Coursebook List

This page contains classes I took and/or audited at UCLA, along with texts I found useful while studying the relevant topics. Note that the webpage is not up to date.

*: Courses I audited.

List of Courses

Course NumberCourse NameTextbookOther Useful Resources
MATH 32AMultivariable CalculusRogawski, Calculus: Early Transcendentals 
MATH 32BMultivariable CalculusRogawski, Calculus: Early Transcendentals 
MATH 32BH*Multivariable Calculus (Honors)Shurman, Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean SpaceRudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis
MATH 33ALinear Algebra with ApplicationsBretscher, Linear Algebra with ApplicationsStrang, Introduction to Linear Algebra
   Axler, Linear Algebra Done Right
MATH 33BIntroduction to Differential EquationsLay, Linear Algebra and Its Applications 
MATH 101*Putnam SeminarGelca & Andreescu, Putnam and BeyondPutnam Competition Papers
MATH 110AHAbstract Algebra (Honors): Group TheoryElman, Lectures on Abstract AlgebraDummit & Foote, Abstract Algebra
MATH 110BHAbstract Algebra (Honors): Rings and ModulesElman, Lectures on Abstract AlgebraDummit & Foote, Abstract Algebra
MATH 110CAbstract Algebra: Galois TheoryElman, Lectures on Abstract AlgebraDummit & Foote, Abstract Algebra
  Artin, Galois Theory: Lectures Delivered at the University of Notre DameRotman, Galois Theory
MATH 114C*Computability TheoryCutland, Computability: An Introduction to Recursive Function TheoryMoschovakis, Recusion and Computation
MATH 115AHLinear Algebra (Honors)Hoffman & Kunze, Linear AlgebraAxler, Linear Algebra Done Right
   Petersen, Linear Algebra
MATH 115B*Linear AlgebraFriedberg, Insel, Spence, Linear Algebra 
MATH 120A*Differential GeometryShifrin, Differential Geomtery: A First Course in Curves and Surfaces 
MATH 121*Introduction to TopologyGamelin & Greene, Introduction to TopologyMunkres, Topology
MATH 131A*Real AnalysisRoss, Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus 
MATH 131AHReal Analysis (Honors)Rudin, Principles of Mathematical AnalysisRoss, Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus
  Copson, Metric SpacesTao, Analysis I & II
MATH 131BHReal Analysis (Honors)Rudin, Principles of Mathematical AnalysisTao, Analysis II
  Copson, Metric Spaces 
MATH 132HComplex Analysis (Honors)Stein, Complex Analysis 
MATH 134*Linear and Non-linear System of EquationsStrogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos 
MATH 135Ordinary Differential EquationsSimmons, Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes 
MATH 136Linear and Non-linear System of EquationsStrauss, Partial Differential Equations, An Introduction 
MATH 151A*Numerical AnalysisBurden & Faires, Numerical Analysis 
MATH 151B*Numerical AnalysisBurden & Faires, Numerical Analysis 
MATH 156*Machine LearningBishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning 
MATH 164OptimizationChong & Żak, An Introduction to Optimization 
MATH 170EProbability  
MATH 182Algorithm  
MATH 191Category Theory: Algebra of RelationsRiehl, Category Theory in ContextAdámek, Herrlich, Strecker, Abstract and Concrete Categories: The Joy of Cats
  Mac Lane, Categories for the Working MathematiciansAwodey, Category Theory
MATH 205AAlgebraic Number Theory  
MATH 210AAlgebraLang, AlgebraHungerford, Algebra
MATH 210BAlgebraLang, AlgebraHungerford, Algebra
MATH 210CAlgebraLang, AlgebraHungerford, Algebra
MATH 212AHomological AlgebraHilton & Stammbach, A Course in Homological AlgebraRotman, An Introduction to Homological Algebra
MATH 212BAdvanced Homological Algebra  
MATH 214AIntroduction to Algebraic GeometryHartshorne, Algebraic GeometryVikil, The Rising Sea
MATH 214BIntroduction to Algebraic GeometryHartshorne, Algebraic GeometryVikil, The Rising Sea
MATH 215ACommutative AlgebraAtiyah & Macdonald, Introduction to Commutative AlgebraEisenbud, Commutative Algebra
MATH 225ADifferential Topology  
MATH 225B*Differential Geometry  
MATH 225C*Algebraic Topology  
MATH 229A*Lie Group and Lie AlgebraHall, Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and RepresentationsFulton & Harris, Representation Theory