Subject scope
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers Bachelor's degrees in both the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science, as well as Master's and Doctoral degrees in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.
The collection of works in mathematics and statistics in the Schulich Library of Science and Engineering aims to cover subjects taught in traditional undergraduate courses in mathematics and statistics from the most elementary to the very advanced (see list in subject order). The Library is also collecting in integrated technical computing systems (e.g. MATLAB, Mathematica). The collection in the Edward Rosenthall Mathematics and Statistics Library contains research-level materials, complementing its extensive research journal collection.
McGill Resources
The Mossman Collection in the Schulich Library includes considerable holdings in the history of mathematics and statistics.
There are holdings of interest in mathematics and statistics in all, or almost all, of the branch libraries.
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library has a collection of holdings on pure and applied mathematics, and on theoretical and applied statistics.
The Howard Ross Library of Management has strong holdings in statistics and operations research.
The Education Library collects material on the teaching of mathematics and statistics.
The Life Sciences Library has an extensive collection of material in applied statistics, with special emphasis on biostatistics, epidemiology and biology.
The Macdonald Campus Library has holdings in applied mathematics and in applied statistics, especially as they relate to biology, agriculture and the environment.
Collection levels - definition of the collection levels employed by McGill University Library
| AMS | QA | SUBJECT | Collection Intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | 1-8 | General Mathematics | 3 |
| 03 | 9-10.3 | Mathematical logic & foundations (also collected by Humanities & Social Sciences Library) |
4 |
| 01 | 21-35 | History & biography | 4 |
| 68 | 75-76.95 | Computer science; electronic data processing (see collection policy for Computer Science) |
4 |
| 101-141.8 | Elementary mathematics | 3 | |
05 18 20 15 11 |
150-272 164-167.2 169 171-172.4 184-224 241-247.5 |
Algebra Combinatorics (incl. experimental design & graph theory) Category theory (incl. homological algebra) Group theory & generalizations Linear & multilinear algebra (incl. matrix theory) Number theory |
4 |
| 60 | 273-274.76 | Probability theory & stochastic processes (see collection policy for Civil Engineering for engineering mathematics) |
4 |
| 62J | 275 | Regression & correlation (incl. least squares) |
4 |
62F 62H 62G 62C 62M |
276-280 276-277.3 278-278.65 278.7-278.8 279.4-279.7 280 |
Mathematical statistics Parametric statistical inference (incl. statistical distribution theory) Multivariate statistical analysis Nonparametric statistical inference Bayesian statistics (incl. decision theory) Time series analysis (incl. inference from stochastic processes) |
4 |
| 65 | 297-299.4 | Numerical analysis | 4 |
| 299.6-302 | Analysis (general) | 4 | |
| 26A06, 26B12 58F11 |
303-312, 315-316 313 |
Calculus Ergodic theory |
3 4 |
46 34-35 22E 93 49 43 42 31 |
319-433 319-329.9 370-385 387 402.3 402.5 403 403.5 404.7-405 |
Analysis (other) Functional analysis Differential equations (ordinary & partial) Lie groups (incl. topological groups) Control theory (incl. systems theory) (also collected for Electrical & Computer Engineering, and for Mechanical Engineering) Optimization (incl. optimal control) Harmonic analysis Fourier analysis Potential theory & harmonic functions |
4 |
| 51 14 54-55 51 26D,51K,52 53 |
440-699 564-581 611-614.97 615-639 640-640.7 641-699 |
Geometry Algebraic geometry Topology (incl. algebraic, combinatorial) Infinitesimal geometry Convex sets, distance geometry & geometric inequalities Differential geometry |
4 |
| 70, 73 | 801-939 | Analytic mechanics (see collection policy for Civil Engineering for applied mechanics) (see collection policy for Physics for descriptive & experimental mechanics) |
4 |
McGill University Libraries Collection Policy, September 1994. Revised March 2008.