This book presents a new basis for differential calculus. Classical differentiation in linear spaces of arbitrary dimension uses Banach spaces--but most function spaces are not Banach spaces. Any attempts to develop a theory of differentiation covering non-normable linear spaces have always involved arbitrary conditions. This book bases the theory of differentiability of linear spaces on the fundamental idea of reducing the differentiability of general maps to that of functions on the real numbers. And the property ``continuously differentiable'' is replaced by that of ``Lipschitz differentiable.'' The result is a more natural theory, of conceptual simplicity that leads to the the same categories of linear spaces, but in a more general setting.

This book presents a new basis for differential calculus. Classical differentiation in linear spaces of arbitrary dimension uses Banach spaces--but most function spaces are not Banach spaces. Any attempts to develop a theory of differentiation covering non-normable linear spaces have always involved arbitrary conditions. This book bases the theory of differentiability of linear spaces on the fundamental idea of reducing the differentiability of general maps to that of functions on the real numbers. And the property ``continuously differentiable'' is replaced by that of ``Lipschitz differentiable.'' The result is a more natural theory, of conceptual simplicity that leads to the the same categories of linear spaces, but in a more general setting.

Engineers must make decisions regarding the distribution of expensive resources in a manner that will be economically beneficial. This problem can be realistically formulated and logically analyzed with optimization theory. This book shows engineers how to use optimization theory to solve complex problems. Unifies the large field of optimization with a few geometric principles. Covers functional analysis with a minimum of mathematics. Contains problems that relate to the applications in the book.

Diese Einfuhrung in das Gebiet der metrischen Raume richtet sich in erster Linie nicht an Spezialisten, sondern an Anwender der Methode aus den verschiedensten Bereichen der Naturwissenschaften. Besonders ausfuhrlich und anschaulich werden die Grundlagen von metrischen Raumen und Banach-Raumen erklart, Anhange enthalten Informationen zu verschiedenen Schlusselkonzepten der Mengentheorie (Zornsches Lemma, Tychonov-Theorem, transfinite Induktion usw.). Die hinteren Kapitel des Buches beschaftigen sich mit fortgeschritteneren Themen.

This book gives a compact exposition of the fundamentals of the theory of locally convex topological vector spaces. Furthermore it contains a survey of the most important results of a more subtle nature, which cannot be regarded as basic, but knowledge which is useful for understanding applications. Finally, the book explores some of such applications connected with differential calculus and measure theory in infinite-dimensional spaces. These applications are a central aspect of the book, which is why it is different from the wide range of existing texts on topological vector spaces. Overall, this book develops differential and integral calculus on infinite-dimensional locally convex spaces by using methods and techniques of the theory of locally convex spaces. The target readership includes mathematicians and physicists whose research is related to infinite-dimensional analysis.

Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop and the 16th International Conference, Como, Italy, August 24-29, 1987

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.