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This text gives a rigorous treatment of the foundations of
calculus. In contrast to more traditional approaches, infinite
sequences and series are placed at the forefront. The approach
taken has not only the merit of simplicity, but students are well
placed to understand and appreciate more sophisticated concepts in
advanced mathematics. The authors mitigate potential difficulties
in mastering the material by motivating definitions, results and
proofs. Simple examples are provided to illustrate new material and
exercises are included at the end of most sections. Noteworthy
topics include: an extensive discussion of convergence tests for
infinite series, Wallis's formula and Stirling's formula, proofs of
the irrationality of and e and a treatment of Newton's method as a
special instance of finding fixed points of iterated functions.
The overall scope of this new series will be to evolve an
understanding of the genetic basis of (1) how early mesoderm
commits to cells of a heart lineage that progressively and
irreversibly assemble into a segmented, primary heart tube that can
be remodeled into a four-chambered organ, and (2) how blood vessels
are derived and assembled both in the heart and in the body. Our
central aim is to establish a four-dimensional, spatiotemporal
foundation for the heart and blood vessels that can be genetically
dissected for function and mechanism. Since Robert DeHaan's seminal
chapter "Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Heart" pub lished in
Organogenesis (Holt Reinhart & Winston, NY) in 1965, there have
been surprisingly few books devoted to the subject of
cardiovascular morphogenesis, despite the enormous growth of
interest that occurred nationally and internationally. Most
writings on the subject have been schol arly compilations of the
proceedings of major national or international symposia or
multiauthored volumes, often without a specific theme. What is
missing are the unifying concepts that can make sense out of a
burgeoning database of facts. The Editorial Board of this new
series believes the time has come for a book series dedicated to
cardiovascular morphogenesis that will serve not only as an
important archival and didactic reference source for those who have
recently come into the field but also as a guide to the evolution
of a field that is clearly coming of age."
The overall scope of this new series will be to evolve an
understanding of the genetic basis of (1) how early mesoderm
commits to cells of a heart lineage that progressively and
irreversibly assemble into a segmented, primary heart tube that can
be remodeled into a four-chambered organ, and (2) how blood vessels
are derived and assembled both in the heart and in the body. Our
central aim is to establish a four-dimensional, spatiotemporal
foundation for the heart and blood vessels that can be genetically
dissected for function and mechanism. Since Robert DeHaan's seminal
chapter "Morphogenesis of the Vertebrate Heart" pub lished in
Organogenesis (Holt Reinhart & Winston, NY) in 1965, there have
been surprisingly few books devoted to the subject of
cardiovascular morphogenesis, despite the enormous growth of
interest that occurred nationally and internationally. Most
writings on the subject have been schol arly compilations of the
proceedings of major national or international symposia or
multiauthored volumes, often without a specific theme. What is
missing are the unifying concepts that can make sense out of a
burgeoning database of facts. The Editorial Board of this new
series believes the time has come for a book series dedicated to
cardiovascular morphogenesis that will serve not only as an
important archival and didactic reference source for those who have
recently come into the field but also as a guide to the evolution
of a field that is clearly coming of age."
Although students of analysis are familiar with real and complex
numbers, few treatments of analysis deal with the development of
such numbers in any depth. An understanding of number systems at a
fundamental level is necessary for a deeper grasp of analysis.
Beginning with elementary concepts from logic and set theory, this
book develops in turn the natural numbers, the integers and the
rational, real and complex numbers. The development is motivated by
the need to solve polynomial equations, and the book concludes by
proving that such equations have solutions in the complex number
system.
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