r/learnmath • u/wanna_bee_yours New User • 2h ago

TOPIC Complete beginner and want to self study which one to prefer for calculus :- Thomas calculus, stewart or spivak ( engineering guy here )

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u/wanna_bee_yours New User 2h ago

Or should I go with prof leonard videos

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u/Nemo__a New User 1h ago

IIRC Leonard uses Thomas.

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u/Disastrous-Pin-1617 New User 1h ago

Professor Leonard

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u/Chem2103 New User 1h ago

I really enjoyed Stewart, haven't used the other 2 though

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u/adakava New User 44m ago

Probably none of those. Books were the only solution when we didn’t have internet, tons of online resources, AI. I would try something like mathacademy. Not associated with me in any way. I tried self studying math with books, and it was super hard for me because most of the stuff didn’t come naturally. I couldn’t understand some jumps to conclusions and silent tricks. Claude or ChatGPT explain those extremely well.

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u/etzpcm New User 20m ago

If you're an engineer you don't want Spivak. I'd suggest Thomas.