| Book of Proof (Hammack) |
~330 |
Chapters 1–12 + exercises (≈120–140 pages) |
12–18 days |
| MIT 6.042J Mathematics for CS |
557 (full notes) |
Only these sections (total ≈110–130 pages + problem sets):
- 1–4 (proofs, sets, logic)
- 8 (modular arithmetic)
- 9 (primes, gcd, Euler’s theorem)
- 11 (polynomials)
|
2–3 weeks |
| A Book of Abstract Algebra (Pinter) |
~380 |
Chapters 1–22 only (≈187 pages) — this one is short and you really do read all of it, but it’s the most readable algebra book ever written |
2–3 weeks |
| An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography (Hoffstein) |
~530 |
Chapters 1–2 fully + Chapter 3 sections 3.1–3.5 (elliptic curves intro) ≈ 120–140 pages |
7–10 days |