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THE preparation of a book on advanced calculus always entails some difficulty, for, on one hand, essential rigour must not, at this stage, be sacrificed, while, on the other, the course must be sufficiently concrete to appeal to the student and especially to the practical student. There is no doubt that interest in mathematics is often thwarted by a too rigorous presentation of analytical doctrine, and yet even practical students must assimilate an irreducible minimum of valid theory in order to make an intelligent use of mathematics. With these thoughts in mind, it is interesting to turn to Prof. Sokolnikoff's new volume. In the preface, the author admits that the subject is far from easy, but lays down the unalterable aphorism that the solving of problems “is essential to a mastery”.
Advanced Calculus
By Prof. Ivan S. Sokolnikoff. Pp. x + 446. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1939.) 26s.
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[Short Reviews]. Nature 145, 1008 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/1451008a0
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