Books for preparation of mathematical olympiads

1. Books for preparation of Mathematical Olympiads
The following books treats the topic which are covered in the different levels of the olympiad and also
are a rich source of problems-
S.
No.
Book Author Publication
1 Challenge and Thrill
of Pre-College
Mathematics
V. Krishnamurthy, C. R.
Pranesachar, K. N.
Ranganathan and B. J.
Venkatachala
New Age International
Publishers
2 Mathematical
Challenges from the
Olympiads*
C. R. Pranesachar, S. A.
Shirali, B. J.
Venkatachala, and C. S.
Yogananda
Prism Books Pvt. Ltd.
3 Problem Primer for
the Olympiad
C. R. Pranesachar, B. J.
Venkatachala, and C. S.
Yogananda
Prism Books Pvt. Ltd.,
#1865, 32nd. Cross, BSK
II Stage, Bangalore 560
070. or 49, SardarSankar
Road, Kolkata 700029.
Phone:
24633890/24633944.
4 An Excursion in
Mathematics
M. R. Modak, S. A. Katre,
V. V. Acharya
BhaskaracharyaPratisthan,
56/14 Erandavane, Damle
Path, Pune 411 004
5 International
Mathematical
Olympiad, Vol I, 1959-
1975
IstvanReiman Anthem Press (Indian
Edition available)
6 International
Mathematical
Olympiad, Vol II,
1976-1990
IstvanReiman Anthem Press (Indian
Edition available)
7 International
Mathematical
IstvanReiman Anthem Press (Indian
Edition available)

2. Olympiad, Vol III,
1991-2004
8 Mathematical Circles D. Fomin, S. Genkin& I.
Itenberg
First Reprinted Edition,
University Press, New
Delhi, 2000
9 Problem-Solving
Strategies
Arthur Engel Springer
10 A Primer On Number
Sequences
S. A. Shirali University Press
11 First Steps In Number
Theory--- A Primer On
Divisibility
S. A. Shirali University Press
12 Functional Equations-
--A Problem Solving
Approach
B. J. Venkatachala Prism Books Pvt. Ltd
*(Contains problems and solutions of International Mathematical Olympiad from 1986-1994)
Apart from the above listed books dedicated for the Olympiad purpose, the following books listed
below form the recommended topic-wise reading for the various math competitions. From the given
reads, some are elementary, and some are not so elementary.
Books on Geometry
S. No. Book Author Publication
1 Modern Geometry Durrel M. A., Macmillan & Co.,
London
2 Geometry Revisited H. S. M. Coxeter and S. L.
Greitzer
Mathematical
Association of America
3 Plane Trigonometry S. L. Loney Macmillan & Co.,
London
Books on Number Theory
S. No. Book Author Publication

3. 1 An Introduction to the
Theory of Numbers
I. Niven& H. S. Zuckerman Wiley Eastern Ltd.
New Delhi
2 Elementary Number
Theory
David Burton Universal Book Stall,
New Delhi
3 An introduction to the
theory of numbers
G. H. Hardy & Wright Oxford University
Publishers
Problem Books
 I M O Problem Collections
S. No. Book Author Publication
1 International
Mathematical Olympiad
1959-1977
S. L. Greitzer MAA Pubications
2 International
Mathematical Olympiad
1978-1985
M. S. Klamkin MAA Pubications
 General Problems
S. No. Book Author Publication
1 USA Mathematical
Olympiads 1972-1985
M. S. Klamkin MAA Pubications
2 Selected problems and
Theorems in
Elementary
Mathematics
D. O. Shklyarshky, N. N.
Chensov and I. M. Yaglom
3 250 Problems in
Elementary Number
Theory
W. Sierpenski American Elsevier
4 Problems in Plane
Geometry
I. R. Sharygin MIR Publishers
Books for General Reading
S. No. Book Author Publication

4. 1 Higher Algebra S. Barnard & J.M. Child Macmillan & Co.,
London, 1939;
reprinted Surjeet
Publishers, Delhi,
1990
2 The Theory of
Equations, Vol. 1 (13th
Edition)
W. S Burnside & A.W.
Panton
S. Chand & Co., New
Delhi, 1990
3 Elementary Number
Theory, Second Edition
D. M. Burton Universal Book Stall,
New Delhi, 1991
4 Introductory
Combinatorics
RA. Brualdi Elsevier, North-
Holland, New York,
1977
5 Geometry Revisited H.S.M. Coxeter& S.L.
Greitzer
New Mathematical
Library 19, The
Mathematical
Association of
America, New York,
1967
6 Modern Geometry C.V. Durell Macmillan & Co.,
London, 1961
7 Higher Algebra H.S. Hall & S.R Knight Macmillan & Co.,
London; Metric
Edition, New Delhi,
1983
8 Mathematical Gems Part
I (1973), Part II (1976),
Part III (1985)
R Honsberger The Mathematical
Association of
America, New York
9 Geometric Inequalities N.D. Kazarinoff New Mathematical
Library 4, Random
House and The L.W.
Singer Co., New York,
1961

5. 10 Inequalities P.P. Korovkin Little Mathematics
Library, MIR
Publishers, Moscow,
1975
11 An Introduction to the
Theory of Numbers
I. Niven, H.S. Zuckerman &
H.L. Montgomery
Fifth Edition, Wiley
Eastern, New Delhi,
2000
12 Applied Combinatorics A.W. Tucker Second Edition, John
Wiley & Sons, New
York, 1984
13 High School
MathematicsPart II
G.N. Yakovlev MIR Publishers,
Moscow, 1984