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Catalog Description: |
Real numbers, topology of Euclidian space, integration, continuity, differentiability,
sequences, and series of functions.
(Offered spring semester only.)
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| Prerequisites: |
MATH 211 (Calculus III) or equivalent
- Understand and use the fundamental theorem of calculus.
- Familiarity with power series and regions of convergence.
- Ability to use a computer algebra system or graphics calculator.
- Ability to analyze functions and their graphs.
- Familiarity with sequences and limits.
- Familiarity with vector spaces.
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Required Course Materials: |
Herbert
S. Gaskill and P.P. Narayanaswami, Element
of Real Analysis, Prentice Hall 1998
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Course Coordinator: |
Douglas C. Phillippy, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics
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Course Audience: |
Students majoring in mathematics.
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Course Objectives: |
- To develop a rigorous understanding of the real number system and its properties.
- To develop a rigorous understanding of real-valued functions with an emphasis on the
properties of continuity, differentiability, and integrability.
- To develop a rigorous understanding of sequences and series, including sequences and
series of real-valued functions.
- To introduce students to graduate-level mathematics.
- To develop an ability to state and prove theorems.
- To enhance the learning process by using technology as a tool to reinforce, expedite, and
display mathematical concepts.
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Topics: |
- An introduction to set theory: a) the algebra of sets, b) functions, and c) infinite sets.
- The real number system: a) algebraic properties, b) order properties, c) completeness,
d) intervals and cluster points, and e) open and closed sets.
- Sequences: a) the limit of a sequence, b) Monotone sequences, c) the Bolzano-
Weierstrass Theorem, d) the Cauchy criterion, e) Sequences of functions, and f) pointwise
and uniform convergence.
- Limits and continuity: a) the limit of a function, b) continuous functions, c) continuity
on intervals, d) uniform continuity, and e) inverse functions.
- Differentiation: a) the Mean Value Theorem, b) L’Hospital’s rule, and c) Taylor’s Theorem.
- Integration: a) the Riemann integral, b) the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, and c) The
integral as a limit.
- Infinite Series: a) convergence, b) tests for convergence, and c) Series of functions.
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