The General Theory of Integration (Oxford Mathematical Monographs) - Hardcover

Henstock, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019853566X ISBN 13: 9780198535669

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

Written by one of the subject's foremost experts, this is the first book on division space integration theory. It is intended to present a unified account of many classes of integrals including the Lebesgue-Bochner, Denjoy-Perron gauge, Denjoy-Hincin, Cesaro-Perron, and Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund integrals.

Professor Henstock develops here the general axiomatic theory of Riemann-type integration from first principles in such a way that familiar classes of integrals (such as Lebesgue and Wiener integrals) are subsumed into the general theory in a systematic fashion. In particular, the theory seeks to place Feynman integration on a secure analytical footing.

By adopting an axiomatic approach, proofs are, in general, simpler and more transparent than have previously appeared. The author also shows how one proof can prove corresponding results for a wide variety of integrals. As a result, this book will be the central reference work in this subject for many years to come.

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From the Back Cover

Every good mathematical book stands like a tree with its roots in the past and its branches stretching out towards the future. Whether the fruits of this tree are desirable and whether the branches will be quarried for mathematical wood to build further edifices, I will leave to the judgment of history. The roots of this book take nourishment from the concept of definite integration of continuous functions, where Riemann's method is the high water mark of the simpler theory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019853566X
• ISBN 13: 9780198535669
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274