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This is the first volume of a four-volume textbook covering a basic four-semester course ``Mathematical Analysis delivered by the author for the first and second years students at the Mathematical Department of the Novosibirsk State University. (See Zbl 1031.26002, Zbl 1031.26003 and Zbl 1031.26004 for reviews of the other three volumes.) One volume corresponds to one semester. The textbook is written in a very detailed form and follows the Russian tradition of teaching of calculus which goes back to [\textit{G.~M. Fikhtengol'ts}, ``Foundations of analysis, Vol. 1-3. (Russian) (1949; Zbl 0041.37807; Zbl 0033.10703; Zbl 0034.31903)]. On the other hand, it represents the current state of teaching of mathematical analysis at Novosibirsk State University: in the book under review, many subjects are treated from an original point of view. We give brief comments to the contents. Chapter 1. Introduction to mathematical analysis: \S 1. The notion of a set. \S 2. Functions. \S 3. Real numbers and sets of numbers. \S 4. Supremum and infimum of a set of numbers. Axiom of continuity. Natural, integer, and rational numbers. \S 5. Real-valued functions. \S 6. Complex numbers. \S 7. Countable sets. In this chapter the author introduces basic facts of the ``naive set theory and constructs real numbers from axioms. Chapter 2. The theory of the limit: \S 1. The definition and simplest properties of the limit. \S 2. Theorems about manipulations with limits. \S 3. Criteria for existence of limits. \S 4. The theorem on solvability of an equation \(f(x)=h\) and its consequences. \S 5. Basic theorems on continuous functions. \S 6. Upper and lower limits of a sequence. The notion of the limit is initially introduced for functions whose domain is an arbitrary subset of real numbers; the notion of the limit of sequences is treated as a particular case. Chapter 3. Elementary functions: \S 1. Exponential and logarithmic functions. Some remarkable limits. \S 2. Trigonometric functions. The general notion of an elementary function. \S 3. Comparison of the behavior of elementary functions near the boundary of their domain. \S 4. Some additions on elementary functions. Starting from the definition \(\text{exp} x=\lim_{n\to\infty}(1+x/n)^n\), the author develops the rigorous theory of exponential and logarithmic functions based on the rigorous theory of limits. On the other hand, the author gives no ``full-size rigorous theory of trigonometric functions: his definitions are based on traditional facts from elementary geometry. Chapter 4. Differential calculus of functions of one variable: \S 1. The definition and simplest properties of the derivative. \S 2. Some applications of the notion of the derivative. \S 3. Higher-order derivatives. \S 4. Mean-value theorems. \S 5. The l'Hôpital rule for uncovering of indeterminacy. \S 6. The Taylor formula. \S 7. Extremum points of a differentiable function. \S 8. Convex functions. \S 9. Study of a function by methods of differential calculus. In this chapter, among standard material, the author studies convex functions from a general point of view. Each chapter is followed by a list of exercises (232 exercises in total). Most of them are original ones and are selected in such a way as to provide students a possibility to go deeper into the theory under discussion. The textbook is intended for undergraduate students and university teachers.

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