This textbook provides a succinct introduction to algebraic topology. It follows a modern categorical approach from the beginning and gives ample motivation throughout so that students will find this an ideal first encounter to the field. Topics are treated in a self-contained manner, making this a convenient resource for instructors searching for a comprehensive overview of the area.
It begins with an outline of category theory, establishing the concepts of functors, natural transformations, adjunction, limits, and colimits. As a first application, van Kampen's...
This textbook provides a succinct introduction to algebraic topology. It follows a modern categorical approach from the beginning and gives ample...
This textbook offers undergraduates a self-contained introduction to advanced topics not covered in a standard calculus sequence. The author’s enthusiastic and engaging style makes this material, which typically requires a substantial amount of study, accessible to students with minimal prerequisites. Readers will gain a broad knowledge of the area, with approaches based on those found in recent literature, as well as historical remarks that deepen the exposition. Specific topics covered include the binomial theorem, the harmonic series, Euler's constant, geometric probability, and much...
This textbook offers undergraduates a self-contained introduction to advanced topics not covered in a standard calculus sequence. The author’s en...
This book addresses the issue of uniqueness of a solution to a problem – a very important topic in science and technology, particularly in the field of partial differential equations, where uniqueness guarantees that certain partial differential equations are sufficient to model a given phenomenon.
This book is intended to be a short introduction to uniqueness questions for initial value problems. One often weakens the notion of a solution to include non-differentiable solutions. Such a solution is called a weak solution. It is easier to find a weak solution, but it is...
This book addresses the issue of uniqueness of a solution to a problem – a very important topic in science and technology, particularly...
This textbook offers an approachable introduction to measure-theoretic probability, illustrating core concepts with examples from statistics and engineering. The author presents complex concepts in a succinct manner, making otherwise intimidating material approachable to undergraduates who are not necessarily studying mathematics as their major. Throughout, readers will learn how probability serves as the language in a variety of exciting fields. Specific applications covered include the coupon collector’s problem, Monte Carlo integration in finance, data compression in information...
This textbook offers an approachable introduction to measure-theoretic probability, illustrating core concepts with examples from statistics and en...
This is an advanced undergraduate textbook on projective geometry. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts of projective geometry, using first an analytical and later an axiomatic (or synthetic) treatment, before moving on to the more advanced topic of conics. The treatment of both viewpoints, as covered by the first two chapters, aims at offering a broader view of the subject to both students and instructors. However, since the chapters can be read independently from each other, one can choose which viewpoint to focus on.
In addition to analytic geometry, the reader is...
This is an advanced undergraduate textbook on projective geometry. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts of projective geometry, using ...
