very cool idea.
i feel inspired by this to start a similar club on some other interesting topic. I will have to think what topic to select.
good luck!
Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
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Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#52This series of courses from Francis Su. It is not mentioned a lot but I think it succeeded in creating an intuition on Real Analysis for me. I think it could help people joining this https://youtu.be/sqEyWLGvvdw?si=RmS-JeC5WHKDsZ5D
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
because Reddit is good, no matter how much you think you're elite just becasue you're on HN as well.
too subtle? tbc, that complaint is old as the hills and technically against the guidelines, but I couldn't help myself. I have no pretentions about HN and will usually call out other commentors for it. This kills the pun train, unfortunately.
Not if we transcend our miscommunications.
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#54Thanks for sharing. I have been interested in repeating the basics of analysis so I will buy and read the Howie book. With some luck, I might even find time to join the meetings!
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#55I'm interested in joining, and I'll be looking at the link and matrix. I've worked through baby Rudin's exercises up to ch 7., so I think I can provide guidance where necessary.
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#56Just curious, any reason why Rudin's text wasn't selected? (Although I see Howie's text is for an undergraduate level.)
As someone who worked through Rudin in their free time as a working adult, I cannot recommend it to someone for self-study who doesn't already have a calibrated mathematical sense. By that I mean that they are good at figuring out how to adapt a proof sketch with many omissions (more typical at higher undergrad/grad/research) into one that is more conscientious about tying up all the "trivial" technical details.
In my case, I was a CS major, and I had experience with proof assistants, so it was doable with many excursions to Wikipedia, math overflow, ProofWiki, etc..
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm getting irrationally angry about how HN is turning into Reddit
Okay, now you're just tying yourselves in knots.
for anyone who missed it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_(mathematics)
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#58Sounds like they’ll have a ”ball”.
Re: Tell HN: I am going to host "Real Analysis" book club meetings
#59Excellent idea. Real Analysis was the hardest course I took back in college. Too bad I've lost the book over the years. It's an old edition.
Just curious, did you take other higher level math classes (complex analysis, topology, etc)? If yes, do you think they are easier?
It was mostly because I had a terrible lecturer.