Yet Another Calculus Text - A Short Introduction with Infinitesimals

Author : Dan Sloughter, Department of Mathematics, Furman University
Publication Date : May 10, 2007
Free License : Creative Commons License Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Excerpts from the Preface:

I intend this book to be, firstly, an introduction to calculus based on the hyperreal number system. In other words, I will use infinitesimal and infinite numbers freely. Just as most beginning calculus books provide no logical justification for the real number system, I will provide none for the hyperreals. The reader interested in questions of foundations should consult books such as Abraham Robinson's Non-standard Analysis or Robert Goldblatt's Lectures on the Hyperreals.

Secondly, I have aimed the text primarily at readers who already have some familiarity with calculus. Although the book does not explicitly assume any prerequisites beyond basic algebra and trigonometry, in practice the pace is too fast for most of those without some acquaintance with the basic notions of calculus.

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