Stirling D. Mathematical Analysis and Proof

Woodhead, 2009. - 262 pages. 2nd edition ISBN10: 1904275400This fundamental and straightforward text addresses a weakness observed among present-day students, namely a lack of familiarity with formal proof. Beginning with the idea of mathematical proof and the need for it, associated technical and logical skills are developed with care and then brought to bear on the core material of analysis in such a lucid presentation that the development reads naturally and in a straightforward progression. Retaining the core text, the second edition has additional worked examples which users have indicated a need for, in addition to more emphasis on how analysis can be used to tell the accuracy of the approximations to the quantities of interest which arise in analytical limits.Contents: Setting the scene; Logic and deduction; Mathematical induction; Sets and numbers; Order and inequalities; Decimals; Limits; Infinite series; Structure of real number system; Continuity; Differentiation; Functions defined by power series; Integration; Functions of several variables; Appendix: The expression of an integer as a decimal; References and further reading; Hints and solutions.