Your favorite math reference book(s)?

[Dieter]

(12-28-2017 06:10 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  When I was studying, we were required to buy Bronstein/Semendjajew: Taschenbuch der Mathematik (= Handbook of Mathematics).

For our friends living between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean: The relevance of this book is comparable to that of the "Abramovitz & Stegun". It even has its own Wikipedia page: Bronshtein and Semendyayev. This quote may give an impression of the very comprehensive integral tables:

Quote:Due to Bronshtein and Semendyayev containing a comprehensive table of analytically solvable integrals, integrals are sometimes referred to as being "Bronshtein-integrable" in German universities if they can be looked up in the book (in playful analogy to terms like Riemann-integrability and Lebesgue-integrability).

;-)

Dieter