It's extremely tedious and I feel like I am wasting time. Would I have been off going with a simpler book and then straight to Abbott?
Just read Foundations of Modern Analysis by Dieudonné instead of any of those meme books.
>>17074775real analysis is real homo
>>17074775If your end goal is mastering real analysis, you can reasonably skip the rest of Spivak's Calculus (3rd edition) and move to Abbott's Understanding Analysis.- Spivak: Excellent for developing rigorous mathematical thinking, but its exercises can be extremely demanding. You don't need to complete the entire book to succeed in real analysis.- Abbott: A more direct route to your goal. It focuses on real analysis: sequences, limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, and rigorous proofs.Recommended approach:1. Move to Abbott now if you already understand ordinary single-variable calculus reasonably well.2. Work through Abbott's proofs and exercises seriously rather than just reading the material.3. Return to Spivak or a simpler calculus textbook whenever you encounter gaps in your calculus knowledge.One caveat: Abbott will still be challenging if you're unfamiliar with writing mathematical proofs. Skipping Spivak won't eliminate that difficulty, but it will let you focus more directly on real analysis.Bottom line: Spivak is an excellent book, but completing it isn't a prerequisite for mastering real analysis. If it's slowing you down and making your studies unnecessarily tedious, switching to Abbott is a sensible decision, not a shortcut that compromises your education.
>>17074787>>17074775Spivak is a meme book if you use it incorrectly, but Abbott isn't a meme book at all and is very goodFoundations of Modern Analysis by Dieudonné is a dogshit book from a pedagogical standpoint, and nobody has read it. Just look at the Amazon reviews for proof.