Tauberian theory : a century of developments / Jacob Korevaar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korevaar, Jacob, 1923-

Series:

Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften 0072-7830 ; 329.

Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, 0072-7830 ; 329

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tauberian theorems.

Hardy-Littlewood method.

Physical Description:

xv, 483 p : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2004]

Summary:

Tauberian theory compares summability methods for series and integrals, helps to decide when there is convergence, and provides asymptotic and remainder estimates. The author shows the development of the theory from the beginning and his expert commentary evokes the excitement surrounding the early results. He shows the fascination of the difficult Hardy-Littlewood theorems and of an unexpected simple proof, and extolls Wiener's breakthrough based on Fourier theory. There are the spectacular "high-indices" theorems and Karamata's "regular variation," which permeates probability theory. The author presents Gelfand's elegant algebraic treatment of Wiener theory and his own distributional approach. There is also a new unified theory for Borel and "circle" methods. The text describes many Tauberian ways to the prime number theorem. A large bibliography and a substantial index round out the book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-468) and index.

ISBN:

354021058X

OCLC:

54973798