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Real Analysis I ---Math 341

Instructor: Carol S. Schumacher
Fall, 2014

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Date 

Topic 

Reading

Problems
Friday, August 29 Introduction to the Real Number system---The Field Axioms Sections 1.1 & 1.2
Monday, Sept. 1
Field Axioms, cont. Sections 1.1 & 1.2 (again); be sure to work on the exercises as you work through the section!
Excursion A---first pass
Class: Problems 3 & 5 in section 1.2
Wednesday, Sept. 3
The Order Axioms Section 1.3 Class: Exercises 1.3.1. (assigned in groups)
Notebooks: Problems 4, 5, 8, & 9(cde) in section 1.3. (Note: you may not use Thm. 1.3.6. on problems 4 and 5. Prove from the definitions.)
Friday, Sept. 5
The Order Axioms (cont.) Excursion A---second pass. Class: Problem 10 in section 1.3 (assigned in groups)
Notebooks: Problems 11 and 12 in section 1.3
Monday, Sept. 8
Absolute values and order, continued  

 

Wednesday, Sept. 10
The Least Upper Bound Property Section 1.4 through Theorem 1.4.7.

Class: Problems 1 and 2 in section 1.4.

Friday, Sept. 12
The Least Upper Bound Property Rest of Section 1.4 (proof of Theorem 1.4.8 is optional) Notebook problems collected (through 1.3)
Class: Problem 8 in section 1.4. Use the handout as a guide to thinking about this problem. Prove what you can.
Notebooks: Problems 3, 6 and 8cde in section 1.4
Monday, Sept. 15
Measuring Distances Read Section 2.1  
Wednesday, Sept. 17 Intro to Image Processing--a class laboratory.   Work through Maple lab on gradients and handout on signal noise.
Friday, Sept. 19 Distances (cont.) Section 2.2 Class: Graph metric problem from Handout.
Problem 2 in Chapter 2.
Notebooks: Problems 4, 5, and 6 in Chapter 2.
Monday, Sept. 22
Open Sets Section 3.1 Class: Problems 1 (1 implies 2 and 2 implies 3, only), 3, and 4 in Section 3.1.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
Open Sets   Class: Problems 7(abc), 10, 11 in Section 3.1.
Friday, Sept. 26
Open Sets (cont.) * Notebooks: Problems 1 (3 implies 1) 2, 6, 7(d), and 8, 12(abcde) in Section 3.1.
Notebooks problems Chpt 2 due.
Monday, Sept. 29

Finish with Open Sets

   
Wednesday, October 1

Introducing sequences
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Section 0.4 through Exercise 0.4.12

Class: Problem 1 in 0.4

Friday, October 3

Finish sequences
Introducing Convergence of Sequences

Sections 3.2 and 3.3  
Monday, October 6
Convergence of Sequences   Class: Problem 1, 2, 3 in Section 3.3 and Problem 2 in Section 3.4. (Note, you do not need to read Section 3.4 to do problem 2! It's just a good convergent sequence problem.) Notebooks problems on Sections 3.1 due
Wednesday, October 8
No class. Prof. Schumacher out of town.
Friday, October 10

No class---October Break!

Monday, October 13
Convergence of Sequences---Continue Class presentations   Class: Problems 4 and 7 in Section 3.3.
Notebooks
: Problems 5, 6, and 8 in Section 3.3.
Wednesday, October 15
Sequences in R Section 3.4 Class: Problems 4, 7 in Section 3.4.
Notebooks: Problems 5 & 9 (cases 4 and 5, only) in Section 3.4
Friday, October 17

Sequences in R, cont.

  Notebooks problems collected on Section 3.3.
Monday, October 20
Sequential Limits in R and R^n Excursion D

Work on Class Problems: 1, 2(b), & 3 in Excursion D.

Wednesday, October 22
Finish --- Sequential Limits in R and R^n
Limit Points and Closed Sets
Sections 3.5 and 3.6
Class: Problem 3 in Section 3.5, and Problems 2, 3, and 5 in Section 3.6
Notebooks: Problem 4 in Excursion D.
Friday, October 24

In class midterm
Takehome Midterm distributed

Monday, October 27
Image processing and Cauchy sequences--an in-class laboratory experience.   Takehome Midterm Due before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28.
Wednesday, October 29
Limit Points and Closed Sets, cont.   Notebooks: Problems 1(ab) and 4a in Section 3.5. And Problems 4 and 8 in Section 3.6
Friday, October 31
Open sets, closed set, and the closure of a set--- an introduction and work day   Notebooks problems collected from Sections 3.4 and Excursion D.
Monday, November 3
Open sets, closed set, and the closure of a set---class presentations   Class: Problems 4 & 5ab in Section 3.7.
Notebooks: Section 3.7:.Problems 1, 5c, and 6.
Wednesday, November 5
Limit of a function at a point---a work day. Sections 4.1 and 4.2 Class: Problem 1 in Section 4.2.
Notebooks: Problem 2 in section 4.2.

Friday, November 7
Continuity Section 4.3 Class: Problems 1, 2, and 4 in Section 4.3.
Notebooks problems collected from Sections 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7.
Monday, November 10
Finish Continuity Section 4.4

Notebooks: Problems 6a & 9 in Section 4.3.

Wednesday, November 12
Uniform Continuity  

Class: Problems 1 and 2 in Section 4.4
Notebooks: Problems 3 and 4 in Section 4.4.

Friday, November 14
Uniform continuity, cont.    
Monday, November 17

Work Day on real-valued functions

Sections 5.1 & 5.3
Excursion E
Notebooks: Problem 6 in Section 5.1. Problems 1, 2, and 3 in Section 5.3.
Problems 1(a,c,e) in Excursion E.2
Wednesday, November 19
More work on real-valued functions. Read sections 5.1 and 5.3 and Excursion E again! Notebook problems collected on Sections 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4.
Friday, November 21
Completeness---just a taste

Sections 6.1 and 6.2. Class: Problem 1 in Section 6.1
Notebooks: Problem 3 in Section 6.1 and Problem 1 in Section 6.2

Thanksgiving Break 

Monday, December 1
Introducing Compactness Section 7.1
Class: Carefully think through Example 7.1.2. Work throught Exercise 7.1.5
Wednesday, December 3
Compactness, continued.
Continuity and compactness
Section 7.2

Notebook problems collected on Sections 5.1, 5.3, Excursion E, Chapter 6.
Class
: Problems 3 and 5 in Section 7.1. Problem 3 in Section 7.2.
Notebooks: Problems 6 &14 in Section 7.1. Problems 2 & 5 in Section 7.2. Without proving problem 4, comment on the result. What does it tell you? Why is this significant?

Friday, December 5
Finish with Continuity and compactness   Class problems assigned to groups.
Monday, December 8
The Heine Borel Theorem.   Work on notebook problems!
Wednesday, December 10
Sequences of Functions Sections 12.1 and 12.2. Notebook problems on Sections 7.1 and 7.2. due by 5 pm.
Class
: Problems 2, 3, 4, 5 in Section 12.2 (assigned in groups for presentation on this day.)
Friday, December 12
Sequences of Functions---cont.   Class: Problems 6, 10(ab) and 11(bc) in Section 12.2

Final Examination
In-Class Exam: Thursday, December 18, 2014 from 1:30-4:30
Takehome exam: Distributed the last day of class and Due at the time of the In-class exam.