F. Weinberger. A First Course in Partial Differential Equations. Blaisdell, 1950.
[62] K. Rameswar. Diophantine Equations. Springer, 2010.
[63] Erwin Kreyzig. Differential Geometry. John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
[64] Norman Wildberger. Divine Proportions. Wild Egg, 2005.
[65] Edward G. Phillips. Functions of a Complex Variable. George Allen & Unwin, 1977.
[66] Richard Bellman. Introduction to Matrix Calculus. McGraw-Hill, 1970.
[67] Karin Reich. Carl Friedrich Gauss. Springer, 1974.
[68] Robert L. Caplan. Advanced Calculus. Pearson, 1995.
[69] Richard Courant. Differential and Integral Calculus. Springer, 1996.
[70] Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins. What is Mathematics? Oxford University Press, 1941.
[71] Terence Tao. Solving Mathematical Problems: A Personal Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2006.
[72] Edward Frenkel. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. Basic Books, 2013.
[73] Robert Lafore. Data Structures and Algorithms in Java. Sams Publishing, 2002.
[74] Garrett Snider, R. Kent Nagle, and Edward B. Saff. Fundamentals of Differential Equations. Pearson, 2015.
[75] Pasquale Baccarini. Essential Ultimate. Ultimate Publishing, 2009.
[76] James Parinella and Eric McCarthy. Ultimate Techniques and Tactics. Human Kinetics, 2004.
[77] William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
[78] Matthew Walker. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. Scribner, 2017.
[79] Yuval Noah Harari. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Harper, 2014.
[80] Daniel Kahneman. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
[81] Sun Tsu. The Art of War. Penguin Classics, 2020.
[82] Will Durant. The Story of Philosophy. Simon & Schuster, 1961.
[83] Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. Random House, 2012.
[84] Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. Penguin Books, 2017.
[85] Dante Alighieri. The Divine Comedy. Penguin Classics, 2000.
[86] Various. The Holy Bible, New International Version. Zondervan, 2011.
[87] Plato. Plato: The Dialogues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2013.
[88] Lao Tzu. Tao Te Ching. Penguin Classics, 2021.
[89] Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Letters from a Stoic. Penguin Classics, 1969.
[90] Aldous Huxley. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004.
[91] Jean-Paul Sartre. Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology. Methuen, 1956.
[92] Friedrich Nietzsche. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Penguin Classics, 2005.
[93] Marcus Tullius Cicero. Selected Works. Penguin Classics, 2004.
[94] Herodotus. The Histories. Oxford University Press, 1998.
[95] Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Penguin Classics, 1982.
[96] Paul Gwynne. World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
[97] Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Penguin Classics, 2006.
[98] Mortimer J. Adler. Aristotle for Everybody: Difficult Thought Made Easy. Simon & Schuster, 1997.
[99] Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology. Hermes House, 1996.
[100] Terence McKenna. Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge. Bantam Books, 1992.
[101] Dominic Milton Trott. The Drug Users Bible: Harm Reduction, Risk Mitigation, Personal Safety. Independent Publisher, 2018.
[102] Stuart Hooper. Makers of Mathematics. Penguin Books, 2003.
[103] Joshua Holden. The Mathematics of Secrets: Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption. Princeton University Press, 2017.
[104] Thomas Engqvist. 300 Most Important Chess Exercises. Everyman Chess, 2016.
[105] Jeremy Silman. The Complete Book of Chess Strategy. Siles Press, 1999.
[106] William Golding. Lord of the Flies. Faber and Faber, 1954.
[107] Yevgeny Zamyatin. We. E. P. Dutton, 1924.
[108] George Orwell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Secker & Warburg, 1945.
[109] Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote. Penguin Classics, 2003.
[110] Leo Tolstoy. The Cossacks. Oxford University Press, 1863.
[111] Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo. Penguin Classics, 1844.
[112] Fyodor Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment. Penguin Classics, 1866.
[113] Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace. Penguin Classics, 1869.
[114] Ray Bradbury. Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales. William Morrow, 2003.
[115] Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Classics, 1813.
[116] Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1939.
[117] Homer. The Iliad of Homer and the Odyssey. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952.
[118] William Wordsworth. Selected Poems of Wordsworth. Penguin Classics, 2004.
[119] Austin Dobson. Collected Poems of Dobson. Oxford University Press, 2002.
[120] Wilfred Owens. War Poems and Others. Penguin Classics, 2004.
[121] Sylvia Plath. Ariel. Harper & Row, 1965.
[122] T. S. Eliot. Selected Poems. Faber and Faber, 1974.
[123] George Orwell. 1984. Secker & Warburg, 1949.
[124] Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales. Penguin Classics, 2003.
[125] F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
[126] J. D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
[127] Jane Austen. Emma. Penguin Classics, 1815.
[128] Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights. Penguin Classics, 1847.
[129] Markus Zusak. The Book Thief. Picador, 2005.
[130] Herman Melville. Moby Dick. Harper & Brothers, 1851.
[131] Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables. L. C. Page & Co., 1908.
[132] Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
[133] Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels. Benjamin Motte, 1726.
[134] Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island. Cassell and Company, 1883.
[135] Heather Morris. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Zaffre, 2018.
[136] Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Pan Books, 1979.
[137] Dan Brown. The Da Vinci Code. Doubleday, 2003.
[138] Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Secret Garden. Frederick A. Stokes, 1911.
[139] Hergé. The Adventures of Tintin. Casterman, 1929.
[140] Alan Moore and David Lloyd. V for Vendetta. DC Comics, 1982.
[141] Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Macmillan, 1865.

What every computer science major should know

Here are my distillations of Matt's seminal blog post: What CS Majors Ought to Know.

I have removed the imperative matter, and left the declarative material; marking off that which I have completed.

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