
Originally Posted by
GiantEvil
I have PDF's of two math book's. They both seem to explain their subjects clearly. I certainly understand the subject's better from these book's than other more recent works. However they are both fairly old, having initial publication dates in the first half of the twenty'th century.
Should they still provide an adequate foundational base for their subject's?
And has the relevant symbology changed much?
They are; Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson, 2nd edition 1914.
And; Vector Analysis, by Edwin Bidwell Wilson, Founded upon the lectures of, J. Willard Gibbs, Published 1901.