Mathematical Analysis - A Very Short Introduction

List of contents

• Acknowledgements


• 1: Taming Infinity


• 2: All change...


• 3: Should I believe my computer?


• 4: Dimensions aplenty


• 5: I'll name that tune in...


• 6: Putting the i in analysis


• 7: But there's more...


• Appendix


• Historical timeline


• References


• Further Reading


• Index

About the author

Richard Earl is a Departmental Lecturer in the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and the Ben Delo Fellor in Mathematics at Worcester College, Oxford. From 2003-13, he was Admissions Coordinator and Schools Liaison Officer in the department, roles which included promoting mathematics within schools and colleges. From 2013-22, he was Director of Undergraduate Studies. He has won several teaching awards within the University for his teaching and lecturing. He is the author of Towards Higher Mathematics: A Companion (2017), Topology: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2019), and editor of the current edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (OUP, 2021).

Summary

Richard Earl describes the nascent evolution of mathematical analysis, its development as a subject in its own right, and its wide-ranging applications in mathematics and science, modelling reality from acoustics to fluid dynamics, from biological systems to quantum theory.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Earl, Richard (Ben Delo Fellow in Mathematics Earl, Earl Richard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.2023
• EAN: 9780198868910
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886891-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Analysis; MATHEMATICS / Mathematical Analysis, Calculus & mathematical analysis, Calculus and mathematical analysis