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How We Got from There to Here (Record no. 19608)

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control field MnU
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781312348691
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MnU
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency MnU
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA1
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rogers, Robert
Relator term author
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title How We Got from There to Here
Remainder of title A Story of Real Analysis
Statement of responsibility, etc. Robert Rogers
264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Open Textbook Library
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Open SUNY
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Open textbook library.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1 Numbers, Real (R) and Rational (Q) -- 2 Calculus in the 17th and 18th Centuries -- 3 Questions Concerning Power Series -- 4 Convergence of Sequences and Series -- 5 Convergence of the Taylor Series: A "Tayl" of Three Remainders -- 6 Continuity: What It Isn't and What It Is -- 7 Intermediate and Extreme Values -- 8 Back to Power Series -- 9 Back to the Real Numbers
520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The typical introductory real analysis text starts with an analysis of the real number system and uses this to develop the definition of a limit, which is then used as a foundation for the definitions encountered thereafter. While this is certainly a reasonable approach from a logical point of view, it is not how the subject evolved, nor is it necessarily the best way to introduce students to the rigorous but highly non-intuitive definitions and proofs found in analysis. This book proposes that an effective way to motivate these definitions is to tell one of the stories (there are many) of the historical development of the subject, from its intuitive beginnings to modern rigor. The definitions and techniques are motivated by the actual difficulties encountered by the intuitive approach and are presented in their historical context. However, this is not a history of analysis book. It is an introductory analysis textbook, presented through the lens of history. As such, it does not simply insert historical snippets to supplement the material. The history is an integral part of the topic, and students are asked to solve problems that occur as they arise in their historical context. This book covers the major topics typically addressed in an introductory undergraduate course in real analysis in their historical order. Written with the student in mind, the book provides guidance for transforming an intuitive understanding into rigorous mathematical arguments. For example, in addition to more traditional problems, major theorems are often stated and a proof is outlined. The student is then asked to fill in the missing details as a homework problem.
542 1# - INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS
Copyright statement Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note In English.
588 0# - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print resource
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
Form subdivision Textbooks
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Boman, Eugene
Relator term author
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Open Textbook Library
Relator term distributor
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/200">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/200</a>
Public note Access online version
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          Digital Library Online Access 05.11.2020   QA1 05.11.2020 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/200 05.11.2020 eBook

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