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Best Science Books lists

Near the end of each year, many publications have best books lists. There are usually a few math books included in each list. The Confessions of a Science Librarian is once again collecting these at http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/best_science_books_2009/. Check back a few more times this year and early in 2010 to get more compilations.

Math related ebooks, October, 2009

From SciTechNet Base:
Antedependence Models for Longitudinal Data
SAS and R: Data Management, Statistical Analysis, and Graphics
Introduction to Mathematics of Satisfiability
Bayesian Missing Data Problems
A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition

On ScienceDirect:
Style and usage for mathematics; chapter 6 of The Manual of Scientific Style: A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers (2009)

From SpringerLink:
Advances in Phase Space Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications 78
Algorithmic Composition
Applied Wave Mathematics
Approximate Commutative Algebra
Blocks and Families for Cyclotomic Hecke Algebras Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1981
Continuous-Time Markov Decision Processes Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability 62
Data Mining in Agriculture Optimization and Its Applications 34
Domain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering XVIII Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering 70
Holomorphic Operator Functions of One Variable and Applications Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 192
Inequalities for Differential Forms
Mathematical Modeling in Biomedical Imaging I Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1983
Matrix Algebra From a Statistician`s Perspective
Modern Analysis and Applications Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 191
Modern Analysis and Applications Operator Theory: Advances and Applications 190
Multiscale, Nonlinear and Adaptive Approximation
Polynomials Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics 11
Principles of Partial Differential Equations Problem Books in Mathematics
Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume 1 Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis
Une introduction aux problèmes inverses elliptiques et paraboliques Mathématiques et Applications 65

Math-related new paper books, October, 2009

Advanced number theory with applications / Richard A. Mollin. CRC Press, c2010. Discrete mathematics and its applications
Analysis in positive characteristic / Anatoly N. Kochubei
Antedependence models for longitudinal data / Dale L. Zimmerman, Vicente A. Núñez-Antón. Chapman & Hall/CRC, c2010. Monographs on statistics and applied probability 112
Bootstrap tests for regression models / Leslie Godfrey. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Palgrave texts in econometrics
Concentration of measure for the analysis of randomized algorithms / Devdatt Dubhashi, Alessandro Panconesi. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Curves and surfaces / Sebastián Montiel, Antonio Ros translated by Sebastián Montiel translation edited by Donald Babbitt. American Mathematical Society, c2009. Graduate studies in mathematics v. 69
Data analysis using SAS Enterprise guide / Lawrence S. Meyers, Glenn Gamst, A.J. Guarino. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Evaluating derivatives : principles and techniques of algorithmic differentiation / Andreas Griewank, Andrea Walther. 2nd ed. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c2008.
Extensions of the stability theorem of the Minkowski space in general relativity / [Lydia Bieri, Nina Zipser]. American Mathematical Society, c2009. AMS/IP studies in advanced mathematics v. 45
Galois groups and fundamental groups / Tamás Szamuely. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Cambridge studies in advanced mathematics 117
Geometric mechanics and symmetry : from finite to infinite dimensions / Darryl D. Holm, Tanya Schmah, Cristina Stoica with solutions to selected exercises by David C.P. Ellis Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford texts in applied and engineering mathematics 12
Lévy processes and stochastic calculus / David Applebaum. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, c2009.
Mathematical modeling and simulation : introduction for scientists and engineers / Kai Velten. Wiley-VCH, c2009.
Representation theorems in Hardy spaces / Javad Mashreghi. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
The Riemann hypothesis and the roots of the Riemann zeta function / Samuel W. Gilbert. BookSurge Publishing, 2009.
Topics in topological graph theory / edited by Lowell W. Beineke, Robin J. Wilson academic consultants, Jonathan L. Gross, Thomas W. Tucker. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications 128

Best sellers in the history of science

A recent list of recent best sellers in the history of science includes several math-related books.

