MTH 265H Schedule


Schedule

Lectures are MW 12:30PM - 1:45PM. Page numbers refer to Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, 3rd edition.

No class on Labor Day (Mon 9/7), Fall Break (Mon 10/12), and the Thanksgiving recess (Wed 11/25). The last day of classes is Mon 12/14.

Week Week of Topic Reading assignment Homework
1 8/31 Ordered sets, fields, the real field (pg. 1-8) The real field, the extended real number system, the complex field, Euclidean spaces (pg. 9-17)  
2 9/7 (no class Mon 9/7) The real field, the extended real number system, the complex field (pg. 9-16) Finite, countable, and uncountable sets, metric spaces (pg. 24-36) Homework 1 (due 9/17)
3 9/14 Euclidean spaces, finite, countable, and uncountable sets, metric spaces (pg. 16-17, 24-31) Compact sets (pg. 36-40) Homework 2 (due 9/24)
4 9/21 Metric spaces, compact sets, connected sets (pg. 32-40, 42-43) Numerical sequences (pg. 47-58) Homework 3 (due 10/1)
5 9/28 Convergent sequences, subsequences, Cauchy sequences, upper and lower limits (pg. 47-58) Numerical series (pg. 58-69) Homework 4 (due 10/8)
6 10/5 Numerical series (pg. 58-69) Power series, summation by parts, absolute convergence, operations with series: addition, multiplication, rearrangements (pg. 69-78) Homework 5 (due 10/15)
7 10/12 (no class Mon 10/12) Power series, summation by parts, absolute convergence, operations with series (pg. 69-78)   Homework 6 (due 10/22)
8 10/19 Review session for the midterm exam Limits of functions, continuous functions, continuity and compactness, continuity and connectedness (pg. 83-93)  
9 10/26 Midterm exam (Mon 10/26); limits of functions, continuous functions, continuity and compactness (pg. 83-90) Discontinuities, monotonic functions, infinite limits and limits at infinity (pg. 94-98); the derivative of a real function, mean value theorems, the continuity of derivatives, L’Hospital’s rule (pg. 103-110)  
10 11/2 Continuity and compactness, continuity and connectedness, discontinuities, monotonic functions, infinite limits and limits at infinity (pg. 91-98); the derivative of a real function (pg. 103-105) Derivatives of higher order, differentiation of vector-valued functions (pg. 110-113); definition and existence of the Riemann-Stieltjes integral (pg. 120-125) Homework 7 (due 11/12)
11 11/9 Mean value theorems, the continuity of derivatives, derivatives of higher order, differentiation of vector-valued functions (pg. 107-113); definition and existence of the Riemann-Stieltjes integral (pg. 120-123)   Homework 8 (due 11/19); midterm corrections due
12 11/16 Definition and existence of the Riemann-Stieltjes integral, properties (pg. 124-129) Properties of the integral, integration and differentiation, integration of vector-valued functions, rectifiable curves (pg. 129-137); the main problem for sequences and series of functions (pg. 143-145) Homework 9 (due 12/3)
13 11/23 (no class Wed 11/25) Properties of the integral, integration and differentiation, integration of vector-valued functions, rectifiable curves (pg. 129-137) Uniform convergence, uniform convergence and continuity, uniform convergence and integration (pg. 146-152) Homework 10 (due 12/10)
14 11/30 Uniform convergence, uniform convergence and continuity (pg. 143-150)    
15 12/7 Uniform convergence and continuity, uniform convergence and integration, uniform convergence and differentiation, Weierstrass theorem (using Bernstein’s polynomials, slides by R. Kadison and Z. Liu) (pg. 150-153, 159-160) Review for the final exam Homework 11 (due 12/14)
16 12/14 Review session for the final exam (Mon 12/14, last day of classes)