E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson, /A Course of Modern Analysis/: the 4th edition (1927) retails in the UK for 49 pounds (and it doesn't seem to be much cheaper anywhere), but the 2nd edition (1915) has recently been republished by Rough Draft Printing at a recommended retail price of 25 pounds (and can be bought for considerably less). Should I wait until I can afford the 4th edition, or might I as well get the 2nd now?
In article <eeqbb4djg4q8t92uh5mbflpukonc67e...@4ax.com>, Angus Rodgers <twir...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson, /A Course of Modern Analysis/: > the 4th edition (1927) retails in the UK for 49 pounds (and it > doesn't seem to be much cheaper anywhere), but the 2nd edition > (1915) has recently been republished by Rough Draft Printing at > a recommended retail price of 25 pounds (and can be bought for > considerably less). Should I wait until I can afford the 4th > edition, or might I as well get the 2nd now?
I think it's time to go to post-modern analysis Angus.
On 28 Aug, 05:50, The World Wide Wade <aderamey.a...@comcast.net> wrote:
> In article <eeqbb4djg4q8t92uh5mbflpukonc67e...@4ax.com>, > Angus Rodgers <twir...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson, /A Course of Modern Analysis/: > > the 4th edition (1927) retails in the UK for 49 pounds (and it > > doesn't seem to be much cheaper anywhere), but the 2nd edition > > (1915) has recently been republished by Rough Draft Printing at > > a recommended retail price of 25 pounds (and can be bought for > > considerably less). Should I wait until I can afford the 4th > > edition, or might I as well get the 2nd now?
> I think it's time to go to post-modern analysis Angus.
> > > E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson, /A Course of Modern Analysis/: > > > the 4th edition (1927) retails in the UK for 49 pounds (and it > > > doesn't seem to be much cheaper anywhere), but the 2nd edition > > > (1915) has recently been republished by Rough Draft Printing at > > > a recommended retail price of 25 pounds (and can be bought for > > > considerably less). Should I wait until I can afford the 4th > > > edition, or might I as well get the 2nd now?
> > I think it's time to go to post-modern analysis Angus.
> £28.97 from Amazon, or from £21.80 from their "partners".
> Victor Meldrew > "I don't believe it!"
I took at look at the table of contents. If you want to learn about modern analysis, this seems ok. If you want to learn about the actual functions (Bessel, Gamma, hypergeometric, ...) read W&W.
mjc <mjco...@acm.org> wrote: > On Aug 28, 3:04 am, victor_meldrew_...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > On 28 Aug, 05:50, The World Wide Wade <aderamey.a...@comcast.net> > > wrote:
> > > > E. T. Whittaker & G. N. Watson, /A Course of Modern Analysis/: > > > > the 4th edition (1927) retails in the UK for 49 pounds (and it > > > > doesn't seem to be much cheaper anywhere), but the 2nd edition > > > > (1915) has recently been republished by Rough Draft Printing at > > > > a recommended retail price of 25 pounds (and can be bought for > > > > considerably less). Should I wait until I can afford the 4th > > > > edition, or might I as well get the 2nd now?
> > > I think it's time to go to post-modern analysis Angus.
> > £28.97 from Amazon, or from £21.80 from their "partners".
> > Victor Meldrew > > "I don't believe it!"
> I took at look at the table of contents. If you want to learn about > modern analysis, this seems ok. If you want to learn about the actual > functions (Bessel, Gamma, hypergeometric, ...) read W&W.
It's interesting to compare the Jost (or other recent tests on "modern analysis") with the Whittaker & Watson. Practically NO overlap in topics. Nowadays the topics of Whittaker & Watson would be called "classical analysis" ... these terms are of course relative -- Maybe the topic of Bessel functions was "modern" in 1902 and is "classical" in 2008.
Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
> Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
If this is the edition that I have then I would warn people that it is poorly made: it is not sewn in signatures, rather single pages are glued to the spine. The result is that the pages fall out if it gets any use.
-- He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day.
"Please take note: the latest "new" edition of the book was in 1927. That was the fourth edition. Everything since then has been a reprint. You're not getting anything new if you buy a 1997 reprint; even the typeface is the same, only the cover is blue."
But that is of the Cambridge University Press reprint of the 4th edition.
The "Search Inside" facility also leads only to a scan of the CUP edition.
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:18 +0100, Frederick Williams
<frederick.willia...@tesco.net> wrote: >"G. A. Edgar" wrote:
>> Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
>If this is the edition that I have then I would warn people that it is >poorly made: it is not sewn in signatures, rather single pages are glued >to the spine. The result is that the pages fall out if it gets any >use.
Do you have the 1996 Cambridge University Press paperback reprint, or some other edition?
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:18 +0100, Frederick Williams > <frederick.willia...@tesco.net> wrote:
> >"G. A. Edgar" wrote:
> >> Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
> >If this is the edition that I have then I would warn people that it is > >poorly made: it is not sewn in signatures, rather single pages are glued > >to the spine. The result is that the pages fall out if it gets any > >use.
> Do you have the 1996 Cambridge University Press paperback reprint, > or some other edition?
CUP, 1978.
-- He is not here; but far away The noise of life begins again And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain On the bald street breaks the blank day.
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:18 +0100, Frederick Williams >> <frederick.willia...@tesco.net> wrote:
>> >"G. A. Edgar" wrote:
>> >> Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
>> >If this is the edition that I have then I would warn people that it is >> >poorly made: it is not sewn in signatures, rather single pages are glued >> >to the spine. The result is that the pages fall out if it gets any >> >use.
>> Do you have the 1996 Cambridge University Press paperback reprint, >> or some other edition?
>CUP, 1978.
I think one of the reviews at amazon.com also complained of small type making it hard to read. And it's expensive!
Is there a preface giving information about how the 4th edition differs from earlier ones?
> >> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:18 +0100, Frederick Williams > >> <frederick.willia...@tesco.net> wrote:
> >> >"G. A. Edgar" wrote:
> >> >> Anyway, the W & W 4th edition in paperback is available at $22.50
> >> >If this is the edition that I have then I would warn people that it is > >> >poorly made: it is not sewn in signatures, rather single pages are glued > >> >to the spine. The result is that the pages fall out if it gets any > >> >use.
> >> Do you have the 1996 Cambridge University Press paperback reprint, > >> or some other edition?
> >CUP, 1978.
> I think one of the reviews at amazon.com also complained of small type > making it hard to read. And it's expensive!
> Is there a preface giving information about how the 4th edition differs > from earlier ones?
> -- > Angus Rodgers > (twirlip@ eats spam; reply to angusrod@) > Contains mild peril- Hide quoted text -
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Taken from the Preface to my 2003 reprinting of the 1996 reissue of the 1927 Fourth edition
\begin{quote}
Advantage has been taken of the preparation of the fourth edition of this work to add a few additional references and to make a number of corrections of minor errors.
Our thanks are due to a number of our readers for pointing out errors and misprints, and in particular we are grateful to Mr E. T. Copson, Lecturer in Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, for the trouble which has has taken in supplying us with a somewhat lengthy list.
E.T.W. G.N.W.
June 18, 1927
\end{quote}
First edition 1902 Second edition 1915 Third edition 1920 Fourth edition 1927
Reprinted 1935, 1940, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1962, 1963 Reissued in the Cambridge Mathematical Library Series 1996 Reprinted 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
