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The Library publishes open educational resources (OERs) and open access textbooks to reduce the cost of higher education for students. We work with PSU faculty to publish high-quality open access textbooks designed specifically for their courses that are free to students at our university and to anyone in the world.

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  • Decoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian by Nila Friedberg

    Decoding the 1920s: A Reader for Advanced Learners of Russian

    Nila Friedberg

    The materials presented in this book were developed for an advanced-level content-based Russian language course at Portland State University entitled “Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century: The 1920s.” Literature of this period is a major part of the Russian canon, but is notoriously difficult for learners of Russian to read in the original, due both to its stylistic complexity and the relative obscurity of its historical, political, and cultural references. And yet, this decade is crucial for understanding Russia – not only in the Soviet period, but also today. This was the period, when Mikhail Zoshchenko, Isaak Babel, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Andrei Platonov meticulously documented the birth of the “New Soviet Man,” his “newspeak” and Soviet bureaucratese; when Alexandra Kollontai, a Marxist revolutionary and a diplomat, wrote essays and fiction on the “New Soviet Woman”; when numerous satirical works were created; when Babel experimented with a literary representation of dialects (e.g.,Odessa Russian or Jewish Russian). These varieties of language have not disappeared. Bureaucrats still use some form of bureaucratese. Numerous contemporary TV shows imitate the dialects that Babel described. Moreover, Bulgakov’s “Heart of a Dog” gave rise, due largely to its film adaptation, to catch-phrases that still appear throughout contemporary Russian media, satirical contexts, and everyday conversation. Thus, the Russian literature of the 1920s does not belong exclusively to the past, but has relevance and interpretive power for the present, and language learners who wish to pursue a career in humanities, media analysis, analytical translation, journalism, or international relations must understand this period and the linguistic patterns it established.

    The textbook is intended for adult learners, and contains language assignments that would, on the one hand, help students transition to ACTFL’s Advanced proficiency level (i.e., be able to create "narratives, descriptions, and summaries … using paraphrasing and elaboration” (ACTFL 2012: 12).), but at the same time promote meaningful engagement with literary texts. The assignments in this textbook are multilevel ones, and thus offer a solution for multilevel classes that include literate heritage Russian speakers, Intermediate High, Advanced, or even Superior-level readers.

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    To contact Nila Friedberg, please see her Portland State University profile page.

  • OER Guide for WR 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in WR 227 Courses by Sarah Read, Jordana Bowen, and Henry Covey

    OER Guide for WR 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in WR 227 Courses

    Sarah Read, Jordana Bowen, and Henry Covey

    The "OER Guide for WR 227 Instructors: Using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in WR 227 Courses" aims to help instructors make sense of and sort the massively decentralized and varying content of existing OERs available to support technical and professional writing courses. This guide is intended as a resource for introductory technical writing course instructors to adapt an existing course to integrate OER resources, or, to build a new course with all-OER student resources. This guide was developed for the specific use of WR 227 instructors at Portland State University and across Oregon; however, the material in the guide or its presentation is not tied to any particular course and is therefore also useful for instructors of introductory technical writing and professional writing courses more broadly.

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  • An Introduction to Number Theory by J. J. P. Veerman

    An Introduction to Number Theory

    J. J. P. Veerman

    These notes are intended for a graduate course in Number Theory. No prior familiarity with number theory is assumed.

    Chapters 1-6 represent approximately 1 trimester of the course. Eventually we intend to publish a full year (3 trimesters) course on number theory. The current content represents a course the author taught in Fall 2020.

    It is a work in progress. If you have questions or comments, please contact Peter Veerman (veerman@pdx.edu).

  • The Balance of Personality by Chris Allen

    The Balance of Personality

    Chris Allen

    This open access textbook was developed as an upper division undergraduate textbook for theories of personality. Its intended audience are students from Portland State University enrolled in Psychology 432 Personality course. The chapters are shorter than some personality textbooks and in this particular course Psy 432 the textbook is combined with other readings including scientific articles on personality. This open access textbook may be of interest to other courses interested in teaching about theory and research on personality.