New Math & Statistics Ebooks September 2009

Springer Ebooks:
Algebraic Topology Nils Baas, Eric M. Friedlander, Björn Jahren, Paul Arne Østvær. Abel Symposia 4
Collected Papers Bertram Kostant ; Anthony Joseph, Shrawan Kumar, Michèle Vergne.
David Hilbert's Lectures on the Foundations of Physics 1915-1927
Duality in Vector Optimization
Explorations in Monte Carlo Methods Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Fourier Analysis on Finite Abelian Groups Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis
Geometric Analysis and PDEs Matthew J. Gursky, Ermanno Lanconelli, Andrea Malchiodi, Gabriella Tarantello, Xu-Jia Wang, Paul C. Yang ; Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Antonio Ambrosetti, Andrea Malchiodi. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1977
Geometry and Physics
How Does One Cut a Triangle?
Hyperbolic Manifolds and Discrete Groups Michael Kapovich. Modern Birkhäuser Classics
Introduction aux Probabilités Pierre Brémaud.
Interpreting Socio-Economic Data Othmar W. Winkler.
Iterated Maps on the Interval as Dynamical Systems Pierre Collet, Jean-Pierre Eckmann. Modern Birkhäuser Classics
Maple and Mathematica
Mathematical Biology Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics Marek Biskup, Anton Bovier, Frank Hollander, Dima Ioffe, Fabio Martinelli, Karel Netocný, Christina Toninelli ; Roman Kotecký. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1970
Optimality and Risk - Modern Trends in Mathematical Finance
Parallel Coordinates
Penalising Brownian Paths Bernard Roynette, Marc Yor. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1969
A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python Hans Petter Langtangen. Texts in Computational Science and Engineering 6
Transportation Systems Analysis Ennio Cascetta. Optimization and Its Applications 29
Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering Giuseppe Buttazzo, Aldo Frediani. Optimization and Its Applications 33

Two Ebrary books purchased by biology funds which may interest some of you:
Linear models with R
Extending the linear model with R: generalized linear, mixed effects and nonparametric regression models

Math paper books September 2009

Click on the title for more information or to request the book. Even if the book is "in process," you can still REQUEST it so the book will be held for you at the pick-up location of your choice. You may also be interested in browsing an alternative listings of new books, by broad call number areas. Suggestions for improvement welcome!

Algebra : chapter 0 / Paolo Aluffi. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2009.
Cauchy problem in general relativity / Hans Ringström. [Germany] : European Mathematical Society, c2009.
Dialogues concerning natural numbers / Charles Sayward. New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
Experiments : planning, analysis, and optimization / C.F. Jeff Wu, Michael S. Hamada. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
First course in Sobolev spaces / Giovanni Leoni. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 2009.
Higher topos theory / Jacob Lurie. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
How to guard an art gallery and other discrete mathematical adventures / T.S. Michael. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Mathematics and music / David Wright. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 2009.
Probabilistic graphical models : principles and techniques / Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.
Probability, Markov chains, queues and simulation : the mathematical basis of performance modeling / William J. Stewart. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Robust static super-replication of barrier options / Jan H. Maruhn. Germany [1990-onward] Walter de Gruyter 2009
Sampling statistics / Wayne A. Fuller. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Shortest path problem : ninth DIMACS implementation challenge / Camil Demetrescu, Andrew V. Goldberg, David S. Johnson, editors. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, 2009.
Smooth tests of goodness of fit using R / J.C.W. Rayner, D.J. Best. Singapore Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons (Asia), c2009.
Smoothing of multivariate data : density estimation and visualization / Jussi Klemelä. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Stochastic dynamics and Boltzmann hierarchy / by D. Ya. Petrina. Berlin New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2009.

Math dissertations from May 2009 graduates

The math department copies of May 2009 dissertations are now shelved in the math department thesis collection.  The library copies should be available soon.  Soon online versions should be available also from Dissertations & Theses at Washington University in St. Louis.

The role of positive selection in molecular evolution : alternative models for within-locus selective effects / by Haley Jane Abel.

Groups in which the normalizer of every non-normal subgroup is maximal / by Joseph Paul Bohanon.

Symmetric and alternating groups as monodromy groups of Riemann surfaces : the case of four branch points / by Robert Brieler.

