1: Tools for Analysis
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This chapter discusses various mathematical concepts and constructions which are central to the study of the many fundamental results in analysis. Generalities are kept to a minimum in order to move quickly to the heart of analysis: the structure of the real number system and the notion of limit. The reader should consult the bibliographical references for more details.
- 1.1: Basic Concepts of Set Theory
- Intuitively, a set is a collection of objects with certain properties.
- 1.2: Functions
- A function is a collection of ordered pairs and, thus, corresponds to the geometric interpretation of the graph of a function given in calculus.
- 1.3: The Natural Numbers and Mathematical Induction
- We will assume familiarity with the set N of natural numbers, with the usual arithmetic operations of addition and multiplication on n , and with the notion of what it means for one natural number to be less than another.
- 1.6: Applications of the Completeness Axiom
- We prove here several fundamental properties of the real numbers that are direct consequences of the Completeness Axiom.