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I found it easier to handle Analysis by following the sequence:Spivak ->Apostol->Rudin.

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I think I am ready to tackle Rudin, but I don't really like it. I'm not alone there. Arnol'd is said to have called it Bourbakian propaganda. That's a bit extreme, but I certainly dislike books that strive to remove intuition:

http://pauli.uni-muenster.de/~munsteg/arnold.html

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0 pointsekm211y ago0 comments

I found it easier to handle Analysis by following the sequence:Spivak ->Apostol->Rudin.

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nextos11y ago

I think I am ready to tackle Rudin, but I don't really like it. I'm not alone there. Arnol'd is said to have called it Bourbakian propaganda. That's a bit extreme, but I certainly dislike books that strive to remove intuition:

http://pauli.uni-muenster.de/~munsteg/arnold.html

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