A number of results concerning infinite series are presented in this chapter. The material spans convergence tests for series of constants, uniform convergence for series of functions, and power series. It is not the intention here to give a comprehensive account of this theory, but rather to review material that is relevant to later chapters. This chapter is intended to make the rest of the book more self contained and remind the reader of some basic results. It is assumed that the reader has a background in real analysis of a single variable and elementary complex analysis; consequently, no attempt is made to prove these results or provide examples. Proofs and examples can be found in textbooks on real analysis such as Apostol (Mathematical Analysis, Addison-Wesley, 2nd ed., 1974), Fulks (Advanced Calculus, 3rd ed., Wiley, 1978), and Little et al. (Real Analysis via Sequences and Series, Springer-Verlag, 2015) and complex analysis (Ahlfors, Complex Analysis, McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 1966; Brown and Churchill, Complex Variables and Applications, McGraw-Hill, 7th ed., 2004; Priestley, Introduction to Complex Analysis, Rev. ed., Oxford University Press, 1990). The exception is in the final section on double sequences and series. This material is often not part of courses on real or complex analysis. Here we provide proofs, examples and exercises.
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