## Real Analysis Exchange

### The problem of characterizing derivatives revisited

Andy M. Bruckner

#### Abstract

An outstanding problem is how to characterize the class of derivatives. Our purpose is to discuss the kinds of characterizations one might seek, to indicate the contributions of some attempts to characterize, to look at characterizations that are known, and to discuss the place of the class of derivatives among certain related classes of functions.

#### Article information

Source
Real Anal. Exchange, Volume 21, Number 1 (1995), 112-133.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 3 July 2012

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rae/1341343228

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1377522

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0998.26500

#### Citation

Bruckner, Andy M. The problem of characterizing derivatives revisited. Real Anal. Exchange 21 (1995), no. 1, 112--133. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.rae/1341343228

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