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This is a book on real functions of one real variable addressed to students of mathematics in their first year. It contains the usual topics (Chapters 1-5 and 7) and an introduction to asymptotic developments (Chapter 6) and to classical Fourier series (Chapter 8). Real numbers are introduced axiomatically in the first chapter. Also, an elementary description of the complex numbers is given. Chapter 2 is dedicated to sequences and series of real numbers and to define the topology of the real numbers. Continuity and differentiability are studied in Chapters 3 and 4. Then Riemann's integral is presented in Chapter 5. A section on functions of bounded variation allows the author to define the concept of arc length and to give, according to the author, a rigorous definition of the trigonometric functions. Chapter 7 is dedicated to sequences and series of functions introducing the usual types of convergence and giving, for example, the famous criterion of Weierstrass for uniform convergence. The book contains many exercises and examples that will help the student.