Stewart or Swokosky for an introduction to Calculus?

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The discussion centers on the comparison between Stewart's and Swokowski's calculus textbooks. The user is currently studying from Morris Kline's "An Intuitive Approach to Calculus" and is preparing to learn the Chain Rule. They express dissatisfaction with Stewart's textbook, citing it as a poor resource, while favoring Swokowski's "Calculus 6th Edition" as a superior alternative. The user plans to further their mathematical understanding by studying Hardy and Apostol after completing Calculus 2.

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I am currently working from the Morris Kline: An Intuitive Approach to Calculus. I am beginning to understand why the math is done and what is happening throughout the problem. So far I am about to start the Chain Rule.

My school uses Stewart for all their Calculus series and I have read from multiple sources that it is a poor textbook. Sokowski: Calculus 6th edition was given to me by a teacher along with Hardy.

I will work on the Hardy and Apostol book after Calculus 2 to become better at proofs because I want to be a Mathematician.

Are Stewart and Sokowski both generally the same dumbed down books or is Sokowski a bit better?
 
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Swokowski is a nice book .It is surely better than Stewart.
 

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