MATH462 - Advanced Calculus - Spring 2007

Class Pace/Assignments

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Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

 
Week & Date of Class Assignment(s) Due/Quiz or Test Scheduled

Material Covered

Homework Problems

Week 14

M 4/30

Final Exam - Comprehensive (with an emphasis on the latter material) - 11:30 - 2:00

Week 14

F 4/27

Study Session - 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

Week 14

R 4/26

 

 

 

Week 13

T 4/24

Hand-In Homework 5 Due  18.7, 18.15, 20.8b, 20.18, 21.8, 22.8 Choose One of 21.14 or 21.13

Cover Section 23: Uniform Continuity

 

Week 13

R 4/19

In-Class Quiz on Sections 18, 20, 21, and 22

Cover Section 22: Properties of Continuous Functions. 

- Drill Problems:  22.1 - 22.7, 22.9, 22.13

- Add to Hand-In Homework 5:  22.8

Week 12

4/17

 

More from Section 21

 

Week 12

R 4/12

 

Finish Section 20

Cover Section 21:  Continuity

- Drill Problems:  21.1 - 21.6, 21.9 - 21.11, 21.18

- Add to Hand-In Homework 5:  21.8, Choose One of 21.14 or 21.13,

Week 11

4/10

 

Start Section 20:  Limits of Functions

- Drill Problems:   20.1 - 20.7, 20.8a, 20.9, 20.13, 20.16, 20.17

- Add to Hand-In Homework 5:  20.8b, 20.18

Week 11

4/5

Hand-In Homework 4 Due (13.13, 13.20b, 13.21c, 14.12,16.14, 17.18, 17.19d or17.19e (you pick which one you want to hand in!)

Cover Sections 18:   Monotone Sequences and Cauchy Sequences

- Drill Problems:   18.1 - 18.6, 18.8, 18.10, 18.11, 18.14  

- Hand-In Homework 5:  18.7, 18.15  (DUE:  Tuesday, 4/24)

Week 10

4/3

Board Work Day

Sections 13, 14, 16, 17

 

 

Week 10

3/29

 

Cover Section 17:  Limit Theorems

- Drill Problems:   17.1 - 17.5, 17.7 - 17.9, 17.11, 17.13, 17.14, 17.19 a,b,c

- Board Work Problems:   (17.5 d, i, j), 17.6, 17.10, 17.12, 17.15, 17.16, 17.17

- Add to Hand-In Homework 4:  17.18, 17.19d or17.19e (you pick which one you want to hand in!)

Week 9

3/27

 

Cover Section 16: Convergence (of Sequences)

- Drill Problems:   16.1 - 16.5, 16.7, 16.8 a,b,d, 16.9 - 16.11,

- Board Work Problems:  (16.6 a,b), (16.6 c,d), 16.6e, 16.8c, 16.12, 16.15, 16.16

- Add to Hand-In Homework 4:  16.14

Week 9

R 3/22

 

Finish Section 14

- Drill Problems:  14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.9, 14.11.  Note:  Problem 14.11 introduces the reader to a very special set called the Cantor set. 

- Board Work Problems:  14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8

- Add to Hand-In Homework 4:  14.12

Week 8

T 3/20

 

Finish Section 13

Start Section 14:  Compact Sets

Be sure to read the proof of the Heine-Borel Theorem before next class period.

3/12 - 3/16

 

Spring Break!

 

Week 8

R 3/8

Midterm Exam

Covers Sections 1-8, 10-13

Week 7

T 3/6

 

Review for Midterm

 

Week 7

R 3/1

Hand-In Homework 3 Due (10.22, 10.26, 8.3 d, e (you must show your functions are bijections),  8.9, 11.6, 12.7 b, 12.12)

Cover Section 13:  Topology of the Reals

- Drill Problems:  13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 13.8, 13.11,

- Board Work Problems:  (13.3 c,d, 13.4 c,d),  13.14, 13.16, 13.17, 13.18d, 13.19, (13.20 c,d), (13.21 d,e)

- Hand-In Homework 4 Problems:   13.13, 13.20b, 13.21c

Week 6

T 2/27

Board Work Day

Sections 8, 10, 11, 12

 

