Real Analysis: A First Course (2nd Edition)

Real Analysis, 2/e is a carefully worded narrative that presents the ideas of elementary real analysis while keeping the perspective of a student in mind. The order and flow of topics has been preserved, but the sections have been reorganized somewhat so that related ideas are grouped together better. A few additional topics have been added; most notably, functions of bounded variation, convex function, numerical methods of integration, and metric spaces. The biggest change is the number of exercises; there are now more than 1600 exercises in the text.

This text presents ideas of elementary real analysis, with chapters on real numbers, sequences, limits and continuity, differentiation, integration, infinite series, sequences and series of functions, and point-set topology. Appendices review essential ideas of mathematical logic, sets and functions, and mathematical induction. Students are required to confront formal proofs. Some background in calculus or linear or abstract algebra is assumed. This second edition adds material on functions of bounded variation, convex functions, numerical methods of integration, and metric spaces. There are 1,600 exercises in this edition, an addition of some 120 pages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)