The Renewal Equation

A math odyssey

Resources

This is a list of math resources mentioned in the blog.

Print Books
Analysis with an Introduction to Proof by Steven R. Lay
Biscuits of Number Theory ed. by Arthur T. Benjamin and Ezra Brown
Chapter Zero: Fundamental Notions of Abstract Mathematics by Carol Schumacher
Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz
The Joy of X by Steven Strogatz
The Mathematical Tourist by Ivars Peterson
Number Theory by George E. Andrews
Single Variable Calculus by James Stewart

Online Books and Chapters
• OpenStax’s Algebra and Trigonometry by Jay Abramson et al.
• LibreText’s Elementary Number Theory by Mike Barrus & W. Edwin Clark
• [not recommended] LibreText’sElementary College Geometry by Henry Africk
Mathematical Games, November 1959 (about Graeco-Latin squares) by Martin Gardner
Penrose Tiling by Martin Gardner
Review of Algebra, Review of Analytic Geometry, and Review of Conics by James Stewart et al.
A Short Account of the History of Mathematics by W. W. Rouse Ball

Repositories of Online Books
LibreTexts
OpenStax

Problems
AMC Problems and Solutions from Art of Problem Solving
Macalester College Problem of the Week

Videos
• 3blue1brown’s Group theory, abstraction, and the 196,883-dimensional monster
• 3blue1brown’s Lockdown Math series (specifically episodes 2-4)
• 3blue1brown’s Who cares about topology? (Inscribed rectangle problem)
• 3blue1brown’s Why slicing a cone gives an ellipse (beautiful proof)
• Ben Syversen’s The Simple Math That Led to Einstein’s Relativity
• Jack Hanke’s The Mosaic Problem – How and Why to Do Math for Fun
• Morphocular’s The Concept So Much of Modern Math is Built On | Compactness
• Morphocular’s The Wonderful World of Weird Wheels series
• Numberphile’s A Miraculous Proof (Ptolemy’s Theorem)
• PBS Infinite Series’s Voting Systems and the Condorcet Paradox
• Prof Mihai Nika’s Estimate π with Pasta? Buffon’s Needle & Noodle Problem. Why Pi?

—On Tiling
• Up and Atom’s How a Hobbyist Solved a 50-Year-Old Math Problem (Einstein Tile)
• Numberphile’s Discovery of the Aperiodic Monotile
• Veritasium’s The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
• minutephysics’s Why Penrose Tiles Never Repeat

YouTube Channels
3blue1brown
Ben Syversen
Morphocular
Numberphile

“The Great Courses” Series
The Joy of Math by Arthur T. Benjamin

Forums
Learn Math Subreddit (r/learnmath)
Math Help Forum
Mathematics Stack Exchange

Tools
Desmos

Other
A Brief History of Mathematics radio series
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences