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Dwyer–Kan Localization Revisited

Revisits simplicial localization in infinity-categorical language and studies the passage from Quillen adjunctions to localized categories.

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Dwyer–Kan Localization Revisited

Vladimir Hinich · Research paper · Graduate · English

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Revisits simplicial localization in infinity-categorical language and studies the passage from Quillen adjunctions to localized categories.

Preparation: Model categories; simplicial categories; adjunctions.

Use: Compare simplicial localization with the induced adjunction from a Quillen pair.

Version: arXiv 1311.4128; inspected electronic version · Checked 2026-11-03

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Elementary Number Theory

An undergraduate text on primes, congruences, arithmetic functions, quadratic residues and continued fractions, with later introductions to analytic topics.

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Elementary Number Theory

Wissam Raji · Open textbook · Introductory · English

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An undergraduate text on primes, congruences, arithmetic functions, quadratic residues and continued fractions, with later introductions to analytic topics.

Preparation: Elementary algebra and proof-writing; later chapters need analysis and abstract algebra.

Use: A first structured number-theory reading route, followed by selected advanced chapters.

Version: LibreTexts open HTML edition; edition date not stated · Checked 2026-10-13

Elementary Number Theory

Develops divisibility, prime numbers, congruences, arithmetic functions, primality tests and public-key cryptography through short theorem-based chapters.

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Elementary Number Theory

W. Edwin Clark; revised by Jim Hefferon · Textbook · Introductory · English

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Develops divisibility, prime numbers, congruences, arithmetic functions, primality tests and public-key cryptography through short theorem-based chapters.

Preparation: School algebra; basic sets and functions. Calculus I is suggested in the preface, chiefly for mathematical maturity.

Use: Build proof-writing skill while learning elementary arithmetic theory.

Version: Hefferon revision December 2003; PDF compiled January 5, 2004 · Checked 2026-10-13

Elementary Number Theory: Primes, Congruences, and Secrets

Connects classical topics with computation, cryptography and elliptic curves. Broader than a minimal congruences course; later chapters benefit from abstract algebra.

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Elementary Topology (Элементарная топология)

A problem-led development of general topology, followed by fundamental groups and covering spaces. This record uses the full Russian book, not the shortened English file without proofs.

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Elementary Topology (Элементарная топология)

Oleg Viro, Oleg Ivanov, Nikita Netsvetaev and Viatcheslav Kharlamov · Problem textbook · Introductory · Russian

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A problem-led development of general topology, followed by fundamental groups and covering spaces. This record uses the full Russian book, not the shortened English file without proofs.

Preparation: Set theory; proof writing; elementary group theory for later sections.

Use: Work through examples and proof exercises before a homology course.

Version: Third Russian edition, 2010 · Checked 2026-10-13

Elements of ∞-Category Theory

A substantial treatment of higher categories for mathematically mature readers. A later step after ordinary category theory, not a shortcut around its foundations.

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Elements of ∞-Category Theory

Emily Riehl and Dominic Verity · Monograph · Advanced · English (legacy metadata)

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A substantial treatment of higher categories for mathematically mature readers. A later step after ordinary category theory, not a shortcut around its foundations.

Preparation: Category theory; homotopy-theoretic maturity.

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Elliptic Curves (MIT 18.783)

Combines elliptic-curve arithmetic and algorithms with complex multiplication, modular curves and modularity.

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Elliptic Curves (MIT 18.783)

Andrew V. Sutherland · Lecture-course collection · Graduate · English

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Combines elliptic-curve arithmetic and algorithms with complex multiplication, modular curves and modularity.

Preparation: Abstract algebra; finite fields; elementary number theory; complex analysis for later lectures.

Use: Follow a computational-to-modular elliptic-curve course.

Version: MIT 18.783, Fall 2025 · Checked 2026-10-13

Entropy and Partial Differential Equations

Thermodynamic and probabilistic entropy ideas organize elliptic and parabolic estimates, conservation laws, Hamilton–Jacobi equations and stochastic examples.

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Entropy and Partial Differential Equations

Lawrence C. Evans · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Thermodynamic and probabilistic entropy ideas organize elliptic and parabolic estimates, conservation laws, Hamilton–Jacobi equations and stochastic examples.

Preparation: Graduate real analysis and a first PDE course.

Use: Study how entropy structures yield estimates and select physically meaningful solutions.

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Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1

Develops enumeration through generating functions, partially ordered sets and related methods.

