MATH 409
Advanced Calculus I
Study Abroad France 2019
Instructor: Florent Baudier
Lectures: In College Station: typically MTWRF 8:30-11:45 a.m. in BLOC 605AX
In Besançon: typically MTWRF 9-11 a.m. in room 309B
Office hours: By appointment.
Course description: Axioms of the real number system; point set theory of the real number line; compactness, completeness and connectedness; continuity and uniform continuity; sequences, series; theory of Riemann integration. A main goal of the course, essential to mastering the indicated material, is to learn how to apply precise mathematical reasoning in reading, understanding, and writing proofs of theorems in analysis.
Textbook: Brian S. Thomson, Judith B. Bruckner, and Andrew M. Bruckner, Elementary Real Analysis, Second Edition (2008), Volume One. The course material is contained in Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 and is available for free download.
Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes
Homeworks:
Practice problem set 1 Practice problem set 1 solutions
Practice problem set 2 Practice problem set 2 solutions
Practice problem set 3 Practice problem set 3 solutions
Practice problem set 4 Practice problem set 4 solutions
Exams: Solution key Midterm
Quizzes: daily
Midterm: Friday May 31 , 9-11 a.m.
Final exam: Friday June 21, 9-11 a.m.
Schedule:
Week 1
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
REVIEW
sets, functions, induction principles,
REAL NUMBERS
commutative ordered field structure,
the absolute value
least upper bound property,
density of the rationals in the reals
Quiz #1
SEQUENCES OF REAL NUMBERS,
convergence, uniqueness of the limit,
boundedness, monotone convergence theorem
arithmetic of limits,
comparison theorems
Quiz #2
subsequences,
Bolzano-Weirstrass theorem
Week 2
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Memorial day, no class, reading day Quiz #3
Cauchy sequences,
divergent sequences
Quiz #4
sequential closedness,
sequential compactness,
sequential Heine-Borel theorem
LIMITS OF FUNCTIONS
two sided limits,
manipulations of limits,
comparison theorems
MIDTERM
Week 3
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
transfer to France,
no class
orientation day in Besançon
no class
CONTINUITY OF FUNCTIONS
local continuity, Intermediate Value Theorem
Quiz #5
Extreme Value Theorem
Quiz #6
uniform continuity
Week 4
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Quiz #7
DIFFERENTIABILITY
local differentiability,
local extrema
rules of differentiation Quiz #8
Mean Value Theorem
reading day L'Hôpital's rules
Week 5
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Quiz #9
monotonicity and global differentiability
Quiz #10
RIEMANN INTEGRATION
continuity and integrability,
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
FINAL REVIEW reading day FINAL EXAM