Calculus in Vector Spaces (Pure and Applied Mathematics (Marcel Dekker))

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Summary: Unexcited, hazy presentation; at least accurate & coherent
Review: Despite the myriad typos and mostly confused presentation, this book has at least couple of redeeming virtues, namely that a few sections, like the point-set topology section, were decent; in general the proofs were mostly rigorous and solid; and the exercises listed many good problems to help our understanding. Most important, the integreation of linear algebra with the calculus/analysis was, as advertised, pretty good. But the text was unexciting and very often completely unhelpful. It gets the job done of presenting the material, but not very well.

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Summary: Making a complicated subject almost inaccessible
Review: This edition is riddled with typographical errors and general computational mistakes. Though some of this text's lack of clarity is due to the subject matter itself, it certainly isn't carefully-edited enough to make it more understandable. Very little is given by way of explanation, and solutions to the many problems in the text are given sparsely. The only positive thing I can say is that the problems in the text are generally appropriate for the material, but as an introduction to the subject, this text leaves you basically on your own.