Advanced Calculus I
Section 3045 Fall 2013
Introduction to Analysis, Maxwell Rosenlicht, Dover, 1968.
A rigorous treatment of the foundations of Calculus including:the real numbers; metric spaces; continuity, differentiation and integration; and sequences and series of functions. This corresponds to much of chapters 1-6 in the text. In addition to mastery of the course content, course objectives include reading, writing, and discovering proofs and constructing proofs and counterexamples in analysis.
490 Little Hall Office hours M 5, W 6, F 4 or by appointment.
Selected problems from the text will be assigned on a daily basis.
Twelve or 13 homework problems will be assigned, collected, and graded. Late homework will not be accepted, rather the lowest two homework scores will be dropped. Homework will be worth 100 points total.
There will be three exams each worth 100 points based upon Suggested Problems, and Homework. The final exam (Thursday 12 December, 12:30-1:30) will serve as a make-up.
Exam 2. Wednesday 23 October. Exam 3. Monday 02 December.
A course total will be computed by adding the exam and homework scores. Grades will then be assigned according to a straight scale: 90 – 100 A; 87 – 89 A-; 84-86 B+; 80-83 B; 77-79 B-; etc.
Attendance is recommended.
The course will be conducted in accordance with the University honor code and academic honesty policy, which can be found in the student guide
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. Tentative weekly schedule
August 21 – 28, Review of sets, set operations and functions (2 homework problems). |