Is There a Resource for Rudin's Later Chapters Beyond Drexel's Website?

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The discussion centers on the challenges of self-studying Rudin's "Principles of Mathematical Analysis," particularly in chapters 9, 10, and 11, where resources become scarce. The original poster is seeking additional course websites that provide solutions or hints for these chapters, as the current resource only offers suggested problems. Participants note that Rudin contains numerous problems, but some are deemed too complex or open-ended for effective self-study. A suggestion is made to consider Spivak's "Calculus on Manifolds" as a potentially better alternative for understanding the material in chapters 9 and 10, while acknowledging that Rudin's chapter 11 may still be useful, albeit minimal in its introduction to the topic.
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I am trying to self-study Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis. It worked well for the first 7-8 chapters since there were tons of resources online that gave suggested homework problems, solutions, and hints but now I have reached chapter 9 and the only course website I can find that actually covers those chapters is this one: http://vorpal.math.drexel.edu/course/ia2/index.xhtml
There they just give suggested problems but no solutions or hints, so sometimes I have a proof but I am really not sure if it is correct. Does anyone know of another course website that covers chapter 9,10,11 of Rudin? Also, can you give me some suggested problems? I used to just pick problems at random to do but that was a horrible idea since some of the problems are kind of "open-ended" or just really really hard and not really suitable for self-study.
 
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what are the topics of those chapters?

doesn't rudin have a zillion problems?

you should know yourself by now if your solutions are correct or not. but we could look at some of them for you.ok i found what's in chapters 9,10,11.

if you want my advice, read spivak's calculus on manifolds instead of rudin's chapters 9 and 10.

i think spivak does a MUCH better job on those topics. rudin might be ok for chapter 11, but it is still only a bare minimum intro to the topic.
 
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