What is Calculus?: From Simple Algebra to Deep Analysis

Range, R Michael

ISBN 10: 9814644471 / ISBN 13: 9789814644471

Edité par World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016

280. N° de réf. du vendeur 26372241289

Synopsis :

This alternate presentation of basic calculus can serve as a course text or as a very useful supplement to the more standard introductory calculus courses. The author's discussions of the motivations for various concepts and the need for more sophisticated tools will be particularly useful to the beginning student. The book would be a valuable addition to high-school and undergraduate mathematics libraries. - Mathematical Reviews Clippings

This unique book provides a new and well-motivated introduction to calculus and analysis, historically significant fundamental areas of mathematics that are widely used in many disciplines. It begins with familiar elementary high school geometry and algebra, and develops important concepts such as tangents and derivatives without using any advanced tools based on limits and infinite processes that dominate the traditional introductions to the subject. This simple algebraic method is a modern version of an idea that goes back to René Descartes and that has been largely forgotten. Moving beyond algebra, the need for new analytic concepts based on completeness, continuity, and limits becomes clearly visible to the reader while investigating exponential functions.

The author carefully develops the necessary foundations while minimizing the use of technical language. He expertly guides the reader to deep fundamental analysis results, including completeness, key differential equations, definite integrals, Taylor series for standard functions, and the Euler identity. This pioneering book takes the sophisticated reader from simple familiar algebra to the heart of analysis. Furthermore, it should be of interest as a source of new ideas and as supplementary reading for high school teachers, and for students and instructors of calculus and analysis.

À propos de l?auteur: R Michael Range is an expert in multidimensional complex analysis. He has written numerous articles for professional journals, and he is the author of a widely known book in the field that was first published in 1986. He has also won a Lester R Ford award of the American Mathematical Association for one of his expository articles. Besides advanced graduate level courses, he has taught calculus and analysis at all levels over many years. These experiences have led him to search for alternate approaches and simplifications that are reflected in this path-breaking book.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : What is Calculus?: From Simple Algebra to ...
Éditeur : World Scientific Publishing Company
Date d'édition : 2016
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Used