So give me a basic algebra book (I'm not joking, that's what my dad told me to read, btw: this post was to get a name of a basic elementary book to learn the basic tools of a mathematician).
BTW: why did you tell me to read "solved and unsloved promlems in number theory" if I didn't master algebra?

[QUOTE=blob100;208762]why did you tell me to read "solved and unsloved promlems in number theory" if I didn't master algebra?[/QUOTE]

How could he have known? You didn't say.

I don't blame you for not knowing the terms AB and BC. I never took either Calc AB or BC myself (and I imagine many forum members are the same). Likewise, I never took the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalauréat]bac[/url].

[quote=R.D. Silverman;208759]You are joking, right?

You have not mastered basic algebra yet.[/quote]

He knew, and I know it by the quote..

[QUOTE=blob100;208786]He knew, and I know it by the quote..[/QUOTE]

The quote shows that he knew (or guessed) it by 18 Mar 10, 10:49 AM. But he recommended the book at 01 Feb 10, 12:28 PM, six weeks earlier.

So which book to read?
BTW: I started reading "solved and unsloved..." and I can read it, but the biggest problem is understanding proofs (which is a critical problem), I do understand some of them.

Can someone please give me a list of some names of basic algebra to my level?
Thanks.

[quote=CRGreathouse;208787]The quote shows that he knew (or guessed) it by 18 Mar 10, 10:49 AM. But he recommended the book at 01 Feb 10, 12:28 PM, six weeks earlier.[/quote]
These dates aren't the real dates, becuase he told me that I don't know basic algebra before 18 Mar.

[QUOTE=blob100;208794]These dates aren't the real dates, becuase he told me that I don't know basic algebra before 18 Mar.[/QUOTE]

I copied the date from the post you quoted. You can see it, too -- though it will be in your own timezone, not mine (UTC -5:00 at the moment).

I have no recommendations on algebra books. If you want a good recommendation from others, you should probably say more about how much you know -- and start a new post.

[quote=CRGreathouse;208796]I copied the date from the post you quoted. You can see it, too -- though it will be in your own timezone, not mine (UTC -5:00 at the moment).

I have no recommendations on algebra books. If you want a good recommendation from others, you should probably say more about how much you know -- and start a new post.[/quote]
Ok, Great, but much of my knowledge is from my dad and from wikipedia...

I want to suggest for anyone that is interested a video lecture from field medalist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Serre"]Serre[/URL] on how *not to* write good mathematics downloadable from [URL="http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/edu/basic/serre/"]here[/URL]
I enjoyed viewing it very much.

[QUOTE=blob100;208797]Ok, Great, but much of my knowledge is from my dad and from wikipedia...[/QUOTE]

That's fine, just explain what you know ("the quadratic formula, graphing polynomials, logarithms and exponentials, trigonometric functions"). Otherwise, it will be hard to guess what to recommend!