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The English edition does not differ essentially from the Polish one. Among the more important supplements I should mention 6.5 containing elementary information on the notation of mathematical logic. To this supple- ment I was inclined by the experience of many years. For many students (not for all, perhaps) the notation of definitions of certain notions by means of the logical symbols makes it easier to understand these notions (e.g. the notions of uniform continuity or uniform convergence). Besides that, this supplement is included in the book in such a manner that it can be omitted in reading the
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No idea how good the book is, but if you type kuratowski calculus into Google, you will find a link to archive.org where you can download it for free.

Excellent calculus text that rivals Spivak
This is a fantastic treatment of calculus written by a eminent Polish mathematician. The treatment of the material
rivals, if not surpasses, the well-known and respected treatment of Spivak.

Specifically,

(1) The book is rigorous but not overly so. It could easily be used to teach a course in honors calculus.
(2) The book is slim and compact so it is not as daunting as Spivak in terms ofphysical size/weight.
(3) The prose is tight and sharp due to a masterful translation from the original Polish into English
(4) The treatment of calculus starts with sequences which makes limits easier to understand. This book is also an excellent stepping
stone into the area of mathematical analysis and would help smooth the transition into a course based on Baby Rudin.


In summary, an excellent text that time forgot. I was lucky to stumble across a copy in a used bookstore some years ago.
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This book presents a comprehensive history of the mathematicians, mathematical academic life, and mathematical trends present in Poland during the first half of the 20th century. The book takes interest in the sudden flourishing of Polish mathematical thought during this period, and chronicles the extensive contributions of Polish mathematicians to topology, set theory, and analysis (functional analysis). It attempts to explain the conditions which led to the intellectual prosperity, and the conditions which allowed it to endure during the ravages of the two World Wars. The author presents detailed, often first-hand accounts, however, at points he becomes a bit monotonous as he tries to honor everyone from that time period. Overall, it is a good source to learn about the mathematical environment in Poland at the time, and to learn of the lives of such great mathematicians as Banach, Mazurkiewicz, Zaremba, Sierpinski, Kuratowski, Steinhaus, Knaster, Mostowski, and others. ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Wacław Sierpiński, Stefan Banach, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Hugo Steinhaus, Edward Flatau, George Zarnecki, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Stanisław Kutrzeba, Emil Godlewski, Andrzej Gawroński, Jerzy Strzelczyk, Kazimierz Bartel, Antoni Zygmund, Zygmunt Wojciechowski, Gustaw Holoubek, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Henryk Samsonowicz, Władysław Konopczyński, Benedykt Dybowski, Szymon Askenazy, Oskar Halecki, Karol Lanckoroński, Gerard Labuda, Stanisław Lorentz, Adam Chętnik, Maria Janion, Henryk Łowmiański, Kazimierz Piwarski, Wacław Sobieski, Stanisław Salmonowicz. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Stefan Banach ( listen) (18921945) was a Polish mathematician who worked in interwar Poland and in Soviet Ukraine. A self-taught mathematics prodigy, Banach was the founder of modern functional analysis and a founder of the Lwów School of Mathematics. Among his most prominent achievements was the 1932 book, Théorie des opérations linéaires (Theory of Linear Operations), the first monograph on the general theory of linear-metric space. Notable mathematical concepts named after Banach include the BanachTarski paradox, HahnBanach theorem, BanachSteinhaus theorem, Banach-Mazur game and Banach space. Stefan Banach was born on March 30, 1892, at St. Lazarus General Hospital in Kraków, then part of Austro-Hungarian Galicia. Banach's parents were Stefan Greczek and one Katarzyna Banach, both natives of the Podhale region. Stefan Greczek was born in Ostrowsko near the town of Nowy Targ and at one time was a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army stationed in Kraków. Stefan Greczek's father, Józef, was a farmer and a village mayor and Józef's wife, Antonina (née Borkowska) bore the Pomian coat of arms. Banach's mother left him after baptizing him when he was four days old. Her name on the bi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=29646 ... Read more

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Chapters: Members of the Polish Academy of Learning, Wacław Sierpiński, Stefan Banach, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Hugo Steinhaus, Edward Flatau, George Zarnecki, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Stanisław Kutrzeba, Emil Godlewski, Andrzej Gawroński, Jerzy Strzelczyk, Kazimierz Bartel, Antoni Zygmund, Zygmunt Wojciechowski, Gustaw Holoubek, Tadeusz Banachiewicz, Henryk Samsonowicz, Władysław Konopczyński, Benedykt Dybowski, Szymon Askenazy, Oskar Halecki, Karol Lanckoroński, Gerard Labuda, Stanisław Lorentz, Adam Chętnik, Maria Janion, Henryk Łowmiański, Kazimierz Piwarski, Wacław Sobieski, Stanisław Salmonowicz. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 101. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stefan Banach ( listen) (18921945) was a Polish mathematician who worked in interwar Poland and in Soviet Ukraine. A self-taught mathematics prodigy, Banach was the founder of modern functional analysis and a founder of the Lwów School of Mathematics. Among his most prominent achievements was the 1932 book, Théorie des opérations linéaires (Theory of Linear Operations), the first monograph on the general theory of linear-metric space. Notable mathematical concepts named after Banach include the BanachTarski paradox, HahnBanach theorem, BanachSteinhaus theorem, Banach-Mazur game and Banach space. Stefan Banach was born on March 30, 1892, at St. Lazarus General Hospital in Kraków, then part of Austro-Hungarian Galicia. Banach's parents were Stefan Greczek and one Katarzyna Banach, both natives of the Podhale region. Stefan Greczek was born in Ostrowsko near the town of Nowy Targ and at one time was a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army stationed in Kraków. Stefan Greczek's father, Józef, was a farmer and a village mayor and Józef's wife, Antonina (née Borkowska) bore the Pomian coat of arms. Banach's mother left him after bap...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=29646 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stanislaw Ulam, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Benoît Mandelbrot, Alfred Tarski, Hugo Steinhaus, Vilna Gaon, Samuel Eilenberg, Emil Leon Post, Hayyim Selig Slonimski, Mark Kac, Szolem Mandelbrojt, Nachman Aronszajn, Juliusz Schauder, Edward Marczewski, Adolf Lindenbaum, Herman Auerbach, Samuel Dickstein, Mojżesz Presburger. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Alfred Tarski (January 14, 1901, Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire October 26, 1983, Berkeley, California) was a Polish logician and mathematician. Educated at the University of Warsaw and a member of the Lwow-Warsaw School of Logic and the Warsaw School of Mathematics and philosophy, he emigrated to the USA in 1939, and taught and carried out research in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1942 until his death. A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy. Tarski's student Robert Vaught ranked Tarski as one of the four greatest logicians of all time, along with Aristotle, Kurt Gödel, and Gottlob Frege, although Tarski himself expressed great admiration for Charles Sanders Peirce. His biographers Anita and Solomon Feferman state that, "Along with his contemporary, Kurt Gödel, he changed the face of logic in the twentieth century, especially through his work on the concept of truth and the theory of models." Alfred Tarski was born Alfred Teitelbaum (Polish spelling: "Tajtelbaum"), to parents who were Polish Jews in comfortable circumstances. He first manifested his mathematical abilities while in secondary school, at Warsaw's Szkoa Mazowiecka. Nevertheless, he entered the University of Warsaw in 1918 int...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=59920 ... Read more

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