I was a huge fan of Russian Math and Science books and I used them to study for an entrance exam to IIT (its more difficult to get into IIT than Harvard) and came out in top 100 in the country.
But, inspite of coming out at the top of the exam, I found Russian maths books very interesting and sometimes very difficult to master.
This coming from a country full of brilliant mathematicians. Russian math books are not only hardcore compared to US - they are hardcore compared to India also!!
If you consider yourself good in maths, try solving the problems from this book!
There is simply no comparison of Soviet Math Books with the rest of the world. US is so far behind that this comparison is not apt. The closest is Indian Math books or books from Cambridge like S. L. Loney.
I was a huge fan of Russian Math and Science books and I used them to study for an entrance exam to IIT (its more difficult to get into IIT than Harvard) and came out in top 100 in the country.
But, inspite of coming out at the top of the exam, I found Russian maths books very interesting and sometimes very difficult to master.
This coming from a country full of brilliant mathematicians. Russian math books are not only hardcore compared to US - they are hardcore compared to India also!!
One particular example is V. A. Krechmar.
https://www.amazon.in/Problem-Book-Algebra-V-Krechmar/dp/935...
If you consider yourself good in maths, try solving the problems from this book!
There is simply no comparison of Soviet Math Books with the rest of the world. US is so far behind that this comparison is not apt. The closest is Indian Math books or books from Cambridge like S. L. Loney.