Measure and integration : a concise introduction to real analysis / Leonard F. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Leonard F.

Contributor:

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lebesgue integral.

Measure theory.

Mathematical analysis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2009]

Summary:

A uniquely accessible book for general measure and integration, emphasizing the real line, Euclidean space, and the underlying role of translation in real analysis

Measure and Integration: A Concise Introduction to Real Analysis presents the basic concepts and methods that are important for successfully reading and understanding proofs. Blending coverage of both fundamental and specialized topics, this book serves as a practical and thorough introduction to measure and integration, while also facilitating a basic understanding of real analysis.

The author develops the theory of measure and integration on abstract measure spaces with an emphasis of the real line and Euclidean space. Additional topical coverage includes:

Measure spaces, outer measures, and extension theorems

Lebesgue measure on the line and in Euclidean space

Measurable functions, Egoroff's theorem, and Lusin's theorem

Convergence theorems for integrals

Product measures and Fubini's theorem

Differentiation theorems for functions of real variables

Decomposition theorems for signed measures

Absolute continuity and the Radon-Nikodym theorem

Lp spaces, continuous-function spaces, and duality theorems

Translation-invariant subspaces of L2 and applications

The book's presentation lays the foundation for further study of functional analysis, harmonic analysis, and probability, and its treatment of real analysis highlights the fundamental role of translations. Each theorem is accompanied by opportunities to employ the concept, as numerous exercises explore applications including convolutions, Fourier transforms, and differentiation across the integral sign.

Providing an efficient and readable treatment of this classical subject, Measure and Integration: A Concise Introduction to Real Analysis is a useful book for courses in real analysis at the graduate level. It is also a valuable reference for practitioners in the mathematical sciences.

Contents:

History of the subject

Fields, Borel fields, and measures

Lebesgue measure

Measurable functions

The integral

Product measures and Fubini's theorem

Functions of a real variable

General countably additive set functions

Examples of dual spaces from measure theory

Translation invariance in real analysis

Appendix: The Banach-Tarski theorem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9780470259542

047025954X

OCLC:

298775867

Publisher Number:

99937143152