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Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1

Richard P. Stanley · Textbook / author manuscript · Graduate · English

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Develops enumeration through generating functions, partially ordered sets and related methods.

Preparation: Discrete mathematics; algebra; formal power series.

Use: Graduate study of enumerative techniques.

Version: Second-edition author manuscript, July 15, 2011; published copyright 2012 · Checked 2026-10-11

Ergodic Properties of Markov Processes

Studies invariant distributions and constructive convergence methods.

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Ergodic Properties of Markov Processes

Martin Hairer · Lecture notes · Advanced · English

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Studies invariant distributions and constructive convergence methods.

Preparation: Probability; Markov processes; measure theory.

Use: Bridge probability and long-time dynamics.

Version: Author revision 2018 · Checked 2026-10-11

Ergodic Theory

Measure-preserving dynamics and ergodic theorems leading to combinatorial recurrence.

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Ergodic Theory

Ben Green · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Measure-preserving dynamics and ergodic theorems leading to combinatorial recurrence.

Preparation: Real analysis; basic measure theory.

Use: Bridge from analysis to ergodic theory and additive applications.

Version: Oxford, Michaelmas Term 2015 · Checked 2026-10-13

Etale Cohomology for Geometers 给几何人的平展上同调

Learning notes organized around analogies with algebraic topology and complex geometry. Some listed sections remain unwritten, so this is a selective companion rather than a complete first course.

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Etale Cohomology for Geometers

温尊 · Course notes · Graduate · Chinese

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Original title: 给几何人的平展上同调

Learning notes organized around analogies with algebraic topology and complex geometry. Some listed sections remain unwritten, so this is a selective companion rather than a complete first course.

Preparation: Schemes, sheaves and homological algebra.

Use: Compare specific results with Milne or SGA; keep a systematic reference available for omitted arguments.

Version: 2023 learning notes; some sections unwritten · Checked 2026-11-03

Étale Cohomology of Diamonds

Develops diamonds and their étale sheaves, including functorial cohomological machinery.

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Étale Cohomology of Diamonds

Peter Scholze · Research monograph · Research · English

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Develops diamonds and their étale sheaves, including functorial cohomological machinery.

Preparation: Perfectoid spaces; étale cohomology; derived categories.

Use: Research-level reference for diamonds.

Version: Author manuscript; consult title page for revisions · Checked 2026-10-11

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Etale Coverings and the Fundamental Group (SGA 1)

Foundations of the algebraic fundamental group through finite etale coverings and descent; this is the corrected electronic re-edition.

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Etale Coverings and the Fundamental Group (SGA 1)

Alexander Grothendieck and Michèle Raynaud · Research monograph · Graduate · French

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Original title: Revêtements étales et groupe fondamental

Foundations of the algebraic fundamental group through finite etale coverings and descent; this is the corrected electronic re-edition.

Preparation: Schemes; finite etale morphisms; Galois theory.

Use: Read the finite-etale and Galois-category constructions alongside a course on algebraic fundamental groups.

Version: arXiv math/0206203; inspected electronic version · Checked 2026-11-03

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Euler Equations, Navier–Stokes Equations and Turbulence

A fluid-PDE course connects Euler and Navier–Stokes dynamics with active scalars, quasi-geostrophic equations, dissipation and spectra.

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Euler Equations, Navier–Stokes Equations and Turbulence

Peter Constantin · Lecture notes · Research · English

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A fluid-PDE course connects Euler and Navier–Stokes dynamics with active scalars, quasi-geostrophic equations, dissipation and spectra.

Preparation: Graduate PDE, Sobolev estimates and fluid-mechanics notation.

Use: Study analytical mechanisms in incompressible flows; read the problem-status discussion in its 2004 context.

Version: C.I.M.E. lectures, 2003; version February 21, 2004 · Checked 2026-10-13

Exponential Sums over Finite Fields: Elementary Methods

Develops character sums and point-counting bounds using Stepanov and Bombieri methods; some proof gaps are identified on the author page.

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Exponential Sums over Finite Fields: Elementary Methods

Emmanuel Kowalski · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops character sums and point-counting bounds using Stepanov and Bombieri methods; some proof gaps are identified on the author page.

Preparation: Finite fields; characters; basic complex analysis.

Use: Build tools for estimating arithmetic sums.

Version: Version of September 14, 2021 · Checked 2026-10-13

Family Floer Cohomology and Mirror Symmetry

Explains the family-Floer construction of mirrors from nonsingular Lagrangian torus fibrations and associated coherent sheaves.

