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9. Thanks for recommending Boas. Used copies tend to be pricey these days, but I picked up the 3rd ed for $8 at the

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:02 AM

Oct 2025

local Public Library Friends of the Library sale of used, mostly donated, books -- after waiting months for one to pop up on Thrift Books.

A good portion of it seems redundant for me, but some sections, such as special functions (esp. Bessel fnxns), the Dirac delta function, etc. are things I've seen mentioned but never learned much about. I may have a use for them, so I need to do something about that in my copious free time. And the most advanced parts of the calculus and DifEq sections will be pretty new to me as well.

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Mary Boas. [View all] NNadir May 2022 OP

That's an interesting bit of history regarding that particular author. xocetaceans May 2022 #1

My son's MS is in materials science. He's entering a nuclear engineering Ph.D program. NNadir May 2022 #2

That sounds like very cool stuff, though I don't know those subjects myself. xocetaceans May 2022 #3

Well, I did buy the Kreyszig e-book, and briefly scanned through it. NNadir May 2022 #4

I still teach from Boas's text caraher Jun 2022 #5

Hey, thanks. I'm going to buy the "No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra" for my oldest son, the... NNadir Jun 2022 #6

I'm sure they do caraher Jun 2022 #7

Oh, I agree. NNadir Jun 2022 #8

Thanks for recommending Boas. Used copies tend to be pricey these days, but I picked up the 3rd ed for $8 at the eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #9