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Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications (Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts)

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Could have been great

By Henry Rivers - June 5, 2001

I speak as a graduate student in applied math. I really like this book but was bothered by its flaws. Nevertheless, with a good instructor, this text can make for a good learning experience.Positives: The book is well organized. It builds in a reasonable way so that I could focus on the material in the book and develop my understanding as I went. The book is reasonably well contained. Outside of a reasonable level of basics (a BA or BS in math) the proofs and most of the problems use material developed earlier in the text. I found the book very interesting -- I especially liked the topics presented in the last few chapters.Negatives: Lots of typos - the author's errata sheet is woefully incomplete. Too few expamples. Too condensed - sometimes to the point of incomprehensibility or even error. The contents of a whole course may be condensed in to a single chapter or even a single section.Things to be aware of: You should be comfortable with advanced calculus,... read more

I get it now

By Kinga - September 26, 2009

This is the second time I've re-reviewed this book.

First off, I am not a mathematician. I was trained as an engineer, and have recently started studying more advanced mathematics to apply it to my research. The only undergrad math course I'd taken before using this book was the standard analysis course. I initially used this book for a first graduate course in real analysis. Even with a professor, going through the book was incredibly difficult, and I had to resort to another book (Wheeden and Zygmund) as well as extensive notes provided by the professor. This experience made me loathe the book.

A few months after the course, having gained more exposure in this area, I returned to the book, and was surprised to find that I had finally started to understand why the author had organized it the way he had. Now, 6 months and another grad course in analysis later (operator theory), I think the book is worth its weight in gold.

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TOO MANY TYPOS.

By Michael Balabanov - May 17, 2001

Strictly from a student's perspective, this is a good textbook in real analysis. The way the material is presented is logical, whatever that means, and consistent. The author doesn't assume a student knows much and you can never go wrong with this assumption. However, this book has TOO MANY typos, so if you've never seen this stuff before, it's not easy to follow. Don't trust this book. Hopefully, next edition will fix this problem. This is a good book and it can become a classic, but, first, they have to correct all the typos. For those, who want a really good book in Analysis which has no typos, I recommend Rudin, "Real and Complex Analysis".

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