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Korner's Korner

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Books
Where do Numbers Come From?

Makes a splendid Christmas gift for young and old.

The first correction has arrived before the book
PDF.
Sketch solutions to most of the exercises
are at PDF.

Calculus for the Ambitious

the ideal present

for every sixteen year old geek
has hit the streets.
You can read
an unbiased comparison of
the book with its main competitors
at PDF
together with some of the preliminary reviews at PDF.
There is a
genuine review at
MAA reviews.
(One online bookseller has the book classified under `Fairy Tales, Folk
Tales and Myths' which seems a trifle
harsh.) You can bring a smile to CUP's careworn features
by buying it
from
their
own site.
There is an a rather rough and
ready partial set of solutions at
DVI
PS
PDF.
A first list of
corrections is available at
DVI
PS
PDF.

Vectors, Pure and Applied

is another book that
does what it says on the tin. The paperback has
ISBN-9781107675223
and costs £32.99
but, of course, your library should get
the hardback with ISBN-9781107033566, a snip at £75. A non-trivial
correction may be found
at
PDF.
Solutions for the exercises incorporated into the main text
(not the ones at
the end of each chapter) may be found at
PS,
DVI
and
PDF.

Naive Decision Making

CUP was anxious that this should not

be bought by those seeking a political tract and insisted
on the subtitle
`Mathematics Applied to the Social World'.
However, what it says on the tin is what is in the tin,
and the book
presents a naive, but mathematical, look
at decision making. Intended for readers who have done a first
course on calculus,
this book is a `cat sat on the mat'
first reader for future Masters of the Universe, an ideal
birthday present for budding
casino owners, bookmakers and card sharps
and, I hope, a good read for
everybody else.
The paperback has
ISBN-13 9780521731638 and costs £21.99
but no one who
can afford it
will wish to miss the privilege
of owning the hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521516167)
at £60. If (perish the
thought) your local bookstore
does not stock it, try CUP's own web site.
Sketch solutions for some of the exercises in Naive Decision Making
DVI
PS
PDF.
Here is the first list of correction for Naive Decision Making.
DVI
PS
PDF.

A Companion to Analysis
I am very grateful to the splendid folks at the AMS
for publishing A COMPANION TO ANALYSIS
which
may be ordered from
the AMS bookstore or, we hope, your local bookshop
for a mere $87 (even less if you
are an AMS member). There is a
collection of sketched answers to some of the exercises in
Appendix K of
the book at
PS,
DVI
and
PDF.
A first list of corrections is given in
PS,
DVI
and
PDF.
Eurospan distribute the
book in the UK and Europe.

The Pleasures of Counting

Next let me remind you that The Pleasures of Counting is still

available from all good bookshops. Longer
than
`With Rod and Line Through the Gobi Desert',
funnier than `The Wit and Wisdom of the German
General Staff'
and with more formulae than `A Brief History of Time'
it was voted Book of the Year
by a

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panel consisting of Mrs E. Körner,

Mrs W. Körner, Miss K. Körner and Dr A. Altman
(née Körner). The
paperback has
ISBN 0 521 56823 4 and costs £46.
The hardback (ISBN 0 521 56078 X) is still available
at
£70. If your local bookseller has failed
to lay in sufficient stocks
or you wish to participate in the information
revolution you may order directly
from CUP via CUP's gleaming modern web site.

If you wish to read it in German then Michael Basler has produced a splendid
translation
under the title
"Mathematisches Denken. Vom
Vergnügen am Umgang mit Zahlen" (ISBN 3-7643-5833-5). (There is a list
of corrections
contributed by Stephan Stiller here.)

Those who feel that the book would make just about the
same sense if written in Chinese now have the
oportunity
to verify their
conjecture.

Corrections and additions for first reprint of `PLEASURES OF COUNTING':

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
and
ordinary html.)

Corrections and additions not in first reprint of `PLEASURES OF COUNTING':

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Mathematika says `A cracking good tale; buy it for

your children and read it yourself.'

Zentralblatt says `politisch überkorrekt'.

