Baby Rudin
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Baby Rudin
Walter Rudin
4 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2019–2025.
What people on Hacker News said
If you have taken calculus, you can try and go through Baby Rudin.
Rudin is probably too synthetic and dry for a beginner.
For example, Baby Rudin (the standard textbook for Analysis for math majors) covers Sequences, Series, Continuity, Differentiation, and the Riemann integral in less than 100 pages (including exercises).
Baby Rudin opened my eyes to what you can do with maths.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Mathematicians, what textbooks are best for learning these math topics? 2019 · 2 recommendations
- Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project 2025 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math? 2023 · 1 recommendation