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I found Artin to be overly wordy and often imprecise. I found Hungerford to be extremely dry and boring, but admittedly I only got through a short part of it.
by cia_plant 19y ago
I found Artin to be overly wordy and often imprecise. I found Hungerford to be extremely dry and boring, but admittedly I only got through a short part of it.
Lang is very good, IMO, but more difficult.
- carterschonwald 19y agomy experience was that Hungerford's presentation was organized, concise, and its great how he is explicit in differentiating between a proof and a proof sketch. I'd hesitate to suggest to any of Lang's writings as the first go on a technical topic. If you are already comfortable with the material, his writings will give new insight and intuitions, but thats different from a first go at understanding a topic (note to audience, we're talking about different math textbooks)