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[Anonymous No.10202617]

Is this book actually good? I haven't touched any math for more than 4 years, I can't even do simple algebraic equations but I want to give it another try and later try up to calculus (not sure what book to use for calculus either). Pls help

[Anonymous No.10202620]

>Is this book actually good?
No, but why don't you read it and find out?

[Anonymous No.10202631]

It's extremely good, it's all the help you'll ever need. Good luck.

[Anonymous No.10202692]

>>10202620
It's kind of a big effort for me to try out math again so I wouldn't want to try some book only to find out it's not helpful and I have to restart and read another
>>10202631
Thanks

[Anonymous No.10202719]

>>10202617
If you're willing to put in effort, read Gelfand's Algebra

[Anonymous No.10202754]

>this will not be proved

[Anonymous No.10202759]

>>10202631
Do not listen to this cuck

[Anonymous No.10202761]

this should help 1/2

[Anonymous No.10202769]

2/2

[Anonymous No.10202778]

>>10202617
Try Khan academy, and there's plenty of uni sources for problems you can input into Wolfram alpha to see where you get stumped.

Once you have a firm grasp of pemdas and the balancing act of algebra, try 'Calculus made easy' which should help with understanding the principles of calculus.

[Anonymous No.10202823]

>>10202761
Who makes this shit

[Anonymous No.10202840]

>>10202617
No, it is inadequate, you will not do well in a college Calc course if you just go through Basic Mathematics. Pick one of the bigger and more thorough books on pre-calc off the wiki, I like Stewart’s Precalculus. You can also just compare the beginning chapters of Spivak to Lang’s book and realize you’re fucking stupid and woefully unprepared for that book from Lang.

[Anonymous No.10202861]

[Anonymous No.10203156]

>>10202840
I will not *just* do BM, Lang, I want to work on my foundations because I can as I said not even do basic manipulations and coordinate system kills me
>>10202778
I am sorry, but I really dislike Khan Academy, I highly prefer reading and writing over listening and typing
>>10202861
Great List! Thank you.

[Anonymous No.10203204]

>>10203156
>Great List! Thank you.
You just got meme’d on kiddo

[Anonymous No.10203278]

>>10203204
>You just got meme’d on kiddo
What do you mean?

[Anonymous No.10203287]

>>10203204
Pretty sure that: >>10202761
>>10202769
>>10202759
>>10202719
>>10202631
are memes too

[Anonymous No.10203292]

>>10203278
those books are too hard for you. just use whatever textbook your local college is using to teach pre calculus and do lots of problems

[Anonymous No.10203353]

>>10203287
tell me what is not a meme?

[Anonymous No.10203388]

>>10202861
Thanks for not individually posting every fucking block of text as is usually done in book threads. Does anyone know who first came up with that curriculum?

[Anonymous No.10203400]

>>10202761
>>10202769
You dont need all this bullshit books

Just do basic math by lang
Calc 1-3 whatever
Lin Alg
diff eq
intro to stats
real and complex analysis
probability theory
Abstract alg
etc. into what interests you

the rest is autism tier bullshit you don't need

[Anonymous No.10203408]

>>10203353
lang is a meme
rudin is a meme
halmos is a meme
axler is a meme
stein and shakarchi is a meme
herstein is a meme
hartshorne is a meme
dummit and foote is a meme
fraleigh is a meme
pugh is a meme
tao is a meme
artin is a meme
simple as

[Anonymous No.10203418]

>>10203408
I'm taking Analysis II with Pugh next semester, am I falling for a meme?

[Anonymous No.10203429]

>>10203388
>Does anyone know who first came up with that curriculum?
http://imperium.lenin.ru/~verbit/MATH/programma.html

[Anonymous No.10203431]

>>10203408
>dummit and foote is a meme
This.

[Anonymous No.10203440]

>>10203418
Pugh is a fucking excellent book, I was just joking around. Unironically the best undergrad analysis book. Consider yourself very lucky.
His exercises are wonderful. Try some of the starred ones! They're really fun.

[Anonymous No.10203444]

>>10202617
Havent taken mathematics in 10 years and that book was literally basic shit...

to be fair I dont forget much

[Anonymous No.10203462]

>>10203440
I think I was unclear, I'm literally taking the class with Charles Pugh (and his textbook ofc) lol, Math 105 at Berkeley.
Sounds promising then if his textbook is any indication.

[Anonymous No.10205076]

>>10202617
It's a good book if you need to refresh math knowledge, but not a good one if you're learning math for the first time.

[Anonymous No.10205156]

>>10205076
What's a good book for that then?

[Anonymous No.10205193]

>>10205156
Gelfand treatment.

[Anonymous No.10205208]

>>10202617
Seems ok so far, but I think I remember a math teacher in high school complaining about it. In the same boat too OP.

[Anonymous No.10205280]

>>10203408
reading one book cover to cover thinking you will learn the subject is a meme for any book
going through multiple sources and trying to develop your own understanding is not a meme

[Anonymous No.10206095]

>>10205208
Which page are you on anon?
I have not heard it being bad by anyone except few saying that he is intimidating (like, he will say "proof is left as an exercise to the reader" even though it's a highschool book when students need learning the most).
It's great for self study. I suspect that math teacher in highschool dislikes it because it has lots of text, that teacher most likely prefers a book like James Stewart's Calculus that explains very little and is full of exercises, which is perfect for a teacher because they can explain it their way instead of author's method.

[Anonymous No.10206101]

When I was prepping to get back to school I tried this:

https://schoolyourself.org/

Will get you through algebra, geometry, and some trig.

[Anonymous No.10206107]

>>10203462
I know someone who took his class. He went very fast and further than the graduate course (complex analysis). Only 5 people out of 30 first day were left by the end. Good luck!