List of real analysis topics explained
This is a list of articles that are considered real analysis topics.
See also: glossary of real and complex analysis.
General topics
- Limit of a sequence
- Limit of a function (see List of limits for a list of limits of common functions)
- One-sided limit – either of the two limits of functions of real variables x, as x approaches a point from above or below
- Squeeze theorem – confirms the limit of a function via comparison with two other functions
- Big O notation – used to describe the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity, usually in terms of simpler functions
(see also list of mathematical series)
f(x)=
an\left(x-c\right)n=a0+a1(x-c)1+a2(x-c)2+a3(x-c)3+ …
More advanced topics
- Convolution
- Farey sequence – the sequence of completely reduced fractions between 0 and 1
- Oscillation – is the behaviour of a sequence of real numbers or a real-valued function, which does not converge, but also does not diverge to +∞ or −∞; and is also a quantitative measure for that.
- Indeterminate forms – algebraic expressions gained in the context of limits. The indeterminate forms include 00, 0/0, 1∞, ∞ - ∞, ∞/∞, 0 × ∞, and ∞0.
Convergence
Continuity
Variation
Differentiation in geometry and topology
see also List of differential geometry topics
(see also Lists of integrals)
Integration and measure theory
see also List of integration and measure theory topics
Fundamental theorems
- Monotone convergence theorem – relates monotonicity with convergence
- Intermediate value theorem – states that for each value between the least upper bound and greatest lower bound of the image of a continuous function there is at least one point in its domain that the function maps to that value
- Rolle's theorem – essentially states that a differentiable function which attains equal values at two distinct points must have a point somewhere between them where the first derivative is zero
- Mean value theorem – that given an arc of a differentiable curve, there is at least one point on that arc at which the derivative of the curve is equal to the "average" derivative of the arc
- Taylor's theorem – gives an approximation of a
times differentiable function around a given point by a
-th order Taylor-polynomial.
has a convergent subsequence
is continuous in the closed and bounded interval
, then it must attain a maximum and a minimum
Foundational topics
Specific numbers
Applied mathematical tools
See list of inequalities
Historical figures
See also