Arbitrarily Close for Summer 2022 Analysis

Abstract

The kernel of analysis, to me anyway, is the following idea: A point is arbitrarily close to a set if every neighborhood of the point intersects the set. Defining ``arbitrarily close'' in this way provides a foundation for classical results in calculus and real analysis dealing with convergence, limits, connectedness, limits, continuity, differentiation, integration, series, and more. This book contains: a thorough introduction to arbitrarily close; an approach to limits and convergence of sequences using arbitrarily close as a key first step; the topology of Euclidean spaces stemming from closed sets; an exploration of the properties of functions like domains, ranges, and images of sets and sequences; and an introduction to basic aspects of continuous functions between Euclidean spaces. Even so, ``arbitrarily close'' reaches deeper than discussed here. The idea is topological in nature and there is much more to explore.