Proper group actions and the face structure of simplicial complexes / by Jonathan David Browder.

Contributions to the theory of copula / by Chun-Lin Fan.

Functions of finite distortion in the plane and a lower bound for the weak-type constant of the Beurling-Ahlfors transform / by James Thomas Gill.

The interplay between harmonic analysis, function theory and operators / by Yonhow Lawrence Lin.

Dehn fillings of hyperbolic once-punctured torus bundles / by Timothy Michael Lott.

The Liouville property in the discrete group-action setting / by Emily Marie Ronshausen.

The role of first order logic in analysis of several complex variables / by Bennett Standeven.

This is probably the last group of dissertations that the libraries (and possibly the math department) will have in paper.  For August graduates and after, we anticipate the library electronic thesis and dissertation repository copies will be available in late 2009.

New math-related ebooks, August 2009

Applied Pseudoanalytic Function Theory Frontiers in Mathematics
Computation of Multivariate Normal and t Probabilities Lecture Notes in Statistics 195
Computational Statistics Statistics and Computing
Differential Equations - Geometry, Symmetries and Integrability Abel Symposia 5
Families of Conformally Covariant Differential Operators, Q-Curvature and Holography Progress in Mathematics 275
Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function and Interactions IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications 150
Multidimensional Item Response Theory Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Potential Analysis of Stable Processes and its Extensions Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1980
Principles and Theory for Data Mining and Machine Learning
Risk and Reward: the Science of Casino Blackjack
Smooth Ergodic Theory for Endomorphisms Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1978
Stochastic Analysis in Discrete and Continuous Settings With Normal Martingales Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1982
Stochastic Tools in Mathematics and Science Surveys and Tutorials in the Applied Mathematical Sciences 1
Symmetry, Representations, and Invariants Graduate Texts in Mathematics 255
Term-Structure Models Springer Finance
Frontiers in Interpolation and Approximation
Introduction to Spatial Econometrics

Where are the Math Textbooks?

A few folks have been asking this question so I thought I would post an answer.  Yes, the Math Textbook collection has been removed from the Washington University Libraries catalog.  We are considering them Math Department books instead of library books.  The volumes are still in the math department but no longer available to non-WU and non-math-department people.  A few math textbooks may be cataloged for the Olin Library collection over time as we identify the unique or important titles that are there.

Most Math Textbook titles are available to all via other routes, either as copies in Olin Library or Physics Library or Mobius Catalog or through Interlibrary Loan.

New math-related paper books, August 2009

Click on the title for more information or to request the book. Even if the book is "in process," you can still REQUEST it so the book will be held for you at the pick-up location of your choice. You may also be interested in browsing an alternative listings of new books, by broad call number areas. Suggestions for improvement welcome!

Algebraic combinatorics and coinvariant spaces / Franc̦ois Bergeron. Wellesley, Mass. : A K Peters Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Mathematical Society, c2009.
Applied algebraic dynamics / by Vladimir Anashin and Andrei Khrennikov. Berlin New York : Walter De Gruyter, c2009.
Applied survey methods : a statistical perspective / Jelke Bethlehem. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Combinatorics of compositions and words / Silvia Heubach, Toufik Mansour. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
Configurations of points and lines / Branko Grünbaum. Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2009.
Decision theory : principles and approaches / Giovanni Parmigiani, Lurdes Inoue. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
Dynamics of linear operators / by Frederic Bayart, Etienne Matheron. Great Britain Cambridge U Pr 2009
General linear methods for ordinary differential equations / Zdzisław Jackiewicz. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Limits of graphs in group theory and computer science / Goulnara Arzhantseva and Alain Valette, editors. Lausanne, Switzerland : EPFL Press Boca Raton, Fla. : Distributed by CRC Press, c2009.
Linear causal modeling with structural equations / Stanley A. Mulaik. Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009.
Linear statistical models / James H. Stapleton. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Measure and integration : a concise introduction to real analysis / Leonard F. Richardson. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
Statistical models : theory and practice / David A. Freedman. Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.