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Foundations of Set Theory 集合论基础

An introduction to logic and set theory, developing the language of sets and basic constructions used throughout undergraduate mathematics.

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Foundations of Set Theory

OperatorP · Course notes · Introductory · Chinese

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Original title: 集合论基础

An introduction to logic and set theory, developing the language of sets and basic constructions used throughout undergraduate mathematics.

Preparation: School mathematics; no previous axiomatic set theory assumed.

Use: Read the logical language and basic constructions before the more advanced axiomatic-set-theory sequel.

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

Fourier Analysis and Distribution Theory

Develops Fourier series and transforms through test functions, tempered distributions, convolution and fundamental solutions.

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Fourier Analysis and Distribution Theory

Mikko Salo · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops Fourier series and transforms through test functions, tempered distributions, convolution and fundamental solutions.

Preparation: Real analysis; integration; elementary functional analysis.

Use: Learn the distributional Fourier tools used in linear PDE.

Version: Fall 2013 course notes · Checked 2026-10-13

Function Spaces

A self-contained course segment on interpolation, fractional Sobolev regularity, and Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces.

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Function Spaces

Mikko Salo · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A self-contained course segment on interpolation, fractional Sobolev regularity, and Besov and Triebel–Lizorkin spaces.

Preparation: Measure theory; Fourier transform; basic Banach spaces.

Use: Bridge standard Sobolev spaces to refined regularity tools.

Version: Fall 2008 course notes · Checked 2026-10-13

Functional Analysis and Operator Algebras: An Introduction

Exercises connect Banach and Hilbert spaces, bounded operators and spectral questions with operator algebras.

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Functional Analysis and Operator Algebras: An Introduction

John M. Erdman · Textbook · Graduate · English

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Exercises connect Banach and Hilbert spaces, bounded operators and spectral questions with operator algebras.

Preparation: Real analysis, linear algebra and metric-space topology.

Use: Study functional analysis through problems before progressing to operator algebras.

Version: October 4, 2015 · Checked 2026-10-13

Further Set Theory A: Axiomatic Foundations 集合论进阶 A:公理集合论基础

A developing sequence on formal set-theoretic theories and construction principles. Read the existing chapters selectively; a listed language-extension section is still unfinished.

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Further Set Theory A: Axiomatic Foundations

OperatorP · Course notes · Graduate · Chinese

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Original title: 集合论进阶 A:公理集合论基础

A developing sequence on formal set-theoretic theories and construction principles. Read the existing chapters selectively; a listed language-extension section is still unfinished.

Preparation: First-course set theory and first-order logic.

Use: Compare the axioms and the resulting theories after a first course in sets.

Version: Online manuscript; unfinished · Checked 2026-11-03

Gaps between Primes

Surveys sieve ideas behind small and large prime gaps and their connection with prime-tuple questions.

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Gaps between Primes

James Maynard · Research survey · Research · English

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Surveys sieve ideas behind small and large prime gaps and their connection with prime-tuple questions.

Preparation: Analytic number theory; sieve estimates.

Use: Orient a research seminar on prime gaps.

Version: arXiv submission October 29, 2019 · Checked 2026-10-13

General Topology

Starts with sets and maps, then treats quotient spaces, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms and metrization.

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General Topology

Jesper M. Møller · Course notes · Intermediate · English

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Starts with sets and maps, then treats quotient spaces, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms and metrization.

Preparation: Basic proof writing, sets and functions.

Use: Prepare for algebraic topology or geometry with a concise point-set course.

Version: Author-hosted notes; date not stated · Checked 2026-10-13

generatingfunctionology, 2nd edition

A focused treatment of generating functions and counting. Read after elementary combinatorics; the authorized free edition is the second, not the commercial third.

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generatingfunctionology, 2nd edition

Herbert S. Wilf · Textbook · Intermediate · English (legacy metadata)

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A focused treatment of generating functions and counting. Read after elementary combinatorics; the authorized free edition is the second, not the commercial third.

Preparation: Combinatorics; power series and calculus.

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Geometric Group Theory, Non-positive Curvature and Recognition Problems

Connects Dehn functions and nonpositive curvature to recognition and isomorphism problems. The complete lecture manuscript is informal rather than a polished journal treatment.