 

Week 6

R 2/22

 

Finish Section 12:  The Completeness Axiom

 

Week 5

T 2/20

 

Cover Section 11: Ordered Fields

Start Section 12:  The Completeness Axiom

- Drill Problems:  11.1, 11.2, 11.3 (a-g, i, k), 11.5, 12.1-12.4, 12.9, 12.10

- Board Work Problems:  (11.3 h, j), (11.3 l,m), 11.7, (12.3 h,l, 12.4 h,l)12.6, 12.7 a, 12.8

- Add to Hand-In Homework 3 Problems:  11.6, 12.7 b, 12.12

Week 5

R 2/15

In-Class Quiz on Sections 6, 7, 10

 

Tentative Midterm Date:  Thursday 3/8

- Finish Section 8: Cardinality

 

Week 4

T 2/13

Hand-In Homework 2 (5.23c, 5.26 b and d, 6.25, 7.15g, 7.21 b and d)

Due Beginning of Class

- Wrap up a few fine points and a quick induction proof.

- Start Section 8: Cardinality

- Drill Problems:  8.1, 8.2, 8.3 (a-c), 8.6, 8.7, 8.11, 8.15

- Board Work Problems:  8.4, 8.5, 8.8, 8.10

- Hand-In Homework 3 Problems:  8.3 d, e (you must show your functions are bijections),  8.9

Week 4

R 2/8

Board-Work Day!

Sections 5, 6, 7

 

 

Week 3

T 2/6

 

- Finish Section 7: Functions

- Cover Section 10: Natural Numbers and Induction

- Drill Problems:  10.1-10.5, 10.7 - 10.10, 10.12, 10.15, 10.16, 10.19, 10.21 (a)

- Board-Work Problems: 10.6, 10.11, 10.21b, 10.21c,

- Hand-In Homework 3:  10.22, 10.26

Week 3

R 2/1

In-Class Quiz on Sections 3, 4, and 5 (mostly 5)

- Start Section 7: Functions

- Drill Problems: 7.1 - 7.10, 7.12 -7.14, 7.17 - 7.19, 7.22, 7.30

- Board-Work Problems:  (7.16, 7.15 b, e), 7.20, (7.21 a, c)

- Add to Hand-In Homework 2:  7.15 g, 7.21 b and d

Week 2

T 1/30

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Beginning of Class

- Finish Section 5: Basic Set Operations

- Cover Section 6: Relations

- Drill Problems: 6.1, 6.2, 6.7 - 6.9, 6.11, 6.13, 6.19, 6.21

- Board-Work Problems:  (6.10 c, d), 6.14, (6.20, 6.22)

- Add to Hand-In Homework 2:  6.25

Week 2

R 1/25

Board-Work Day!

Board Work from Sections 3 and 4

 

- Drill Problems: 5.1 - 5.19, 5.23 a,b, 5.25a

- Board-Work Problems: 5.20, (5.21, 5.22), (5.25 b,c,d),  NOTE:  Problems in parentheses count as one board-work problem

- Hand-In Homework 2:  5.23 c, 5.26 b and d  NOTE:  I will be adding more problems to this homework assignment as we cover more material.

Week 1

T 1/23

Easy Quiz 1 Due Beginning of Class

- Wrap up any loose ends in Chapter 1

- Start Chapter 2, Section 5: Basic Set Operations

- Read Section 5, being sure to work the "practice" problems as you read.

Week 1

R 1/18

Read Sections 1 - 4 before class.  When reading the sections, be sure to work the "practice" problems in the text (answers are provided at the end of the section)

Review Material:  Sections 1 - 4 (Chapter 1)

- Easy Quiz 1 (Due 1/23)

- Hand-In Homework 1:  3.8, 4.8, 4.16, 4.25

- Board-Work Problems:  Use truth tables to prove tautologies l, n, p, and q on page 23; (3.7 a, f, h), 4.6, (4.13 c, 4.14), (4.17, 4.19, 4.20), (4.23, 4.24).  NOTE:  Problems in parentheses count as one board-work problem.

- Drill Problems:  3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 4.15, 4.18


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