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| 2012 || {{dts|April 23}} || Real analysis || I think I ordered Tao's ''Analysis I'' and Ross's ''Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus'' around this time. Tao's book is the one I end up using the most (especially since I am interested in foundational stuff at this point, and Tao's book is one of the only ones that constructs most of the number systems). But at this point I don't really know how to study math very well, and I'm also working alone. So I tend to have unrealistic expectations, am prone to burn out, etc.
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| || || Real analysis || I order Pugh's ''Real Mathematical Analysis'' at some point. One memory I have: I remember in Emery's pre-IB chemistry class, since I had one of the highest grades in the class (or something like that), I didn't have to take one of the tests. So I spent one period working through Pugh's book on my own. I remember staring at the definition of convergence of a sequence for a long time, and after a while feeling like I somehow "got" it.|-| || || Discrete math || I remember before Emery's pre-IB chemistry class (which was 1st period), I would stand outside the classroom and read Ross's ''Discrete Mathematics''.
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| 2012 || {{dts|August 21}} || Calculus, real analysis || I ordered Spivak's ''Calculus'' (4th ed.) around this time. I remember working through the limits chapter. I also remember working through the properties of the reals chapter (the first one) and totally not getting it (as in, why we would care about summarizing the reals this way).
