A while ago I realised I was Steppenwolf.

I am still trying to come to terms with the fact 

I'm J.L. Doob's Measure Theory.

I am different from other books on measure theory in that I accept probability theory as an essential part of measure theory. This means that many examples are taken from probability; that probabilistic concepts such as independence, Markov processes, and conditional expectations are integrated into me rather than being relegated to an appendix; that I pay more attention to the role of algebras than is customary; and that I exploit the metric defining the distance between sets as the measure of their symmetric difference more than is customary.

What I want to know is where did Kitty and IRF get their options from? I only got a range of higher-mathematical options. I want to compete in an arena where the prizes include Steppenwolf and The Miller's Tale.

I am Joe Harris's Algebraic Geometry: A First Course.

"You are intended to introduce students to algebraic geometry; to give them a sense of the basic objects considered, the questions asked about them, and the sort of answers one can expect to obtain. You thus emphasize the classical roots of the subject. For readers interested in simply seeing what the subject is about, you avoid the more technical details better treated with the most recent methods. For readers interested in pursuing the subject further, you will provide a basis for understanding the developments of the last half century, which have put the subject on a radically new footing. Based on lectures given at Brown and Harvard Universities, you retain the informal style of the lectures and stress examples throughout; the theory is developed as needed. Your first part is concerned with introducing basic varieties and constructions; you describe, for example, affine and projective varieties, regular and rational maps, and particular classes of varieties such as determinantal varieties and algebraic groups. Your second part discusses attributes of varieties, including dimension, smoothness, tangent spaces and cones, degree, and parameter and moduli spaces."

Tommo

I would rather take CDs than books, provided I had something to play them on....


I would rather walk 30 miles in the nude than a quarter of a mile clothed.....


I would like someone to cuddle....


I would rather it was a warm place....


It sounds perfect.


I have a hangover.

Would you rather:

Live in a city and visit the country?		or		Live in the country and visit the city?
Live a long, but relatively unproductive life?		or		Be highly productive for a short span?

It's still rather cutting edge; give it a few years though and we'll all be struggling to explain it to our kids