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Family Floer Cohomology and Mirror Symmetry

Mohammed Abouzaid · Research survey · Research · English

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Explains the family-Floer construction of mirrors from nonsingular Lagrangian torus fibrations and associated coherent sheaves.

Preparation: Lagrangian Floer theory; Fukaya categories; basics of mirror symmetry.

Use: Advance from categorical Floer introductions to geometric mirror constructions.

Version: arXiv v1, April 10, 2014 · Checked 2026-10-13

Field Theory

Treats algebraic extensions and Galois theory, with further topics in field structure.

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Field Theory

Pete L. Clark · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Treats algebraic extensions and Galois theory, with further topics in field structure.

Preparation: Groups, rings and elementary field extensions.

Use: Extend a first algebra course into graduate field theory.

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Fields and Galois Theory

Develops field extensions, Galois theory and transcendence degree. A focused continuation after groups, rings and basic fields.

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Fields and Galois Theory

J. S. Milne · Course notes · Intermediate · English (legacy metadata)

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Develops field extensions, Galois theory and transcendence degree. A focused continuation after groups, rings and basic fields.

Preparation: Groups, rings and fields.

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

A two-dimensional narrator encounters other dimensions in a geometric story with Victorian social satire.

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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin Abbott Abbott · Mathematical fiction · Introductory · English

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Original title: Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

A two-dimensional narrator encounters other dimensions in a geometric story with Victorian social satire.

Preparation: Elementary geometry.

Use: Enjoy a historical imaginative introduction to dimension.

Version: 1884 novella; illustrated Project Gutenberg edition 45506 · Checked 2026-10-13

Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds

Studies foliations, universal circles and their interaction with three-dimensional geometry.

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Foliations and the Geometry of 3-Manifolds

Danny Calegari · Research monograph · Research · English

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Studies foliations, universal circles and their interaction with three-dimensional geometry.

Preparation: Differential topology; hyperbolic geometry; surfaces.

Use: Advanced study of low-dimensional geometric structures.

Version: 2007 authorized author copy · Checked 2026-10-11

forall x: Calgary

Introduces formal languages, truth tables and natural deduction. Exercises and solutions support a first logic course; metatheory is developed further in the next text.

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forall x: Calgary

P. D. Magnus, Tim Button, Aaron Thomas-Bolduc and Richard Zach, with contributors · Textbook · Introductory · English (legacy metadata)

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Introduces formal languages, truth tables and natural deduction. Exercises and solutions support a first logic course; metatheory is developed further in the next text.

Preparation: No university mathematics required.

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Forcing & Symmetric Extensions

Develops forcing, iterations and forcing axioms before automorphisms, symmetric extensions and choiceless model constructions.

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Forcing & Symmetric Extensions

Asaf Karagila · Course notes · Research · English

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Develops forcing, iterations and forcing axioms before automorphisms, symmetric extensions and choiceless model constructions.

Preparation: Axiomatic set theory, ordinals, cardinals and elementary model theory.

Use: Learn forcing and continue into symmetric-extension techniques.

Version: Updated August 24, 2026; Leeds 2022–2023 course · Checked 2026-10-13

Foundations of Algebraic Topology 代数拓扑基础

Lecture notes emphasizing simplicial homology and its technical foundations, followed by singular and cellular methods and the universal coefficient theorem. The recorded version does not develop the cohomology ring.

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Foundations of Algebraic Topology

从前有一只呜喵 (notes credited in the introduction) · Course notes · Intermediate · Chinese

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Original title: 代数拓扑基础

Lecture notes emphasizing simplicial homology and its technical foundations, followed by singular and cellular methods and the universal coefficient theorem. The recorded version does not develop the cohomology ring.

Preparation: Point-set topology; groups, quotient groups and linear algebra.

Use: Work through simplicial chains and relative homology before using the exact-sequence arguments.

Version: Online lecture manuscript · Checked 2026-11-03

Foundations of Infinitesimal Calculus

Develops the hyperreal foundations supporting infinitesimal calculus, with a separate treatment of differential equations.

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Foundations of Infinitesimal Calculus

H. Jerome Keisler · Monograph · Intermediate · English

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Develops the hyperreal foundations supporting infinitesimal calculus, with a separate treatment of differential equations.

Preparation: Single-variable calculus; comfort with proofs.

Use: Use as an advanced undergraduate seminar accompanying infinitesimal calculus.

Version: Online edition 2007; author calculus page identifies update June 2022 · Checked 2026-10-13