| #1334144 in Books | Springer | 2010-06-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.25 x.74 x7.26l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 304 pages | ||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Leisurely, lucid introduction great for self-study|By gengogakusha|This book provides a wonderful introduction to metric spaces, highly suitable for self-study. The book is logically organized and the exposition is clear. The pace is leisurely, including ample discussion, complete proofs and a great many examples (so many that I skipped quite a few of them). (More mathematic|||From the reviews: | |"This book is truly about metric spaces. … The book is packed full of material which does not often appear in comparable books. … His use of questions to increase understanding and to move on to the next topic are also to be
The abstract concepts of metric spaces are often perceived as difficult. This book offers a unique approach to the subject which gives readers the advantage of a new perspective on ideas familiar from the analysis of a real line. Rather than passing quickly from the definition of a metric to the more abstract concepts of convergence and continuity, the author takes the concrete notion of distance as far as possible, illustrating the text with examples and naturally ar...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Metric Spaces (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) | Mícheál O'Searcoid. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!