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  • Literary Form and Analysis: Instructional Materials for English 300 by Josh Epstein

    Literary Form and Analysis: Instructional Materials for English 300

    Josh Epstein

    This OER packet comprises instructional materials used for ENG 300: Literary Forms and Analysis, a "gateway" course for the English major and minor at Portland State University. It includes handouts, exercises, and a sample syllabus for this course, emphasizing skills of "close reading" and formal analysis, as well as the scholarly study of genre (poetry, fiction, drama, and film). The syllabus and handouts offered in this packet represent only one of many possible approaches to ENG 300. These open access, freely available resources that can be readily adjusted to suit different pedagogical methods. They can also be usefully complemented with additional information about academic writing, argumentation, and the writing process (which, though the primary focus of Portland State University's second "gateway" course for majors, WR 301: Critical Writing and English, can be addressed in ENG 300 at varying levels of depth). or materials. The materials here can be combined with any selection of literary texts.

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  • Lectures on Mathematical Computing with Python by Jay Gopalakrishnan

    Lectures on Mathematical Computing with Python

    Jay Gopalakrishnan

    This open resource is a collection of class activities for use in undergraduate courses aimed at teaching mathematical computing, and computational thinking in general, using the python programming language. It was developed for a second-year course (MTH 271) revamped for a new undergraduate program in data science at Portland State University. The activities are designed to guide students' use of python modules effectively for scientific computation, data analysis, and visualization.

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  • Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action by Frank Granshaw

    Climate Toolkit: A Resource Manual for Science and Action

    Frank Granshaw

    The Climate Toolkit is a resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science. As such it contains a collection of activities that make use of readily available on-line resources developed by research groups and public agencies. These include web-based climate models, climate data archives, interactive atlases, policy papers, and “solution” catalogs. Unlike a standard textbook, it is designed to help readers do their own climate research and devise their own perspective rather than providing them with a script to assimilate and repeat.

    The activities in the manual are divided into five sections that include weather and climate basics, present climate impacts, past climate change, future change and impacts, and strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation. These are followed by three appendices which contain information about the on-line tools used in the activities in this manual; a catalog of on-line and print resources produced by research groups, government agencies, and community groups involved in climate and sustainability work; and background on the history and key players in the international climate negotiation process.

    Though originally aimed at undergraduate non-science majors, the manual has been broadened for a wider audience in non-academic settings like community groups, service organizations, workplace study groups, and faith communities.

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  • Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice by Dana E. Hellman and Vivek Shandas

    Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice

    Dana E. Hellman and Vivek Shandas

    This reader is an Open Educational Resource, meant to accompany a graduate or higher-level undergraduate university course in climate change resilience, adaptation, and/or planning. While the material is geared toward students in urban and regional planning, it may also be of interest to students of urban studies, public health, geography, political science, sociology, risk management, and others.

    Each section of this volume includes (1) an introductory summary, (2) a reading list with full text articles, (3) student exercises meant to enhance understanding and facilitate in-class discussion, and (4) additional discussion prompts or activities for instructors to use in class. The format of materials is intended to convey key concepts, while leaving ample space for student exploration, discourse, and creativity. Lessons may culminate in an applied, imaginative final project, a sample framework of which is provided at the end of Section VI.

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    The student exercises and reading lists for each section are available as Microsoft Word files. Instructors who wish to make changes to these can do so in Word, and insert their own versions of these pages into the PDF.

  • Paranormal Psychology: PSY410 by Larry R. Martinez

    Paranormal Psychology: PSY410

    Larry R. Martinez

    This OER packet contains the course materials for PSY410: Paranormal Psychology. Although often dismissed as a pseudoscience, there are many things we can learn about human beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors by studying phenomena that our current science cannot explain. The course begins with a history of real scientific studies that have been conducted to try and determine whether things like extrasensory perception, telepathy, and telekinesis are real phenomena, with a particular emphasis on what those studies can teach us about the scientific method more generally. This is followed by an examination of things related to the afterlife (e.g., ghosts, mediums, near death experiences, reincarnation claims) and things related to extraterrestrial life, with a particular focus on the psychological (and other) explanations for these phenomena and the implications of believing in these phenomena. Then we focus on belief systems and their implications, including astrology, superstitions, rituals, and cults. We end by focusing on witches, monsters, haunted places, and haunted objects, again focusing on the reasons people believe and the implications of those beliefs on daily life. The purpose of the course is not to change your beliefs. Rather it is to expose you to the scientific perspective related to those beliefs. Remember, paranormal phenomena are simply things we cannot yet explain...

