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I disagree with all of these recommendations about studying analysis. tl;dr: Study a less careful subject where you can more easily develop a useful intuition.
by fn-mote 4y ago
I disagree with all of these recommendations about studying analysis.
tl;dr: Study a less careful subject where you can more easily develop a useful intuition. Abstract algebra and linear algebra both fit in that category.
(What follows is a caricature.) I tell people that analysis was born in the 19th century when Weierstrauss killed intutition as a tool for understanding calculus. Analysis might teach you what is "really true" but unless you are going to be some kind of professional I would HIGHLY recommend developing an intuition and understanding of things based on what should be true. It's a terrible thing to learn that what "should be" true is not, and for a long time that doesn't help you make progress.
- lupire 4y agoThis is because analysis is built upon the fantasy axiom of "real" numbers (of which, according to the measure theory of real analysis, 100% are impossible to even have names, even in principle, let alone compute with), instead of the solid foundations of algebra.
- newsoul 4y agoCan you recommend some books?