Books in Progress

1. Notes on Surface Topology and Fractals: The Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces and Compact Bordered Surfaces.

   Note that the last file contains a very quick introduction to fractals, with nice illustrations (Sierpinski gasket, Sierpinski dragon, Koch curve, Hilbert square filling curve, etc.)

   • surftop1.ps.gz (pp. 1-32)
   • surftop2.ps.gz (pp. 33-50)
   • surftop3.ps.gz (pp. 51-68)
   • surftop4.ps.gz (pp. 69-102)
   • surftop5.ps.gz (pp. 103-116)

2. Basics of Algebra and Analysis for Computer Science
   Approx. 239 pages (book in progress).
   • geomath1.ps (pp. 1-88) Linear algebra, determinants, Gaussian elimination, LU, Cholesky.
   • geomath2.ps (pp. 89-140) Affine geometry.
   • geomath3.ps (pp. 141-194) Polynomials, PID's, UFD's.
   • geomath4.ps (pp. 195-254) Basic Topology, differential calculus.

3. Section on Gaussian elimination, LU-factoring and Cholesky-factoring
   gelucho.ps

4. The Theory of Languages and Computation
   By Jean Gallier and Andy Hicks.
   Approx. 100 pages (book in progress).
   • toc.ps (pp. 1-124)