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That’s what the real analysis course is usually for, and why it comes after linear algebra and algebra.


It also comes after many semesters of calculus, which depend upon it, and before any topology, which it depends on. Even if you are just interested in these things as tools for describing physical phenomena, there is value in placing mathematical knowledge in its natural structure.




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