Handbook of Mathematics

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Summary: There are several Bronshteins
Review: Bronstein's "Taschenbuch der Mathematik" is a longtime favorite among german science and engineering students. English language readers should be aware however, that there are numerous different editions of this book. Not only were the german editions constantly enlarged and reworked, but there were also two publishers of the same book, one in East Germany (Teubner Verlag), one in West Germany (Harri Deutsch Verlag). Today both of these publishers sell a "Taschenbuch der Mathematik" based on the original Bronstein, yet they are completely different books. The english edition by Springer Verlag advertised above is based on the current Harri Deutsch edition. An english translation of the Teubner edition is now available as the "Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics" from Oxford University Press. It is mostly considered to be the better 'Bronstein' (even though Teubner and OUP have dropped his name because the new edition was completely rewritten by E. Zeidler).

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Summary: Clasic
Review: Cuando comence a estudiar en la universidad, uno de los profesores tenía una edición de 1977 de la editorial MIR en español del libro Manual de Matemáticas para Estudiantes e Ingenieros, a todos nos parecio un libro excepcional, pero increiblemente difícil de hallar, luego cuando comenzamos a estudiar los cálculos, geometría análitica, siempre utilizamos diferentes autores, muchos de ellos eran principlamente de alemania y la unión sovietica. La claridad con la que se refiere a los conceptos que fundamentan el ejercicio de la ingenieria, hacen de este libro la mano derecha de cualquier ingeniero, en la actualidad dispongo de un ejemplar de esta 3era edición y lo utilizó como como herramienta de referencia. En algunas oportunidades he tenido la oportunidad de preparar clases informales para amigas/os o familiares de ellos que aún estudian en la universidad y siempre llevo conmigo este manual.

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Summary: Clasic
Review: For me it was a remarkable fact, how few of the people in western countries have heard about this handbook. In the east this is probably the most popular mathematical handbook ever. I dont know any eastern european scientist in a field of mathematics, engineering and physics who don't have it. The main reason is it's extensivity and usefulness. In Croatian print it has about 1000 pages in very small format covering all possible parts of applied mathematics up to special functions/markov chains/complex integration/vector algebra. It's "allways in backpack book" and my hot recomandation to any technical scientist.

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Summary: not a good reference book for mathematician
Review: It's probably a good book for engineers, but definitely not the right one for mathematician or anybody who needs to do serious math.

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Summary: Treasure Island
Review: The original title of this book was "The Mathematical Handbook for Engineers and Technical Colleges' Students". This reflects the essence of what it is about: well rounded Math coverage for those who did not earn Ph.D. in Math yet.
For each of the topics covered the book gives you not only theoretical explanations, but plenty of examples as well. This feature allows anyone to get good understanding of the specific subject, and in most cases this knowledge is more than adequate for the problem solving.
The countless editions of this gemstone had been used by the generations of Russian students and engineers since, I believe 1940s. In my family alone it was the most used reference book for more than 50 years.

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Summary: *The* reference book
Review: This book is at least fantastic.... Concise, easy to read , it's like a jewel