This book bridges a gap between introductory and high-level textbooks, showing how calculus on normed vector spaces extends the basic calculus of functions of several variables. Includes many non-trivial applications of the theory and interesting exercises.

This book serves as an introduction to calculus on normed vector spaces at a higher undergraduate or beginning graduate level. The prerequisites include basic calculus and linear algebra, as well as a certain mathematical maturity. All the important topology and functional analysis topics are introduced where necessary.In its attempt to show how calculus on normed vector spaces extends the basic calculus of functions of several variables, this book is one of the few textbooks to bridge the gap between the available elementary texts and high level texts. The inclusion of many non-trivial applications of the theory and interesting exercises provides motivation for the reader.

Autorentext
Rodney Coleman lives close to Grenoble in France, where he is engaged in teaching and research. His interests include literature, bicycle riding and hiking in the mountains.

Inhalt
Preface.- 1 Normed Vector Spaces.- 2 Differentiation.- 3 Mean value theorems.- 4 Higher derivatives and differentials.- 5 Taylor theorems and applications.- 6 Hilbert spaces.- 7 Convex functions.- 8 The inverse and implicit mapping theorems.- 9 Vector fields.- 10 The flow of a vector field.- 11 The calculus of variations: an introduction.- Bibliography.- Index