Sirplzzz suggest me the best book for preparing for mathematical olympiads like RMO and many others

Hi Jaskaran,

Maths olympiad is a very good exam. You should buy some very good Maths books and start solving it.

The list of books is here:

• GEOMETRY

  1. Durrel M. A., Modern Geometry, Macmillan & Co., London.
  2. H. S. M. Coxeter and S. L. Greitzer, Geometry Revisited, Mathematical Association of America.
  3. S. L. Loney, Plane Trigonometry, Macmillan & Co., London.

• NUMBER THEORY

  1. I. Niven & H. S. Zuckerman, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, Wiley Eastern Ltd. New Delhi.
  2. David Burton, Elementary Number Theory, Universal Book Stall, New Delhi.
  3. G. H. Hardy & Wright, An introduction to the theory of numbers, Oxford University Publishers.

• PROBLEM BOOKS

  • I M O Problem Collections
    1. S. L. Greitzer, International Mathematical Olympiad 1959-1977, MAA.
    2. M. S. Klamkin, International Mathematical Olympiad 1978-1985, MAA.
  • General
    1. M. S. Klamkin, USA Mathematical Olympiads 1972-1985, MAA.
    2. D. O. Shklyarshky, N. N. Chensov and I. M. Yaglom, Selected problems and Theorems in Elementary Mathematics.
    3. W. Sierpenski, 250 Problems in Elementary Number Theory, American Elsevier.
    4. I. R. Sharygin, Problems in Plane Geometry, MIR Publishers.

• General Reading
  1. S. Barnard & J.M. Child, Higher Algebra, Macmillan & Co., London, 1939; reprinted Surjeet Publishers, Delhi, 1990
  2. W. S Burnside & A.W. Panton, The Theory of Equations, Vol. 1 (13th Edition), S. Chand & Co., New Delhi, 1990
  3. D. M. Burton, Elementary Number Theory, Second Edition, Universal Book Stall, New Delhi, 1991
  4. RA. Brualdi, Introductory Combinatorics, Elsevier, North-Holland, New York, 1977
  5. H.S.M. Coxeter & S.L. Greitzer, Geometry Revisited, New Mathematical Library 19, The Mathematical Association of America, New York, 1967
  6. C.V. Durell, Modern Geometry, Macmillan & Co., London, 1961
  7. H.S. Hall & S.R Knight, Higher Algebra, Macmillan & Co., London; Metric Edition, New Delhi, 1983
  8. R Honsberger, Mathematical Gems, Part I (1973), Part II (1976), Part III (1985), The Mathematical Association of America, New York
  9. N.D. Kazarinoff, Geometric Inequalities, New Mathematical Library 4, Random House and The L.W. Singer Co., New York, 1961
  10. P.P. Korovkin, Inequalities, Little Mathematics Library, MIR Publishers, Moscow, 1975
  11. I. Niven, H.S. Zuckerman & H.L. Montgomery, An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, Fifth Edition, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 2000
  12. A.W. Tucker, Applied Combinatorics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1984
  13. G.N. Yakovlev, High School Mathematics, Part II, MIR Publishers, Moscow, 1984

Orders for the books can also be placed at SARASWATI PUSTAKALAYA, 138/1 GOPAL LAL THAKUR ROAD, Kolkata 700 108. Tel: 2577-1415.

These are the entire list of the books available. You can buy one from each category and start reading if you are serious.

Best Regards,

Ashwin (IIT Madras).