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Title: Introduction to Real Analysis, 3rd Edition by Robert G. Bartle, Donald R. Sherbert ISBN: 0-471-32148-6 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 21 September, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $113.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: It's Not That Good
Comment: This text is used at the University at Buffalo, SUNY in the US for the first undergraduate/graduate course (MTH 431/531) in so-called real variable theory.
This text while making some improvements over the years, such as providing more 'examples' in an attempt to help the student understand the theory, it really reflects the major problem in the field of mathematics today.
This problem is the discipline's fixation on abstraction and technique which alienates some less capable and prepared students (and I might add, people in general).
To make my point, the authors, as has been a common complaint, are not really aware of the lack of pedagogy incorporated in the text. This is a major problem with most mathematical and other technical textbooks.
In many of the examples and proofs, the authors leave out important information, expecting that the already stressed and overloaded graduate student will figure out on their own. Many of the examples are not instructive at all, but very frustrating because they are too complicated. There is in many places of the text too much information left out, and in other places points/claims made with no explanation. This is true of most mathematical textbooks and renders them worthless in my opinion for learning.
This textbook is not suitable, in my opinion, for use in a big university where there is poor instruction along with a major lack of faculty/student support for beginning graduate students. It would be better if there was some tutelage along with the texts overkill of brevity.
In conclusion, this book illustrates a major problem in mathematics education in this country (USA) today, along with what appears to me as the problem of professional snobbery of disciplines.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not that good
Comment: i am actually taking a real analysis course, and this is my first encounter with real analysis. I actually find it very hard to understand the contents and i do not recommend this book for real beginners that want to study real analysis.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Introduction to Real Analysis
Comment: "Introduction to Real Analysis" by R. G. Bartle and D. R. Sherbert gives an excellent introduction to the topic of real analysis. The chapters are presented in a logical order, such that one topic flows seamlessly into the next. The authors explain the concepts of real analysis very clearly and succinctly. This book would be an excellent reference for those currently enroled in a real analysis course, or for those that simply need to brush up on the concepts and ideas of the subject.
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Title: Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin ISBN: 007054235X Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 01 January, 1976 List Price(USD): $147.70 |
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Title: Introduction to Analysis by Maxwell Rosenlicht ISBN: 0486650383 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 February, 1985 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Complex Variables and Applications by James Ward Brown, Ruel Vance Churchill ISBN: 0072872527 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 26 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $133.50 |
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Title: Introductory Real Analysis by A. N. Kolmogorov, S. V. Fomin ISBN: 0486612260 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1975 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Yet Another Introduction to Analysis by Victor Bryant ISBN: 052138835X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $33.00 |
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