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I liked the free Book of Proof, by Richard Hammack http://www.people.vcu.edu/~rhammack/BookOfProof/index.html The book will really ease you into the concepts behind the techniques of proof. Moreover, the exercises are great. You'll like it a lot if you're a complete beginner.

I had finished Think Python, an introductory book on programming using python. I'm a physics major. So I'd probably need simulations and computational skills. I tried searching Google for intermediate python books, found nothing. Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Okay, thanks, micromass. Guess I'll first study the Boas book to get a feel for the maths.

I mean, for now as an undergraduate, without any particular field in mind, i.e. the maths that all physics majors (who will probably go with theory) should know.

Ugh, yes. I don't know anything about matrices and stuff. What a waste.. I found Lang to be quite entertaining. And the Mayer book is large.

Hey micro, since I've got your attention, I'd like to ask some more. I'm trying to get as good an education in math as I can cause its fun and exciting and I need it. I wouldn't be able to take any course in math (besides math methods, which isn't really math). I've taken pre calc and methods...

Yes it was. I hope Lang's would be different. And its been a year since my first dreadful take on Spivak.

Thanks! As I've said, this is my first exposure to pure math. Is it okay if I can't at first answer the exercises? That is, can I skip the hard exercises? This happened a lot in Spivak and I just gave up on the book. Kind of a downer.

Hi micromass. Which edition should I get?

Hi. I am a physics major and Id probably go with mathematical/theoretical physics path. Where do I start with self learning linear algebra? I'm good with proofs but I'm not comfortable with learning math without intuition or motivation behind the axioms. Still, I hate math without rigor...

We're having a case study project in our intro physics class. We can choose from the ff. topics: kinematics, Newton's laws, momentum, energy, gravitation, SHO, waves, and fluid mech. We are to investigate a case of physical phenomena which exhibits the theories we have studied in class. This...

^ problem is, I find it really hard to study pure mathematics. Sometimes I study at the rate of 1hr a page. It's painful actually. But I really like pure math. It's wonderful. I just find it hard right now, being a complete beginner and all. Are there some fairly easy math books that are...

I lack talent in pure mathematics. (Although applying mathematical methods has been natural for me.) I am a physics freshman. I can prove and I can self study mathematics given enough time. I guess it's still too early to decide, but, I suppose, I'll be doing theoretical/mathematical physics...

What should I do if the books differ in organization? E.g. in Apostol, the integral comes before the derivative, while vice-versa in Spivak.

Thanks everyone. @Jwxie: I tried C++ last before but got frustrated (as FourierFaux had described) on the details which I can't really understand. It could be that the book I use is not good. Nonetheless, Python is straightforward and easy to learn, at least for me, so I think I would start...