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>Vladimir Arnold, one of the champions of the “organic” approach to mathematics, reportedly called the book (in comparison to the lectures of Vladimir Zorich) “Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

>It's hard to know where to start with “baby Rudin.” There is probably no more well-known, respected, loved, hated, and feared text in all of mathematical academia. Steven G. Krantz claims it’s one of the books that made him a mathematician; “It was easy to say, and often true, that anyone who could survive a year of Rudin was a real mathematician.” Vladimir Arnold, one of the champions of the “organic” approach to mathematics, reportedly called the book (in comparison to the lectures of Vladimir Zorich) “Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

>“Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

Who was in the right?

>It's hard to know where to start with “baby Rudin.” There is probably no more well-known, respected, loved, hated, and feared text in all of mathematical academia. Steven G. Krantz claims it’s one of the books that made him a mathematician; “It was easy to say, and often true, that anyone who could survive a year of Rudin was a real mathematician.” Vladimir Arnold, one of the champions of the “organic” approach to mathematics, reportedly called the book (in comparison to the lectures of Vladimir Zorich) “Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

>“Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

Who was in the right?

>It's hard to know where to start with “baby Rudin.” There is probably no more well known, respected, loved, hated, and feared text in all of mathematical academia. Steven G. Krantz claims it’s one of the books that made him a mathematician; “It was easy to say, and often true, that anyone who could survive a year of Rudin was a real mathematician.” Vladimir Arnold, one of the champions of the “organic” approach to mathematics, reportedly called the book (in comparison to the lectures of Vladimir Zorich) “Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

>“Bourbakian propaganda, stripping and sterilizing analysis of any soul or meaning beyond the symbols.”

Who was in the right?

>>11591121
Read.

I'm looking to self-study analysis and work my way up to Measure theory.
I have taken applied calculus courses and linear algebra, and have a fair bit of experience with proofs.
Is it good to start with Baby Rudin? I see posts of people complaining about it being hard.
Also is there anything Rudin is missing/not good at explaining? any recommendations for that?
Also where do I go after Rudin (subject/book both appreciated)