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Nonstandard Analysis (1972)

15 pointsby aragonite8 months ago

5 comments

Smaug1238 months ago
The best book I have read on nonstandard analysis is &quot;Lectures on the Hyperreals&quot;, by Goldblatt, which is <i>excellent</i>.<p>On the more practical end, Pétry&#x27;s &quot;Analyse Infinitésimale: une présentation non standard&quot; is an extremely readable first-year-undergrad level textbook that shows you how simple first-year analysis is when approached this way (but it doesn&#x27;t go much into what it actually <i>is</i>).<p>(Of course, per Thomas Forster IIRC, the purpose of a first-year course in real analysis is not actually to teach you about real analysis; so in my view this rather defeats the point. First-year real analysis is taught primarily to make sure you understand the difference between &quot;for all x there exists y&quot; and &quot;there exists x such that for all y&quot;.)
bachmeier8 months ago
IMO this is a good book on nonstandard analysis: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eml.berkeley.edu&#x2F;~anderson&#x2F;Book.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eml.berkeley.edu&#x2F;~anderson&#x2F;Book.pdf</a><p>Infinitesimal Methods in Mathematical Economics by Robert Anderson, math and econ professor at Berkeley
pfdietz8 months ago
Terence Tao&#x27;s blog entry &quot;Nonstandard analysis as a completion of standard analysis&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrytao.wordpress.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;11&#x2F;27&#x2F;nonstandard-analysis-as-a-completion-of-standard-analysis&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrytao.wordpress.com&#x2F;2010&#x2F;11&#x2F;27&#x2F;nonstandard-analys...</a>
TimK658 months ago
I recognize this content from Hersh and Davis&#x27;s later book &quot;The Mathematical Experience,&quot; which I really like.
gwern8 months ago
Mirror: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gwern.net&#x2F;doc&#x2F;math&#x2F;1972-davis-2.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gwern.net&#x2F;doc&#x2F;math&#x2F;1972-davis-2.pdf</a>