Invitation to Classical Analysis (Pure and Applied Undergraduate Texts) - Softcover

Peter Duren (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470463210 ISBN 13: 9781470463212

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2020

Synopsis

This book gives a rigorous treatment of selected topics in classical analysis, with many applications and examples. The exposition is at the undergraduate level, building on basic principles of advanced calculus without appeal to more sophisticated techniques of complex analysis and Lebesgue integration.

Among the topics covered are Fourier series and integrals, approximation theory, Stirling's formula, the gamma function, Bernoulli numbers and polynomials, the Riemann zeta function, Tauberian theorems, elliptic integrals, ramifications of the Cantor set, and a theoretical discussion of differential equations including power series solutions at regular singular points, Bessel functions, hypergeometric functions, and Sturm comparison theory. Preliminary chapters offer rapid reviews of basic principles and further background material such as infinite products and commonly applied inequalities.

This book is designed for individual study but can also serve as a text for second-semester courses in advanced calculus. Each chapter concludes with an abundance of exercises. Historical notes discuss the evolution of mathematical ideas and their relevance to physical applications. Special features are capsule scientific biographies of the major players and a gallery of portraits.

Although this book is designed for undergraduate students, others may find it an accessible source of information on classical topics that underlie modern developments in pure and applied mathematics.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Duren University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1470463210
• ISBN 13: 9781470463212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392