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Geometric Group Theory, Non-positive Curvature and Recognition Problems

Martin R. Bridson · Lecture notes · Research · English

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Connects Dehn functions and nonpositive curvature to recognition and isomorphism problems. The complete lecture manuscript is informal rather than a polished journal treatment.

Preparation: Group presentations; fundamental groups; geometric group theory.

Use: Use after a first geometric group theory course to explore algorithmic questions.

Version: Lectures June 12–14, 2003 · Checked 2026-10-13

Geometric Inverse Problems: With Emphasis on Two Dimensions

A sustained treatment of tensor tomography, transport equations and geometric estimates, centered on surfaces.

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Geometric Inverse Problems: With Emphasis on Two Dimensions

Gabriel P. Paternain, Mikko Salo and Gunther Uhlmann · Author-hosted book · Research · English

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A sustained treatment of tensor tomography, transport equations and geometric estimates, centered on surfaces.

Preparation: Differential geometry; functional analysis; elliptic PDE.

Use: Study geometric inverse problems after an introductory PDE course.

Version: Author-hosted version; copyright 2022; book published 2023 · Checked 2026-10-13

Geometrization of the Local Langlands Correspondence

A research-scale synthesis of the Fargues–Fontaine curve, moduli and local Langlands.

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Geometrization of the Local Langlands Correspondence

Laurent Fargues and Peter Scholze · Research monograph · Research · English

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A research-scale synthesis of the Fargues–Fontaine curve, moduli and local Langlands.

Preparation: Diamonds; p-adic geometry; representation theory.

Use: Advanced arithmetic-geometric reference.

Version: Author manuscript; consult source for revision · Checked 2026-10-11

Geometry and Higher Category Theory

A recent course relating geometric ideas and higher categorical structures.

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Geometry and Higher Category Theory

Peter Scholze · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A recent course relating geometric ideas and higher categorical structures.

Preparation: Higher category theory; homotopy theory.

Use: Advanced seminar reading rather than an undergraduate introduction.

Version: Winter semester 2025–26 · Checked 2026-10-11

Global Homotopy Theory

Develops equivariant homotopy theories simultaneously across compact Lie groups using orthogonal spaces and spectra.

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Global Homotopy Theory

Stefan Schwede · Research monograph · Research · English

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Develops equivariant homotopy theories simultaneously across compact Lie groups using orthogonal spaces and spectra.

Preparation: Stable homotopy theory; model categories; compact Lie groups.

Use: Use as a research reference after a first course on spectra.

Version: Electronic revision compiled October 1, 2025; book published 2018 · Checked 2026-10-13

Graph Removal Lemmas

Explains graph and hypergraph removal with quantitative bounds and additive-combinatorial applications.

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Graph Removal Lemmas

David Conlon and Jacob Fox · Research survey · Research · English

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Explains graph and hypergraph removal with quantitative bounds and additive-combinatorial applications.

Preparation: Extremal graph theory; regularity methods; elementary additive combinatorics.

Use: Study removal methods connecting combinatorics and number theory.

Version: Author-hosted notes; date not stated · Checked 2026-10-13

Graph Theory

Covers core graph theory and routes toward structural results. Free browser viewing is not the same as a freely downloadable full PDF.

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Graph Theory

Reinhard Diestel · Textbook · Advanced · English

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Covers core graph theory and routes toward structural results. Free browser viewing is not the same as a freely downloadable full PDF.

Preparation: Proof-writing; discrete mathematics.

Use: Bridge undergraduate graphs and graduate combinatorics.

Version: Sixth edition, 2025 · Checked 2026-10-11

Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics: Exploring Structure and Randomness

Connects extremal graph theory, pseudorandomness and additive combinatorics. The full author manuscript differs slightly from the published edition; exercises and companion lectures support study.

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Graph Theory and Additive Combinatorics: Exploring Structure and Randomness

Yufei Zhao · Textbook / author manuscript · Advanced · English (legacy metadata)

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Connects extremal graph theory, pseudorandomness and additive combinatorics. The full author manuscript differs slightly from the published edition; exercises and companion lectures support study.

Preparation: Undergraduate algebra, analysis and linear algebra.

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Grothendieck’s Six Operations and Vanishing Cycles in the Motivic World, I–II

A foundational French treatment of motivic operations and nearby-cycle constructions. The archive supplies the full first volume; the companion volume is Astérisque 315.