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  • Relativity Lite: A Pictorial Translation of Einstein’s Theories of Motion and Gravity by Jack C. Straton

    Relativity Lite: A Pictorial Translation of Einstein’s Theories of Motion and Gravity

    Jack C. Straton

    Relativity Lite is designed for the General Astronomy sequence (PH 361-2U, SCI 315-6U) whose primary book glosses over Special Relativity and General Relativity while trying to explain the Cosmology that is based on those subjects. Relativity Lite translates the mathematical equations conventional relativity texts rely upon into pictures that are readily understood and contain within them the mathematical essentials. This book provides the comprehensive coverage needed to understand, in sufficient depth, these three linked areas of our reality.

    Readers seeking this knowledge on their own, and those in other courses for nonscientists, may also find it helpful.

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  • Inferring and Explaining by Jeffery L. Johnson

    Inferring and Explaining

    Jeffery L. Johnson

    Inferring and Explaining is a book in practical epistemology. It examines the notion of evidence and assumes that good evidence is the essence of rational thinking. Evidence is the cornerstone of the natural, social, and behavioral sciences. But it is equally central to almost all academic pursuits and, perhaps most importantly, to the basic need to live an intelligent and reflective life.

    The book further assumes that a particular model of evidence— Inference to the Best Explanation—not only captures the essence of (good) evidence but suggests a very practical, and pedagogically useful, procedure for evidence evaluation. The book is intended primarily for two sorts of introductory courses. First and foremost are courses in critical thinking (or informal or practical logic). In addition, however, the book has application in more general courses (or major sections of courses) in introductory philosophy.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • Daily Departures: Speed Reading Passages for English Language Learners by Regina D. Weaver

    Daily Departures: Speed Reading Passages for English Language Learners

    Regina D. Weaver

    Daily Departures: Speed Reading Passages for English Language Learners is a collection of twenty 200-225 word reading passages written primarily within the 1,000-word level of the New General Service List and designed to provide fluency support for English language learners at the Waystage level of the Common European Framework Reference.

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  • EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers by Shane Abrams

    EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers

    Shane Abrams

    EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class.

    Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening in all facets of their lives. Straightforward and readable instruction sections introduce key vocabulary, concepts, and strategies. Three culminating assignments (Descriptive Personal Narrative; Text-Wrestling Analysis; Persuasive Research Essay) give students a chance to show their learning while also practicing rhetorical awareness techniques for future writing situations.

    This textbook is designed for students of first- and second-year college composition courses (in Oregon, WR-115, 121, 122, and 222), but it is also a great tool for college prep students, more advanced writers, or independent learners. Early teachers are encouraged to use the textbook to support them in curriculum design, and experienced teachers can use it to supplement their tried-and-true methods.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3 by Emiko Konomi

    Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 3

    Emiko Konomi

    This is the third book in a three book series and includes Lessons 9 - 10. Book 1 and Book 2 are also available for download.

    This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

    As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

    Audio files are also available online via PSU Mediaspace

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  • Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study by Michele Miller and Anne Greenhoe

    Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study

    Michele Miller and Anne Greenhoe

    This Open Access Textbook will guide students through their English language to academic degree studies.

    Part one of this textbook is a guide for moving from ESL study to academic study at Portland State University*. It includes the resources students will use to understand policies and processes governing their degree study and their transition to academic coursework.

    Part two focuses on how academic skills are used across various disciplines and is comprised of activities and assignments designed to practice these skills.

    Key elements include culture and expectations in an American university, transferring academic skills from ESL to content-specific academic courses, and helpful exercises to be academically successful.

