Landau's classic book on the foundations of analysis is presented in its original German, with a German-English dictionary as an appendix. One intent of this edition is to provide the English-speaking mathematician with an opportunity to learn some mathematical German. Of course, a pleasant by-product is having Landau's exposition on the construction of the real numbers from the natural numbers using Dedekind cuts. The book is written in an extremely telegraphic style, with few words outside the 'Theorem-Proof' motif, making the German notably simpler than in more advanced texts. Thus, the student who begins this book with little or no knowledge of German will gain the experience of successfully reading an entire book in mathematics and with it a feeling for the language and a well-ingrained mathematical vocabulary. The English edition of the book is available as Foundations of Analysis.
- ISBN13 9780828401418
- Publish Date 15 January 1965
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Publisher American Mathematical Society
- Imprint Chelsea Publishing
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 173
- Language English