Integral, Measure and Derivative A Unified Approach

by Shilov, G. E.; Gurevich, B. L.

• ISBN13: 9780486635194
• ISBN10: 0486635198
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-17
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This graduate-level textbook and monograph defines the functions of a real variable through consistent use of the Daniell scheme, offering a rare and useful alternative to customary approaches. The treatment can be understood by any reader with a solid background in advanced calculus, and it features many problems with hints and answers. "The exposition is fresh and sophisticated," declared Sci-Tech Book News, "and will engage the interest of accomplished mathematicians."
Part one is devoted to the integral, moving from the Reimann integral and step functions to a general theory, and obtaining the "classical" Lebesgue integral in n space. Part two constructs the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral through the Daniell scheme using the Reimann-Stieltjes integral as the elementary integral. Part three develops theory of measure with the general Daniell scheme, and the final part is devoted to the theory of the derivative.

Author Biography

Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov (1917–75) was a Soviet mathematician and an expert in the field of functional analysis who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions. He is the author of five Dover books.
B. L. Gurevich was a Soviet mathematician.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1 The Integral

1. The Riemann Integral and Step Functions

2. General Theory of the Integral

3. The Lebesgue Integral in n-Space

Part 2 The Stieltjes Integral

4. The Riemann-Stieltjes Integral

5. The Lebesgue-Stieltjes Integral

6. Measurable Sets and General Measure Theory

7. Construtive Measure Theory

8. Axiomatic Measure Theory

9. Measure and Set Functions

10. The Derivative of a Set Function

Bibliography

Index