    *While much of the content of this book relates specifically to Portland State University, it is our hope that the structure of the text and the activities within it may inspire adaptations to fit the needs of other colleges and universities.

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  • Sons et lettres: A Pronunciation Method for Intermediate-level French by Stephen Walton

    Sons et lettres: A Pronunciation Method for Intermediate-level French

    Stephen Walton

    Sons et lettres provides a set of classroom materials to train students to hear and produce the sounds of French and to recognize the regular spellings used to represent those sounds in print. The materials are inspired by a desire to help students feel more confident about their French pronunciation and more at home saying the many French words, familiar and unfamiliar, which they encounter in their studies, in French media and in their travels. In our experience, students are not given sufficient preparation to successfully decipher and pronounce French words. These materials are intended to fill that gap and to clear away the confusion that English speakers often feel when they see French words with seemingly mysterious combinations of letters. An accompanying instructor’s manual is forthcoming.

    The associated website is an integral part of the method, providing extensive listening and speaking exercises. The Sons et lettres website address is: https://sons-et-lettres.com/

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty reviews of this textbook

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  • Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners by Della Jean Abrahams

    Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners

    Della Jean Abrahams

    This textbook is designed for advanced beginning-intermediate English language learners in an academic English program. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter also focuses on 10 target words from the New General Service List of English vocabulary and reviews basic grammar points. The textbook includes an audio component that consists of recorded conversations of native and non-native English speakers, as well as links to additional listening resources on the web.

    Audio files are also available online via PSU Mediaspace.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide by Cliff Breedlove

    Arabic and English Sentence Patterns: A Comparative Guide

    Cliff Breedlove

    This text explores verb time, tense, aspect, and mood through comparison of Arabic and English sentence patterns. It includes examples of the Arabic patterns from classical and popular sources so Arabic students can learn by explanation and example how to formulate cohesive and grammatically correct sentence structure.

    While this guide is intended mainly for English-speaking students studying Arabic, the charts also provide a quick reference of English sentence patterns for Arabic speakers.

    The book is designed as a supplement.

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  • Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé by Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon

    Histoires d'Avenirs: Science-fiction pour le cours de français niveaux intermédiaire et avancé

    Annabelle Dolidon and Stéphanie Roulon

    Histoires d’Avenirs est un manuel basé sur neuf nouvelles de science fiction française qui s’adresse à un public d’apprenants étrangers (de niveaux intermédiaire et avancé) mais aussi à un public natif voulant approfondir ses connaissances de la science-fiction moderne - après un chapitre préliminaire qui rappelle les bases historiques du genre. Le manuel propose une approche holistique (stylistique, linguistique, et interculturelle) et sollicite une pensée critique au travers d’activités de lecture, interprétation, conversation, recherche et présentations, dans un double objectif : développer les compétences en français sur des sujets contemporains au travers de la fiction; et faire découvrir la science-fiction française et francophone aux apprenants étrangers.

    Additional short stories are available below:

    Les Bulles:
    http://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/les-bulles/

    Carte Blanche:
    http://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/carteblanche

    Les Miens:
    https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/lesmiens/

    Ceux Qui Marchent:
    https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/ceuxquimarchent/

    L'Anniversaire de Caroline:
    https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/anniversaire-de-caroline/

    Craqueur:
    https://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/craqueurstory/

    Ce qui n’est pas nommé:
    http://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/ce-qui-nest-pas-nomme/

    Les Années Métalliques:
    http://content.library.pdx.edu/files/PDXScholar/les-annees-metalliques/

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  • Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2 by Emiko Konomi

    Beginning Japanese for Professionals: Book 2

    Emiko Konomi

    This is the second book in a three book series and includes Lessons 5 - 8. Book 1 and Book 3 are also available for download.

    This textbook is designed for beginning learners who want to learn basic Japanese for the purpose of living and working in Japan. Unlike textbooks written primarily for students, whose content largely centers on student life, this book focuses more on social and professional life beyond school.

    As a beginning level textbook, this book includes many elementary grammar patterns (Japanese Language Proficiency Test Levels 5 and 4), but the vocabulary and situations are selected specifically for working adults. Explanations are kept concise so as to only cover key points. The main focus is on oral communication and the accompanying audio is to be used extensively. This textbook can be used for self-study, as part of an online course, or as a traditional college course.

