For over three decades, this best-selling classic has been used by
thousands of students in the United States and abroad as a must-have
textbook for a transitional course from calculus to analysis. It has
proven to be very useful for mathematics majors who have no previous
experience with rigorous proofs. Its friendly style unlocks the mystery
of writing proofs, while carefully examining the theoretical basis for
calculus. Proofs are given in full, and the large number of well-chosen
examples and exercises range from routine to challenging.
The second edition preserves the book's clear and concise style,
illuminating discussions, and simple, well-motivated proofs. New topics
include material on the irrationality of pi, the Baire category theorem,
Newton's method and the secant method, and continuous
nowhere-differentiable functions.
Review from the first edition:
This book is intended for the student who has a good, but naïve,
understanding of elementary calculus and now wishes to gain a thorough
understanding of a few basic concepts in analysis.... The author has
tried to write in an informal but precise style, stressing motivation
and methods of proof, and ... has succeeded admirably.
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