what's the best textbook for basic algebra/arithmetic practice?

Why is Cocoa so cute? Let's answer [math]that[/math] question first.

>>8482631
Gelfand's Algebra

>>8482631
>arithmetic practice

Write down a random number
Write down another random number
Write down a random operation
Do it
Check it with a calculator

>>8482634
She's drawn that way.

>>8482668
Wait, how do I know that they're random?

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>>8482631
My wife Cocoa is so smart.

Bumping for this. Any suggestions sci?

>>8482631
>>8483661
Serge Lang - Basic Mathematics
You can find a pdf if you look for one. Be sure to read the preface.

>>8484680
Is it better than gelfands algebra?

>>8483033
If only she knew she would spend the rest of her life sitting there counting primes and then die without even finish.

This is why it should be mandatory to read Euclid. To prevent tragedies like this.

>Onii-chan, lets hold our breath until we find the first non trivial zero of the Riemann Zeta Function that doesn't have a real part of 0.5

RIP

>>8484745
except nothing states it's impossible. that's why it's a millenium prize problem.

>>8484755
But we all know it to be true m8.

>>8484759
if it's true then you should be able to prove it. show me your proof mr.smartypants.

>>8484763
Let f be the riemann zeta function and let z be a complex number whose real part is not 1/2 and that is not a negative even number such that f(z) = 0.

lol that would be dumb.
qed

>>8484766
F-

1. you didn't define what a reimann zeta function is
2. in what regard is that dumb?

terrible. im afraid your admission into harvard has been revoked and you will be assigned the position as janitor aka detergent engineer, however you will first have to enroll into a detergent engineering program to be properly certified which you'll be competing for against millions of Asians. I'd say best wishes but you were my least favorite student..

>>8484775
Ok, Ok. Alternative proof:

The proof is trivial and is left as an exercise for the reader.

If that is not enough then I have a third valid method of proof. Bear with me.

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The characters left for this post are not enough to write my proof.
QED

>>8484719
It is. Lang has a very clear writing style, and it's written with the explicit aim to make the mathematics not as unpleasant as it often is (or rather, is perceived to be).

It is much longer as measured by page count, but it covers more and in a clearer way, and it is the folly of someone who has not read much in the way of math and science books to think that the length of a book corresponds to how quickly it can be read.

>>8483033
What's the use of even being able to count prime numbers?

>>8484793
Epin post lad :^)

>>8484793
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What did he mean by this?

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>>8484793
>/sci/ is now a Numberphile comment section

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>>8482631
i will assume you mean community college level algebra ie foil and pythagorean theorem type stuff
and not rings/groups

i enjoyed ron larsons calculus book so here are is basic algebra books.

https://www.amazon.com/McDougal-Littell-Algebra-Mathematics/dp/0618594027
https://www.amazon.com/McDougal-Littell-Algebra-Holt-Larson/dp/0618595414

khan academy
patrickjmt
pauls math notes lamar

>>8485279

/sci/ was always the worst fucking board on the site. The people who frequent this board have a more disproportionately low knowledge of the subject matter of the board than any other subject board.

/mu/ has a ton of musical knowledge, /lit/ has a lot of real knowledge about literature, /k/ has a lot of knowledge of weapons, /sci/ is infested with retards who don't know anything about science.

>>8485423
It is perhaps not that it's infested with a bunch of retards who know nothing of science, but that it is infested with a bunch of retarss with specific knowledge in single areas of science commenting on all areas of science.