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Grothendieck’s Six Operations and Vanishing Cycles in the Motivic World, I–II

Joseph Ayoub · Research monograph · Research · French

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Original title: Les six opérations de Grothendieck et le formalisme des cycles évanescents dans le monde motivique (I–II)

A foundational French treatment of motivic operations and nearby-cycle constructions. The archive supplies the full first volume; the companion volume is Astérisque 315.

Preparation: Motivic homotopy theory; triangulated categories; schemes.

Use: Research reference for the six-functor formalism.

Version: Astérisque 314–315, 2007; two volumes counted once · Checked 2026-10-11

Group Theory

A compact graduate introduction, including finite-group representations. Concise exposition makes prior exposure to algebra helpful.

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Group Theory

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

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A compact graduate introduction, including finite-group representations. Concise exposition makes prior exposure to algebra helpful.

Preparation: Undergraduate abstract algebra.

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Guide to Cultivating Complex Analysis: Working the Complex Field

A first graduate course from holomorphic functions to conformal mapping and analytic continuation. Appendices review analysis prerequisites; exercises remain important for understanding.

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Guide to Cultivating Complex Analysis: Working the Complex Field

Jiří Lebl · Textbook · Intermediate · English (legacy metadata)

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A first graduate course from holomorphic functions to conformal mapping and analytic continuation. Appendices review analysis prerequisites; exercises remain important for understanding.

Preparation: Real analysis; metric spaces; multivariable calculus.

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Harmonic Analysis Lecture Notes

Fourier series and integrals are treated through maximal functions, Hilbert and Riesz transforms, Calderón–Zygmund decomposition and interpolation, followed by sampling and uncertainty.

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Harmonic Analysis Lecture Notes

Richard S. Laugesen · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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The complete 176-page author-submitted manuscript opened on arXiv.

Fourier series and integrals are treated through maximal functions, Hilbert and Riesz transforms, Calderón–Zygmund decomposition and interpolation, followed by sampling and uncertainty.

Preparation: Lebesgue integration, Lp spaces and elementary Hilbert-space theory.

Use: Take a first theoretical harmonic-analysis course with a dedicated problem section.

Version: arXiv v2, May 17, 2017; manuscript dated May 18, 2017 · Checked 2026-10-13

High-Dimensional Probability

Develops concentration and random-matrix methods with applications in data science.

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High-Dimensional Probability

Roman Vershynin · Textbook · Graduate · English

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Develops concentration and random-matrix methods with applications in data science.

Preparation: Graduate probability; strong linear algebra; metric and normed spaces.

Use: Study modern probabilistic estimates and random structures.

Version: Second edition, published February 19, 2026 · Checked 2026-10-11

Higher Algebra

Develops stable infinity-categories, operads and algebra objects.

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Higher Algebra

Jacob Lurie · Research monograph · Graduate · English

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Develops stable infinity-categories, operads and algebra objects.

Preparation: Higher Topos Theory; homological algebra.

Use: Reference for modern derived and spectral algebra.

Version: September 2017 author version · Checked 2026-10-11

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Higher Categories and Homotopical Algebra

A systematic route from homotopical algebra to higher categories.

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Higher Categories and Homotopical Algebra

Denis-Charles Cisinski · Research monograph · Graduate · English

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A systematic route from homotopical algebra to higher categories.

Preparation: Category theory; simplicial sets; algebraic topology.

Use: An alternative foundational route to infinity-categories.

Version: 2019 author edition · Checked 2026-10-11

Higher Operads, Higher Categories

Uses generalized operads to organize several higher-categorical structures.

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Higher Operads, Higher Categories

Tom Leinster · Research monograph · Graduate · English

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Uses generalized operads to organize several higher-categorical structures.

Preparation: Category theory; monoidal categories; operads.

Use: Compare models of higher categories.

Version: 2004; author arXiv edition · Checked 2026-10-11

Higher Topos Theory

Develops infinity-categories, limits, sheaves and infinity-topoi.

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Higher Topos Theory

Jacob Lurie · Research monograph · Graduate · English

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Develops infinity-categories, limits, sheaves and infinity-topoi.

Preparation: Category theory; simplicial sets; homotopy theory.

Use: Foundational reference for higher category theory.

Version: April 2017 author version; book 2009 · Checked 2026-10-11

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