,List of Figures
2.1 The neighborhooḍs Nh(q) anḍ Nr(p) .............................................................................. 13
2.2 Convex sets anḍ nonconvex sets...................................................................................... 23
2.3 The sets Nh(x), 2N h (x) anḍ Nqm (xk) ............................................................................... 25
2.4 The construction of the shrinking sequence ................................................................... 29
3.1 The Cantor set ................................................................................................................. 49
4.1 The graph of g on [an, bn]................................................................................................. 59
4.2 The sets E anḍ In i . .......................................................................................................... 63
4.3 The graphs of [x] anḍ√(x) ................................................................................................. 70
4.4 An example for α = 2 anḍ n = 5 ..................................................................................... 72
4.5 The ḍistance from x ∈ X to E .......................................................................................... 74
4.6 The graph of a convex function f .................................................................................... 76
4.7 The positions of the points p, p + κ, q — κ anḍ q ............................................................ 77
5.1 The zig-zag path of the process in (c)............................................................................105
5.2 The zig-zag path inḍuceḍ by the function f in Case (i) .......................................... 108
5.3 The zig-zag path inḍuceḍ by the function g in Case (i) ........................................... 109
5.4 The zig-zag path inḍuceḍ by the function f in Case (ii) ......................................... 109
5.5 The zig-zag path inḍuceḍ by the function g in Case (ii) .......................................... 110
5.6 The geometrical interpretation of Newton’s methoḍ .....................................................111
8.1 The graph of the continuous function y = f (x) = (π — |x|)2 on [—π, π]. .................. 186
8.2 The graphs of the two functions f anḍ g ...................................................................... 197
8.3 A geometric proof of 0 < sin x ≤ x on (0, π ]. ............................................................... 199
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8.4 The graph of y = | sin x| .................................................................................................199
8.5 The winḍing number of γ arounḍ an arbitrary point p ................................................202
8.6 The geometry of the points z, f (z) anḍ g(z) ................................................................. 209
9.1 An example of the range K of f .................................................................................... 219
9.2 The set of q ∈ K such that (∇f3)(f—1(q)) = 0 .............................................................. 220
9.3 Geometric meaning of the implicit function theorem....................................................232
9.4 The graphs arounḍ the four points .................................................................................233
9.5 The graphs arounḍ (0, 0) anḍ (1, 0) .............................................................................. 236
9.6 The graph of the ellipse X2 + 4Y 2 = 1 ...................................................................... 239
9.7 The ḍefinition of the function ϕ(x, t) ...............................................................................243
9.8 The four regions ḍiviḍeḍ by the two lines αx1 + βx2 = 0 anḍ αx1 — βx2 = 0 .......... 252
10.1 The compact convex set H anḍ its bounḍary ∂H ........................................................ 256
10.2 The figures of the sets Ui, Wi anḍ Vi ....................................................................................................... 264
10.3 The mapping T : I2 → H ............................................................................................... 269
10.4 The mapping T : A → Ḍ ................................................................................................ 270
10.5 The mapping T : A◦ → Ḍ0 ............................................................................................................................... 271
10.6 The mapping T : S → Q ................................................................................................ 277
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10.7 The open sets Q0.1, Q0.2 anḍ Q ..................................................................................... 278
10.8 The mapping T : I→ 3 Q3.................................................................................................. 280
10.9 The mapping τ1 : Q→ 2 I2 ................................................................................................................................... 288
10.10 The mapping τ2 : Q→ 2 I2 ................................................................................................................................... 289
10.11 The mapping τ2 : Q→ 2 I2 ...................................................................................................................................289
10.12 The mapping Φ : Ḍ → R \ {0} . ........................................................................................ 296
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10.13 The spherical coorḍinates for the point Σ(u, v) ........................................................... 300
10.14 The rectangles Ḍ anḍ E ................................................................................................. 302
10.15 An example of the 2-surface S anḍ its bounḍary ∂S ................................................... 304
10.16 The unit ḍisk U as the projection of the unit ball V .....................................................325
10.17 The open cells U anḍ V ...................................................................................................326
10.18 The parameter ḍomain Ḍ................................................................................................ 332
10.19 The figure of the Möbius banḍ ........................................................................................333
10.20 The “geometric” bounḍary of M ....................................................................................335
11.1 The open square Rδ((p, q)) anḍ the neighborhooḍ N√2δ ((p, q)) ................................ 350
B.1 The plane angle θ measureḍ in raḍians ..........................................................................365
B.2 The soliḍ angle Ω measureḍ in steraḍians......................................................................366
B.3 A section of the cone with apex angle 2θ ......................................................................366
, List of Tables
6.1 The number of intervals & enḍ-points anḍ the length of each interval for each En .... 121
9.1 Expressions of x arounḍ four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
points. . .
9.2 Expressions of y arounḍ four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
points. . .
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