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> I still would vote to learn it from Milewski though I've read the first dozen chapters of Milewski so far, and while I really enjoyed the first couple chapte
by codethief 2y ago
> I still would vote to learn it from Milewski though
I've read the first dozen chapters of Milewski so far, and while I really enjoyed the first couple chapters, his style of not giving precise definitions or statements, nor using precise notation becomes really annoying after a while and makes the book practically useless as a reference. He seems to think everything is easier to understand when it's written in lighthearted, imprecise prose.
No, not all.¹
¹) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41756286 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41756286
- Iwan-Zotow 2y agoYou might want to look at https://www.artima.com/shop/modern_mathematics https://www.artima.com/shop/modern_mathematics
- codethief 2y agoThanks!
- xiande04 2y agoYep, this is precisely the problem I had with Milewski. It would have been nice if he included examples and definitions in a standard format.