Mathematics Magazine says `None of "introvert", "extrovert",

nor "anchor" appears [in the index.]'

Computer Shopper says `a real gem of a book'

The Australian's Review of Books says `[a] generous bouquet

.... [but] don't think ikebana here'

Notices of the AMS says `Make sure to recommend it to your

local high school library. If they are slow to
purchase it,
then donate a copy.'

The last quotation is from one

of two long reviews accessible via AMS Book (and other) Reviews.

On 23rd Nov 1998 `The Pleasures of Counting' was ranked

number two on the Amazon list
of most popular
books on counting
and numeration beating
`The M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book' into third
place.

I have produced a rather simple

Pleasures of Counting home page.

Fourier Analysis
and

Exercises in Fourier Analysis

These ever popular works are still available from CUP.

First read Fourier Analysis (ISBN-13:
9780521389914,
cost £51) and then work through Exercises in Fourier Analysis (ISBN13: 9780521438490,
cost £33.99). If you prefer your books in Japanese,
there is a translation of Fourier Analysis
by Yoichiro
Takahashi.

Helpful Guides and Sundries

However, the main purpose of this home page
is to give access to the most
recent version of various
collections of
well meant advice that I have produced.

The documents are available in dvi, ps, pdf and latex form.
(pdf documents can be read using acrobat.)

Helpful guides on

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Applying for Cambridge Research Fellowships:

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
Part III:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
How to write a Part III Essay: DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
Supervising undergraduates:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
How to listen to a maths lecture:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
(For those who wish to read it in Dutch PDF
with splendid illustration.)
The Naked Lecturer, thoughts on giving lectures:
PDF
How to write an essay in an undergraduate mathematics exam:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
A first draft of some advice for students
from overseas wishing to do a first degree in mathematics
at
Cambridge:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
A second edition (even better than the first)
of an advice sheet by Mark Joshi for Maths PhDs thinking
of going into finance (he says add `suitable disclaimers blaming him
for anything in it' so I do):
PDF
A strongly recommended collection of advice from
Terence Tao to young mathematicians.
http
A practice based M-level degree. DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
A letter claimed to be by the Duke of Wellington.
(An obvious spoof, I think, but
if you can prove that
it is
genuine or know of an `unimproved' letter on which is based,
please tell me.):
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
Plot synopsis for Jaws:
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX
An illustration of lion hunting drawn by an Olympic silver
medallist. PS
Demonstrating the `boarding house reach' to a female
admirer
JPJ
The Cambridge Festival of Ideas:
PDF
Delaware `The triumph of hope'
PS
Chirality of airport carouselspress

Great musical moments

Ankh-Morpork national anthem.

Music
and
words.
Further proof of the innate superiority of Hungarians
(requires
knowledge of sorting algorithms).
(If you are baffled
by the the clip, here is a beginner's version.)
Closely followed by the French,
the Japanese
and
the Americans.

Course Notes
Courses presently given in the Tripos

Next notes on courses presently given in the Tripos.

Notes for the Part II course on Codes and Cryptography

in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.
(There is a log of
corrections in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.)

Notes for the Part II course Linear Analysis in

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Notes for the Part II course Topics in Analysis. (Note that

the lecturer has more flexibility in this course than
in most,
so topics may vary from year to year.)
This year's note are available in two documents.
The first
contains the statements of the results
(together with the suggested exercises for supervisions)
as
DVI
PDF
LATEX,
and the second containing proofs of the results
(intended for home use as the lecturer may not keep
exactly to these proofs in the lectures) as
DVI
PDF
LATEX.
There is log of corrections (starting 20th
November 2021) at
PDF

Notes for the 1B 'Topology and Metric Spaces' course. DVI

PS
PDF
LATEX.

My Part 1A Analysis notes

in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Courses close to those presently given

Next notes on courses corresponding to past schedules

which are still close enough to course presently given.

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My Part 1A second half of the old course

Algebra and Geometry (fairly close to the new course 1A Groups)
in
DVI
PS
PDF
PS
PDF
LATEX.

