A Primer of Real Analytic Functions

The subject of real analytic functions is one of the oldest in modern mathematics and is the wellspring of the theory of analysis, both real and complex. To date, there is no comprehensive book on the subject, yet the tools of the theory are widely used by mathematicians today. Key topics in the theory of real analytic functions that are covered in this text and are rather difficult to pry out of the literature include: the real analytic implicit function theorem, resolution of singularities, the FBI transform, semi-analytic sets, Faa de Bruno’s formula and its applications, zero sets of real analytic functions, Lojaciewicz’s theorem, Puiseaux’s theorem. New to this second edition are such topics as: A more revised and comprehensive treatment of the Faa de Bruno formula; Topologies on the space of real analytic functions; Alternative characterizations of real analytic functions; Surjectivity of partial differential operators; The Weierstrass Preparation Theorem