Mathematical Analysis: An Introduction

Andrew Browder

ISBN 10: 1461268796 / ISBN 13: 9781461268796

Published by Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematical Analysis: An Introduction
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461268796
• ISBN 13: 9781461268796
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 569 grams

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Synopsis

This is a textbook suitable for a year-long course in analysis at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. It is intended for students with a strong background in calculus and linear algebra. The topics covered in this course are the calculus of functions of one variable, an introduction to general topology, the general theory of integration, and the calculus, differential and integral, for functions of several variables.

Review

This is a very good textbook presenting a modern course in analysis both at the advanced undergraduate and at the beginning graduate level. It contains 14 chapters, a bibliography, and an index. At the end of each chapter interesting exercises and historical notes are enclosed.\par From the cover: ``The book begins with a brief discussion of sets and mappings, describes the real number field, and proceeds to a treatment of real-valued functions of a real variable. Separate chapters are devoted to the ideas of convergent sequences and series, continuous functions, differentiation, and the Riemann integral (of a real-valued function defined on a compact interval). The middle chapters cover general topology and a miscellany of applications: the Weierstrass and Stone-Weierstrass approximation theorems, the existence of geodesics in compact metric spaces, elements of Fourier analysis, and the Weyl equidistribution theorem. Next comes a discussion of differentiation of vector-valued functions of several real variables, followed by a brief treatment of measure and integration (in a general setting, but with emphasis on Lebesgue theory in Euclidean spaces). The final part of the book deals with manifolds, differential forms, and Stokes' theorem [in the spirit of M. Spivak's: ``Calculus on manifolds'' (1965; Zbl 141.05403)] which is applied to prove Brouwer's fixed point theorem and to derive the basic properties of harmonic functions, such as the Dirichlet principle''. ZENTRALBLATT MATH

A. Browder

Mathematical Analysis

An Introduction

"Everything needed is clearly defined and formulated, and there is a reasonable number of examples.... Anyone teaching a year course at this level to should seriously consider this carefully written book. In the reviewer's opinion, it would be a real pleasure to use this text with such a class."―MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS