Assignments for Real Analysis I
Spring, 2016
Instructor: Carol Schumacher

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Monday, January 18 Note: Class meets 10:40-11:20 due to MLK day of dialogue.
Course Procedures and online information.
Introduction to the Real Number system---The Field Axioms
Sections 1.1 & 1.2  
Wednesday, January 20 Field Axioms, cont. Excursion A Class: Problems 3 & 5 in section 1.2--- assigned in groups.
Friday, January 22 The Order Axioms Section 1.3 Class: Finish problems we were working on in class. Think about hard about Exercise 1.3.1.
Notebooks: Problems 4, 5, 8, & 9(cde) in section 1.3. (Note: you cannot use Thm. 1.3.6. on problems 4 and 5. Prove from the definitions.)
 
Monday, January 25 The Order Axioms (cont.)   Class: Problem 10 in section 1.3
Parts 1,6, 8: Everyone. Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7: assigned in groups.
Notebooks: Problems 11 and 12 in section 1.3
Wednesday, January 27 Absolute values and order, continued    
Friday, January 29 The Least Upper Bound Property Section 1.4 through theorem 1.4.7.

Class: Problems 1 and 2 in section 1.4.
Notebook problems collected (through 1.3)

 
Monday, February 1 The Least Upper Bound Property Rest of Section 1.4 (proof of Theorem 1.4.8 is optional)

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 and 6 in section 1.4

Wednesday, February 3 Measuring Distances Read Section 2.1 Class: Problems 1, 2, & 3 in Chapter 2.
Notebook Problems: 4 & 5 in Chapter 2.
Friday, February 5 Intro to Image Processing--a class laboratory.  

Take online survey (see link in email)
Work through handout on image processing.

 
Monday, February 8 Distances (cont.) Section 2.2 Notebook problems 3 & 6 from Section 1.4 due.
Notebooks: Problems 4 and 5 in Chapter 2.
Wednesday, February 10 Open Sets Section 3.1 through page 74. Pay careful attention to Theorem 3.1.7: Understand what it says; draw pictures that show the relationships. Notebook problems 4 & 5 in Chpt 2 due.
Class
: Problems 3, and 4 in Section 3.1.
Friday, February 12

InClass Midterm # 1

 
Monday, February 15 Open Sets (cont)   Class: Problems 1 and 7(abc) in Section 3.1.
Wednesday, February 17 Open Sets and boundedness * Class: Problems 10 and 11 in Section 3.1.
Notebooks:
Theorem 3.1.7 (3 implies 1) and Problems 2, 6, 7(d), and 8, 12(abcde) in Section 3.1.
Friday, February 19

Introducing sequences

Section 0.4 through Exercise 0.4.12

Class: Problem 1 in 0.4

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Monday, February 22

Introducing Convergence of Sequences

Sections 3.2 and 3.3  
Wednesday, February 24 Work day on convergence of sequences   Notebooks problems on Sections 3.1 due
Friday, February 26 Convergence of Sequences---Class presentations   Class: Problem 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7 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 5, 6, and 8 in Section 3.3.
 
Monday, February 29 Convergence of Sequences---Finish Class presentations from 3.3   You should be working on the notebook problems for 3.3. so you can ask questions before break.
Wednesday, March 2 Sequences in R---a work day. (Problems 4 and 7 in Section 3.4 worked on in class.) Section 3.4 Be sure you are working on the Notebook problems from Section 3.3!
Friday, March 4 Finish sequences in R
Section 3.4, again! Pay special attention to the proof of Theorem 3.4.11 (3) Notebooks: Problems 5 & 9 (cases 4 and 5, only) in Section 3.4

Spring Break

Monday, March 21 Sequential Limits in R and R^n---a work day. (Work on problems 1, 2(b), & 3 in Excursion D.) Excursion D Notebooks problems on Section 3.3 and 3.4 due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22.
Wednesday, March 23 Finish --- Sequential Limits in R and R^n Excursion D... again!

Notebooks: Problems 2(ac) & 4 in Excursion D.

Friday, March 25 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
 
Monday, March 28 Finish Limit Points and Closed Sets.
Introducing Open sets, Closed sets, and the Closure of a set.

Sections 3.5 and 3.6
Notebooks: Problems 1(ab) and 4a in Section 3.5. And Problems 4 and 8 in Section 3.6
Notebook problems collected from Excursion D.
Wednesday, March 30 Open sets, closed set, and the closure of a set
Takehome Midterm distributed
Section 3.7 Class: Problems 4 & 5ab in Section 3.7.
Notebooks: Section 3.7:.Problems 1, 5c, and 6.
Friday, April 1 Image processing and Cauchy sequences--an in-class laboratory experience.  
Takehome Midterm Due before 5 p.m
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Monday, April 4 Finish open sets, closed set, and the closure of a set---class presentations
Cauchy Sequences and completeness, just a taste.
 
Wednesday, April 6 Limit of a function at a point Sections 4.1 and 4.2, Excursion E Class: 4th Property of Cauchy sequences (handout).
And problem 1 in Section 4.2.

Notebooks: Problems 1 and 2 in Section 6.2. Problem 2 in section 4.2.
Friday, April 8 Limits of real valued functions on R.   Notebooks problems collected from Sections 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7.
 
Monday, April 11 Continuity Sections 4.3

Class: Problems 1, 2, and 4 in Section 4.3.
Notebooks: Problems 6a & 9 in Section 4.3.

Wednesday, April 13 Uniform Continuity Section 4.4

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

Friday, April 15 Uniform continuity, cont.   Class: Problem 3 in Section 6.1.

 

Monday, April 18

Work Day on real-valued functions

Sections 5.1 & 5.3 Notebooks: Problem 6 in Section 5.1. Problems 1, 2, and 3 in Section 5.3.
Wednesday, April 20 More work on real-valued functions.
Introducing Compactness.
Section 7.1 Notebook problems collected on Sections 6.2, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4.
Friday, April 22 Compactness, continued. Section 7.1, again! Class: Problems 1, 2, 4 and 5 in Section 7.1.
 
Monday, April 25

In-Class Midterm #2

Wednesday, April 27 Compactness, continued.
Continuity and compactness
Section 7.2

Class Problems: 11 in Section 7.1 and Problems 2 and 3 and in Section 7.2.
Notebooks:
Problems 6 &14 in Section 7.1. Problems 4 & 5 in Section 7.2.

Friday, April 29 The Heine Borel Theorem.  

Notebook problems collected on Sections 5.1 and 5.3.

 
Monday, May 2 Sequences of Functions Sections 12.1 and 12.2. Make sure to work on the notebook problems!
Class: Problems 2, 3, 4, 5 in Section 12.2
Wednesday, May 4 Sequences of Functions---cont.   Class: Problems 6, 10(ab) and 11(bc) in Section 12.2

Friday, May 6

Exchanging the order of limiting processes..
Takehome Final Distributed.

In preparation read, for big picture, Section 12.4.

To turn in: Reading response on Section 12.4.---Will be used as the basis for roundtable discussion at the final.
Notebook problems on Sections 7.1 and 7.2. due.

 

Takehome Final Exam due at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 12.

Roundtable discussion
Switching the order of two limiting processes
This will constitute 10% of the grade on the Final Exam.

Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 10:30-11:30