Guide to Mathematics Research
Mathematics Reference Sources
 

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The following reference sources provide information relevant to mathematics topics.  They are available in the Hilton M. Briggs Library collection or via the web if indicated.

Reference Books

An Atlas of Functions. (QA331.S685 1987)

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Mathematicians. (Reference QA28.B54 1986) Provides biographical information for 179 prominent mathematicians.

CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. (Reference QA5.W45 1999)
A compendiaum of mathematical definitions, formulas, figures, tabulations, and references.

CRC Handbook of Mathematical Sciences. (Reference QA47.H324 1987)
An extensive collection of mathematical reference material, including numerical tables of mathematical and statistical functions.

CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae. (Reference QA47.C46 1996)
A reference handbook covering numbers, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, special functions, numerical methods, and probability and statistics.

Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists. (Reference QA5.D49835 2003)

Dictionary of Mathematics. (Reference QA5.G53 1984)

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics. (Reference QA5.E62 1987)

Handbook of Differential Equations. (QA371.Z88 1989)

Handbook of Integration. (QA299.3.Z85 1992)

Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. (Reference QA41.H37 1998)
Provides tables of commonly used mathematical functions, formulae, transformations, and series.

Mathematics Handbook for Science and Engineering. (Reference QA41.R34 1999)
Another useful reference source supplying mathematical definitions, results, formulae, graphs, figures, and tables.

The Numbers You Need. (Reference QA93.H65 1992)
A practical handbook "providing the formulas, tables, statistics, definitions, and examples that make everyday calculations more accessible."

Table of Integrals, Series, and Products. (Reference QA55.G6613 1994)

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