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I was recently accepted to both for an MMath degree and I'm having a bit of trouble deciding which to go too. I know they both have great courses. School reputation doesn't matter to me so much. Unfortunately I'm an international student as well, so I can't really visit to see exactly how it is...

I have been wondering whether or not to attend a liberal arts college for my undergraduate, however, to be honest I don't know where to start looking. I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations for ones that are strong in math. Thanks in advance

sorry to be off topic, but I was just wondering if anybody had any book suggestions for an introduction to number theory. I have been thinking of getting G.H. Hardy's Intro, but I thought it'd be good to ask before investing.

complex analysis by Lars V. Ahlfors seems to be a pretty nice one, to me at least

why are you assuming the two sides of the identity are equal in the proof itself?

to learn to write proofs I used a book called 'the art and craft of problem solving' by paul zeitz. It's pretty informal... but it's great. It isn't specifically about proof writing but the entire book will help you, with proofs and a whole lot more

because is physics was easy... then it just wouldn't be fun anymore...

thanks a lot man, and yeah I see what you're saying.. to become a competent mathematician.. the real work is on me, not them, their job is just to show me the ropes of the math world... well I guess.. it's time to start working

hmm well I definitely do love the subject... I can't live without it. I'd also like to think I am fairly self motivated since i have been teaching myself for about 2 years or so... but only recently have I been trying to give myself a more rigorous treatment of it all with apostol's mathematical...

thanks a lot for the answer to my question guys.. it really helped clear my head..!

just as a quick question... would I benifit more from doing my undergrad in the UK as opposed to Canada or the US.. that is, does the UK cover more material or anything like that on average? Where would encourage more creative thinking? or does it just not really matter...

hey thanks a lot for the reply man... and yeah I guess that helped for comparison.. but I also want to look at it from specifically a math program perspective and also I find it hard to make decisions based on rankings too.. thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it.

How would you say the undergrad math program at say waterloo university would stack up against the top undergrad math programs in the US? (for pure math in particular) I'm asking because we don't do SATs where I'm from, at school, so I'd have to do SAT as something extra... which wouldn't be...

hey man thanks alot. I have heard of rice university, I will definitely look into it!

I am a bit confused as to where I should apply for my undergrad. I know I definitely want to do pure mathematics, and I am looking at schools in the US (I am not from there). I do physics, math and further math at my high school as well as some personal work in my free time... what I want to...