Teodora-Liliana Radulescu received her PhD in 2005 from Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with a thesis on nonlinear analysis, and she is currently a professor of mathematics at the "Fratii Buzesti" National College in Craiova, Romania. She is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Romanian Mathematical Society. She is also a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews and Zentralblatt fur Mathematik.

Vicentiu Radulescu received both his PhD and the Habilitation at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), and he is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Craiova, Romania and a senior researcher at the Institute of Mathematics "Simion Stoilow" of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest, Romania. He has authored 9 books and over 100 articles.

Titu Andreescu is an associate professor of mathematics at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also firmly involved in mathematics contests and Olympiads, being the Director ofAMC (as appointed by the Mathematical Association of America), Director of MOP, Head Coach of the USA IMO Team and Chairman of the USAMO. He has also authored a large number of books on the topic of problem solving and Olympiad-style mathematics.

Contains a collection of challenging problems in elementary mathematical analysis

Uses competition-inspired problems as a platform for training typical inventive skills

Develops basic valuable techniques for solving problems in mathematical analysis on the real axis

Assumes only a basic knowledge of the topic but opens the path to competitive research in the field

Includes interesting and valuable historical accounts of ideas and methods in analysis

Presents a connection between analysis and other mathematical disciplines, such as physics and engineering

May be applied in the classroom or as a self-study