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Real Analysis via Sequences and Series [electronic resource] / by Charles H.C. Little, Kee L. Teo, Bruce van Brunt.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Undergraduate Texts in MathematicsPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: XI, 476 p. 27 illus. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781493926510
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 515.8 23
LOC classification:
  • QA331.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sequences -- 3. Series -- 4. Limits of Functions -- 5. Continuity -- 6. Differentiability -- 7. The Riemann Integral -- 8. Taylor Polynomials and Taylor Series -- 9. The Fixed Point Problem -- 10. Sequences of Functions -- Bibliography -- Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This text gives a rigorous treatment of the foundations of calculus. In contrast to more traditional approaches, infinite sequences and series are placed at the forefront. The approach taken has not only the merit of simplicity, but students are well placed to understand and appreciate more sophisticated concepts in advanced mathematics. The authors mitigate potential difficulties in mastering the material by motivating  definitions, results, and proofs. Simple examples  are provided to  illustrate new material and exercises are included at the end of most sections. Noteworthy topics include: an extensive discussion of convergence tests for infinite series, Wallis’s formula and Stirling’s formula, proofs of the irrationality of π and e, and a treatment of Newton’s method as a special instance of finding fixed points of iterated functions.
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Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sequences -- 3. Series -- 4. Limits of Functions -- 5. Continuity -- 6. Differentiability -- 7. The Riemann Integral -- 8. Taylor Polynomials and Taylor Series -- 9. The Fixed Point Problem -- 10. Sequences of Functions -- Bibliography -- Index.

This text gives a rigorous treatment of the foundations of calculus. In contrast to more traditional approaches, infinite sequences and series are placed at the forefront. The approach taken has not only the merit of simplicity, but students are well placed to understand and appreciate more sophisticated concepts in advanced mathematics. The authors mitigate potential difficulties in mastering the material by motivating  definitions, results, and proofs. Simple examples  are provided to  illustrate new material and exercises are included at the end of most sections. Noteworthy topics include: an extensive discussion of convergence tests for infinite series, Wallis’s formula and Stirling’s formula, proofs of the irrationality of π and e, and a treatment of Newton’s method as a special instance of finding fixed points of iterated functions.

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