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Cracking the GRE Math Test, 3rd Edition (Graduate Test Prep)
Princeton Review
Princeton Review, 2005-09-20
Price: $18.00
ASIN: 0375764917 Keywords: Education, GRE, Mathematics, Reference, Science, Test Prep Central
Reviews:
It will thoroughly prepare you
Useful book, very few changes in 3rd edition
Not much different from 2nd Edition
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After having taken the GRE (Dec, 2005), I can say I would have faired poorly without the preparation of this book since I would have missed so many little tricks that came in useful and I would have gone through the test without carefully doing every problem. Having used the book, the tricks for nearly every problem on the GRE were easy to see. The book problems seemed to have a general theme: if your approach has overwhelming computations, look at the problem for a trick, as this book will teach you to do (and some of the problems it gives have a trick that can be molded to other problems).
Some other books to consider looking at for subject review (check out from a library -- not worth buying unless you want more info than you need for the GRE):
"Topology" by Munkres (I thought the GRE book was insufficient to get a good feel for topology without previous study.)
"Complex Variables and Applications" by Brown & Churchill (I was a bit fuzzy on residues from the GRE book alone -- Brown & Churchill's book is worth reviewing.)
Both topology and complex are small portions of the exam, so reviewing these topics may not be worth the time unless the GRE book is no help to you.