Brian S. Thomson

Professor Emeritus

Simon Fraser University

Direct links to:

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Latest news

Sept 2007: Our Real Analysis textbooks now available for free download. 

Jan 2008:  Over 10,000 downloads of our textbooks to date.

April 2008: This is the target date for when TBB will be available as a trade paperback.

Real Links:

  • classicalrealanalysis.com.

  • D.R.I.P. [Dump the Riemann Integral Project].

  • RESOURCES for a DRIP program.

  • THE INTEGRAL CALCULUS by A. Smithee 

  • Handbook of Analysis and its Foundations.

  • Editorial boards:  

  • Real Analysis Exchange (1993– )
  • Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (1993– )
  • Most recent publications (write me for preprints):

    • Work in Progress:  Dripped Version of [TBB] Elementary Real Analysis.  The current version is available on the downloads page.  It should be considered experimental and used with caution.
    • Work in Progress:   The Calculus Integral [available for download]
  • Thomson, Brian S., Characterizing the indefinite Riemann integral , Real Analysis Exchange, 2010 [to appear].            
  • Thomson, Brian S., Monotone convergence theorem for the Riemann integral , American Math Monthly Vol. 117, no. 6, June-July 2010 [to appear].            
  • Thomson, Brian S., The natural integral on the real line, Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae, 2008, VOL 67; NUMB 1; ISSU 247, pages 23-36.             
  • Thomson, Brian S., Henstock-Kurzweil integration on time scales, Panamerican Math. Journal, 18 (2008), 1--19 [Download]
  • Thomson, Brian S., Rethinking the Elementary Real Analysis Course, American Math Monthly, Volume 114, Number 6, June-July 2007 , pp. 469-490 [Download]
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              [Peter Bullen's Math Review of this article]

    • Hagood, John W. and Thomson, Brian S., Recovering a function from a Dini derivative, Amer. Math. Monthly 113 (2006), no. 1, 34--46.

              [PDF file]           
              [math review of this article]

    Math SciNet reviews (1970-2006):

    [part 1] [part 2] [ ... and reviews I have written]