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karakoos23
Feb23-07, 11:48 AM
If you were a maniac of calculus what would it be? Tom M. Apostol’s or Richard Courant’s Calculus?

Gib Z
Feb23-07, 07:33 PM
Do you mean learning Calculus straight from those books? I wouldn't know.

But knowing calculus from before, both are quite straightforward.

mathwonk
Feb23-07, 10:00 PM
they are both excellent. apostol was writtena biut 1960 and courant about 1935. i think i would choose courant, but as a young student operhaps apostol would have been more accesible. actually spivak is the most user friendly for young students.

ssd
Feb24-07, 01:51 AM
I love N. Piskunov, Mir publishers, (English translation by G.Yankovsky).