Several complex variables and banach algebras, herbert alexander john wermer. Undergraduate texts in mathematics serge lang a first course in calculus fifth edition. Joining a sigmaa forming a sigmaa history of sigmaa. Calculus, by serge lang, and my all time favourite. Collected papers, 19931999 0th edition 0 problems solved. Download course materials calculus of several variables. Murrow, second edition 1988, isbn 966544 basic mathematics 1988, isbn 967877 a first course in calculus, fifth edition 1986, isbn 962018 calculus of several variables, third edition 1987, isbn. In both examples the scalar product is nondegenerate. Purchase advanced calculus of several variables 1st edition. Collected papers, iiv 0th edition 0 problems solved. Im particularly touchy about books that do not provide enough examples and do not.
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It begins with an exposition of the basic theory of vector spaces and proceeds to explain the fundamental structure theorems for linear maps, including eigenvectors and eigenvalues, quadric and hermitian forms, diagonalization of symmetric, hermitian, and unitary linear maps and matrices, triangulation, and jordan. Exams calculus of several variables mathematics mit. This approach has the advantage of providing many nontrivial examples of. Stable mappings and their singularities, martin golubitsky victor guillemin. Calculus of several variables 3rd edition 0 problems solved. Serge langs 1962 introduction to differentiable manifolds for more. Encounters with high school students 1985, isbn 961291 the beauty of doing mathematics 1985, isbn 961496 geometry. Author of a first course in calculus, algebra, calculus of several variables, a second course in calculus, complex analysis, sl. The serge lang undergraduate lectures department of. The purpose of a first course in calculus is to teach the student the basic notions of derivative and integral. Serge lang was an influential mathematician in the field of number theory. All of the basic topics in calculus of several variables are covered, including vectors, curves, functions of several variables, gradient, tangent plane, maxima and minima, potential functions, curve integrals, greens theorem, multiple integrals, surface integrals, stokes theorem. He was a professor here in the columbia math department for fifteen years, leaving in 1972 for yale, where he spent the rest of his career.
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