Sequences, combinations, limits

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• svanderbleek · Sep 5, 2016 · Recommends

  …retention and my ability to build on concepts already learned. It also doesn't have to be Olympiad style, there are also Math Circles and the general Problems in {Area} book, like one of my favorites Sequences, Combinations, Limits.

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• Mugwort · Nov 30, 2019 · Recommends

  …non-mathematician background, e.g. programmer, who sincerely wants to get a peek behind the curtain and know what calculus really IS without diluting anything in an unacceptable way I'd show them I. Gelfand et al "Sequences, Combinations, Limits". Once you have the idea of a limit of a sequence down it isn't hard to learn the limit of a function (epsilon, delta) and move on from there. A good second step is Apostol's calculus vol. 1 just the…

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