Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager?

Re:Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager? by asknthrow2020 on Friday July 03, 2020 @03:16PM (#23726659)

For analysis you absolutely MUST read Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin. Covers everything and is literally a gold standard text in modern analysis. "Baby Rudin" is essentially the analysis bible that all subsequent texts worked off of.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager? by mennis16 on Friday July 03, 2020 @10:50PM (#23729637)

I heard a bunch of students complain about how tough the text for our Real Analysis class was, so I was surprised to find it felt pretty readable to me. Turns out it was a new prof that semester who decided to go with "Mathematical Analysis, Second Edition by Tom Apostol" instead of Baby Rudin.

Point being, there may be a better analysis text for this student to start with right now- depends highly on their background/situation, but personally I am glad I didn't have to read Rudin for my first "real" math course.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommend a maths book for a teenager? by rokobobo on Friday July 03, 2020 @04:14PM (#23727101)

Seconded. For what it's worth, Harvard's Math 55 uses that as its textbook.

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