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This lively introductory text exposes the student to the rewards of a rigorous study of functions of a real variable. In each chapter, informal discussions of questions that give analysis its inherent fascination are followed by precise, but not overly formal, developments of the techniques needed to make sense of them. By focusing on the unifying themes of approximation and the resolution of paradoxes that arise in the transition from the finite to the infinite, the text turns what could be a daunting cascade of definitions and theorems into a coherent and engaging progression of ideas. Acutely aware of the need for rigor, the student is much better prepared to understand what constitutes a proper mathematical proof and how to write one. Fifteen years of classroom experience with the first edition of Understanding Analysis have solidified and refined the central narrative of the second edition. Roughly 150 new exercises join a selection of the best exercises from the first edition, and three more project-style sections have been added. Investigations of Euler's computation of (2), the Weierstrass Approximation Theorem, and the gamma function are now among the book's cohort of seminal results serving as motivation and payoff for the beginning student to master the methods of analysis.Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN-139781493927111
eBay Product ID (ePID)213332489
Product Key Features
Number of Pages312 Pages
Publication NameUnderstanding Analysis
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMathematics
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorStephen Abbott
SeriesUndergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Dimensions
Item Height235 mm
Item Weight6679 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorStephen Abbott