    Audio files are also available online via PSU Mediaspace.

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  • Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición by Robert Sanders

    Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición

    Robert Sanders

    Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief, it includes poetry, drama in verse and short story. The works have been selected for their literary interest and the social importance of their themes. They are all by canonical authors.

    New for the Second Edition: over 4000 vocabulary, historical and cultural annotations to facilitate reading and comprehension.

    The Prologue and chapter introductions use circumlocution to facilitate comprehension, and include concrete examples of the concepts presented. The author biographies are brief and should not be used as study materials, but rather as starting points for students’ own exploration. Many students prefer following their own interests when researching author biographies, and the internet makes accessible a plethora of bibliographic resources, such as the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, the Centro Virtual Cervantes of the Cervantes Institute, or the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Spanish National Library. Student participation in the selection of topics and sources emphasizes the investigative process and leads to richer class discussions.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • How to be a Successful Organic Chemist by Alexander H. Sandtorv

    How to be a Successful Organic Chemist

    Alexander H. Sandtorv

    How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.

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  • Korean Through Folktales by KyungAh Yoon

    Korean Through Folktales

    KyungAh Yoon

    Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture. Using folktales in the curriculum will provide an engaging way to expose students to a slice of the target culture that native Koreans are naturally exposed to at an early age. Through the selected folktales and various activities offered in the book, students can gain cultural knowledge and insights into traditional and cultural values while they are given linguistic lessons to reinforce their acquired skills and to apply the learned materials in an integrated approach.

    Korean Through Folktales is designed to accompany 1st-year, 2nd-year, and 3rd-year Korean courses offered at Portland State University. However, any Korean teacher can adopt this book to supplement his/her course materials at elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels.

    There are four chapters in the book. Each chapter will note main themes of a widely known folktale introduced in the chapter, followed by the links to several videos to watch and get a gist or a background of the story. The ensuing section will introduce important elements and symbolism embedded in the story so as to provide insights and to enhance the depth of appreciation. After that, three versions of the folktale are presented for different levels, followed by grammar lessons, exercises, and tasks.

    Traces of folktales and allusions to them are evident in cultural products that many students enjoy, such as dramas, movies, and music. Therefore, knowledge in folktales will help students make cultural connections as well as enrich their experience of learning the Korean language.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students by Amber Bliss Calderón

    PDX Journeys: Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students

    Amber Bliss Calderón

    Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The following chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment. Vocabulary is repeated and comprehension and reading skills are further practiced.

    Please see the Open Textbook Library for faculty Reviews of this textbook

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  • Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - Second Edition by Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - Second Edition

    Beatriz Lafferriere, Gerardo Lafferriere, and Nguyen Mau Nam

    Video lectures explaining problem solving strategies are available

    Our goal in this set of lecture notes is to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematical analysis. Such a foundation is crucial for future study of deeper topics of analysis. Students should be familiar with most of the concepts presented here after completing the calculus sequence. However, these concepts will be reinforced through rigorous proofs.

    The lecture notes contain topics of real analysis usually covered in a 10-week course: the completeness axiom, sequences and convergence, continuity, and differentiation. The lecture notes also contain many well-selected exercises of various levels. Although these topics are written in a more abstract way compared with those available in some textbooks, teachers can choose to simplify them depending on the background of the students. For instance, rather than introducing the topology of the real line to students, related topological concepts can be replaced by more familiar concepts such as open and closed intervals. Some other topics such as lower and upper semicontinuity, differentiation of convex functions, and generalized differentiation of non-differentiable convex functions can be used as optional mathematical projects. In this way, the lecture notes are suitable for teaching students of different backgrounds.

    The second edition includes a number of improvements based on recommendations from students and colleagues and on our own experience teaching the course over the last several years.

    In this edition we streamlined the narrative in several sections, added more proofs, many examples worked out in detail, and numerous new exercises. In all we added over 50 examples in the main text and 100 exercises (counting parts).

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