Opinions, Lists and Miscellanea

Some math books I recommend, for various reasons:

• Introduction to Smooth Manifolds - J. M. Lee
• Complex Analysis - R. Busam, E. Freitag
• Iteration of Complex Functions - A. F. Beardon
• Dynamics in One Complex Variable - J. Milnor
• Elliptic Tales - A. Ash, R. Gross
• A History of Complex Dynamics - D. S. Alexander
• Mathematics of the 19th Century Volume 2 - A. N. Kolmogorov, A. P. Yushkevich
• Mathematical Apocrypha - S. G. Krantz
• A Mathematician's Survival Guide: Graduate School and Early Career Development - S. G. Krantz

Some math books I am reading or reviewing (or pretending to read or review):

• Quasiconformal Surgery in Holomorphic Dynamics - B. Branner, N. Fagella
• Univalent Functions and Teichmüller Spaces - O. Lehto
• Complex Dynamics and Renormalization - C. McMullen

Some math books I would read if I had an infinite amount of time:

• Conformal Geometry and Dynamics of Quadratic Polynomials, vol I-II - M. Lyubich
• Quadratic Differentials - K. Strebel
• One Dimensional Dynamics - W. de Melo, S. van Strien
• Global Stability of Dynamical Systems - M. Shub
• Riemannian Holonomy Groups and Calibrated Geometry - D. Joyce
• Teichmüller Theory and Applications to Geometry, Topology, and Dynamics - John H. Hubbard
• Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry I - C. Voisin

Non-math books on my reading list:

• Dune - F. Herbert
• Metamorphosis - F. Kafka
• The Call of Cthulu - H. P. Lovecraft

Albums I have enjoyed recently:

• VOL. 4:: SLAVES OF FEAR - HEALTH
• Koi No Yokan - Deftones
• Ire Works - The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears

Links:

• The Mathematics Department at Brown University.
• The Geometry & Topology Seminar at Brown.
• The Baby Mandelbrot Set Meetings online seminar.
• The Mathematics and Statistics Institute of the University of São Paulo.
• The A5 Seminar Group at IME-USP.
• The Geometry and Mathematical Physics Workshop at IME-USP.
• The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
• A Mathematician's Lament, by Paul Lockhart.
• Mathematics for Human Flourishing, by Francis Su.
• Mathematics Students Resource, by Dan Margalit.
• The Tau Manifesto, by Michael Hartl. Additionally, a list of formulas using \( \tau \) instead of \( \pi \).

Posts on math and other topics:

• Why generating functions are more natural than they may seem.

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