My Part 1B Complex Methods (P3) notes

in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.
(There are now new complex variable
courses with different
selections of material.)

My Part 1B Analysis (C9) notes

in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.
These notes have been extended by Richard
Johnson to include proofs
in
LATEX
PDF.
(Note that the analysis syllabuses have been rewritten since these
C9 notes were written).

My rather old Linear Mathematics notes

(WARNING the new syllabus contains substantially more.)
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX

Part III courses

Next various Part III courses.

New!
My 2010/11 Part III course Topics in Analysis in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Notes for my Part III Topics in Fourier Analysis and

Complex Variable course (2009/10) in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX,

Notes for my Part III Functional Analysis

course.
in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX,

Notes for my Part III Topological Groups

course (note that the last part follows Rudin's book very closely)
in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX,

Notes for my 2012/13 Part III Fourier Analysis

course
in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Notes for my Part III Complex Variable course in

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX,

Please note that my Part III notes are particularly error prone.

Notes of little useful relation to current courses

My IIB course on Partial Differential Equations

(based very closely on notes by Joshi and Wassermann)
in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.
(The course has now been completely rewritten.)

Notes on a course on a no longer existent

Rings and Modules in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Notes on a no longer existent Calculus and Methods course in

DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Skeleton notes
for an introductory course in Fourier Analysis
given at the 2003 PCMI conference in
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.
Solutions for some of the exercises for this course
kindly contributed by Mihai Stoiciu
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Notes describing my own work

These notes give the background to and proofs of most of the results
I obtained in the last few years of my
career.
DVI
PS
PDF
LATEX.

Caveat emptor, these notes come without guarantees of any kind.

All contain misprints and some (particularly
the Part III notes)
much worse things.
Corrections are gratefully received.

If you have any problems obtaining these documents

write to me at

DPMMS, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WB

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and I will send whichever one you want by classical means.

(Because of the interaction between my
computer illiteracy
and the constant modernisation of our computer facilities
weird things occasionally
happen. Please e-mail me
if they do.)

I would be happy to receive comments and suggestions for improvements.

I am particularly anxious for
suggestions of possible sources of funding
for Part III students.

And Finally
You can e-mail me by pressing SCHAZAM! or if that does not
work by using the address
twk@dpmms.cam.ac.uk. My favourite
e-mail ends with the words `this message needs no reply'.

You may wish to go to the

Faculty of Mathematics home page.

The guide to the University issued by the Administration

begins by saying that the heart of the University `is
a central administration team'. Later the guide
informs us
that the title of emeritus is a title applied
`to a ....
Professor ... who has retired after the age of sixty. ... the term is not conferred as a ... mark of distinction.'
I
am an emeritus professor.

I am also an emeritus fellow of Trinity Hall, but

this position carries real advantages (to wit, access to good
food
and good company). During my time there I was fortunate to work with Tadashi Tokieda. Those of a
romantic disposition are directed to
A Valentine from Möbius.
If you would like a statement of the college's
admission policy
for mathematics undergraduates, press
here. (Of course colleges are always fiddling with
their web pages
so, if this does not work, google Trinity Hall and start from there.)

You have read the book and studied the pamphlets BUT NOW
in glowing LMScolour you can watch the film
(video actually).
In response to overwhelming lack of demand the video
of my lecture
`Marrying, Voting,
Choosing' is now available for the price of £10 including postage and packing (a reader writes
`Worth it for
the postage and packing alone')
from the LMS, De Morgan House, 57-58 Russell Square, London
WC1B
4HP. Be the first person on your street to have
your own copy!

New!
Or, if you are one of those who wants everything to be free
you can go to
Gresham College
and
watch me pontificating on `Mathematics and Smallpox'
(a reviewer writes `Mathematics and Smallpox,
what's not to like?').

`There is no limit to what people will believe if they see it on the

internet' Alan Turing 1936.

Friends of the counterexample will be delighted to hear that

the OED has at last yielded to popular demand
and accepted
it into the English language.

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