# Background for Graduate Real Analysis I Class [closed]

This semester, I have signed up for a graduate Real Analysis I course (really a course in measure theory/Hilbert Spaces/Lebesgue integration) and have thus far attended two lectures. However, from what I see thus far, I feel concerned that my preparedness for this course is inadequate/incomplete. While I have had a standard course in undergraduate real analysis (continuity, differentiation, Riemman integration...) and was briefly introduced to these ideas in $\mathbb{R^n}$, the professor has thrown out there terminology like Jordan Measure, which is encountered in a second undergraduate course in Real Analysis and thus did not have a chance to take as undergrad. The book we are using is E. Stein's "Real Analysis: Measure Theory, Integration, and Hilbert Spaces". The question thus is given the fact that I only had one course in real analysis, is it a good idea to continue through this course? Otherwise, my background in other subjects is strong, I have taken graduate classes in General Topology, say and am comfortable with rigorous proofs at this level.

## closed as off-topic by 6005, user91500, Alex M., Lord_Farin, Math1000Aug 30 '15 at 13:00

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• A lot depends on your instructor - the book is good, but not gentle and expects you to learn fast. It might benefit you to read other books (Royden or Wheeden/Zygmund) on the side. – Prahlad Vaidyanathan Aug 21 '15 at 5:28
• Thanks to those who took the time to answer my question, I appreciate the advice and know what approach to take to succeed in this course. I really don't know why this got voted to close down, as it is a legitimate question/concern. My professor is mostly unavailable for most of the time, so I can't rely on advice from them as much. Nonetheless, as I said, I am good to go. – LordVader007 Sep 3 '15 at 4:18