Analysis for Applications I

Math 641-600 — Fall 2005

Instructor: Dr. Francis J. Narcowich
Office: 302 Milner Hall
E-mail: fnarc@math.tamu.edu
Phone: 845-7369
URL: /~francis.narcowich/
Office Hours: TBA, and by appointment
Catalog Descriptuion: MATH 641. Analysis for Applications I. Review of preliminary concepts; sequence and function spaces; normed linear spaces, inner product spaces; spectral theory for compact operators; fixed point theorems; applications to integral equations and the calculus of variations. Prerequisites: MATH 447, 640, or approval of instructor.

Required Text: James P. Keener, Principles of Applied Mathematics: Transformation and Approximation, Perseus Books, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995.

Topics: The course will cover most of chapters 2-5, and selected sections in chapter 1.

Grading System & Tests: Your grade will be based a mid-term, a final exam (13 December, 10:30 am-12:30 pm), and homework. The mid-term will count for 30% of your grade, the homework for 40%, and the final examination will count for the remaining 30%. Your letter grade will be assigned this way: 90-100%, A; 80-89%, B; 70-79%, C; 60-69%, D; 59% or less, F.

Make-up Policy: I will give make-ups (or satisfactory equivalents) only in cases authorized under TAMU Regulations. In borderline cases, I will decide whether or not the excuse is authorized. Also, if you miss a test, contact me as soon as possible.

Academic Integrity

Copying Course Materials:   "All printed hand-outs and web-materials are protected by US Copyright Laws. No multiple copies can be made without written permission by the instructor."

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Updated 8/23/05 (fjn).