MATH462 - Advanced Calculus - Fall 2008

Class Pace/Assignments

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This page will be updated as we progress through the class so please check regularly for updates.

 

Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

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

Material Covered

Homework Problems

Final Exam Week

 

 

 

Week 14

R 12/2

 

Review for Final

 

Week 14

T 11/30

Hand-In Homework 5 Due

Select Topics

 

Week 13

T 11/23

 

Section 23:  Uniform Continuity

 

Week 13

R 11/18

Quiz 4 ready by end of class today.  You must complete it before class on 11/23 -  Covers Sections 19, 20 and 21

Wrap up Section 21:  Continuity

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

T /16

 

Wrap up Section 20:  Limits of Functions

Start Section 21:  Continuity

- Drill Problems:  21.1 - 21.6, 21.9, 21.10, 21.13, 21.18

- Add to Hand-In Homework 5:  21.8, 21.14

Week 12

R 11/11

Hand-In Homework 4 Due

16.6 (e), 16.13 (the squeezing theorem), 16.14, 17.18, 17.19d or17.19e (you pick which one you want to hand in!), 18.7, 18.15, 19.18

Finish Section 20: Limits of Functions

 

- Drill Problems:   20.1 - 20.7, 20.8, 20.9, 20.13, 20.16, 20.18, 20.8b

- Hand-In Homework 5: 20.6 c, 20.17

Week 11

T 11/9

 

Section 20: Limits of Functions

 

Week 11

R 11/4

Quiz 3 ready by end of class today.   You must complete it before class on 11/9.  It covers Sections 16, 17, and 18

Section 19: Subsequences

- Drill Problems:   19.1, 19.3, 19.4, 19.6, 19.7(a,b)

- Add to Hand-In Homework 4:  19.18

 

Week 10

T 11/2

Board Work Day

 

(16.6 b, c), 16.12, (17.5 d, i, j), 17.6, 17.12, 17.15, 17.17, 18.4, 18.8 or 18.10

 

Week 10

R 10/28

 

Finish Section 17: Limit Theorems

Section 18: Monotone Sequences and Cauchy Sequences

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

- Board Work Problems:  18.4, 18.8, 18.10, 18.14 

- Add to Hand-In Homework 4:  18.7, 18.15 

Week 9

T 10/26

 

Finish Section 16: Convergence

Start Section 17: Limit Theorems

 

Week 9

R 10/21

 

More on Section 16: Convergence

- 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 8

T 10/19

Midterm Exam should be completed before class today.

Finish the proof of the Heine-Borel Theorem

Start Section 16: Convergence

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

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

- Hand-In Homework 4: 16.6 (e), 16.13 (the squeezing theorem), 16.14

Week 8

R 10/14

Midterm Exam Ready by the End of Class today.  You should complete it before the next class period.

Finish Section 14: Compact Sets

 

Week 7

R 10/7

Hand-In Homework 3 Due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 10/8:

11.6 a,b, 12.7 b, 12.12 a,b, 13.13, 13.20b, 13.21c, 14.12

More Section 14: Compact Sets

 

Week 7

T 10/5

Quiz 2 should be completed before class today.

Finish Section 13: Topology of the Reals

Start Section 14: Compact Sets

- 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 3:  14.12

Week 6

R 9/30

Quiz 2 ready by end of class.  Must complete before class on Tuesday 10/5

Covers Sections 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13

More on 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)

- Add to Hand-In Homework 3 Problems:   13.13, 13.20b, 13.21c

Week 6

T 9/28

Board Work Day

Narrowed Down Problems:  (7.21 a, c), 8.5, 8.10, 11.3 l, 11.7, (12.3 h.l,12.4 h,l), 12.7 a, 12.8, Note that problems in parentheses count as one board-work problem.

Week 5

R 9/23

 

- Finish Section 12:  The Completeness Axiom

- Start Sections 13 and 14:  Topology of the Reals and Compact Sets.

 

Week 5

T 9/21

Hand-In Homework 2 Due Beginning of Class

 7.15 g, 7.21 b and d, 7.20,  8.3 d, e (you must show your functions are bijections),  8.9, 10.22, 10.26

- Finish Section 11: Ordered Fields

- Cover 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

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

Week 4

R 9/16

 

- Start Section 11: Ordered Fields

 

Week 4

T 9/14

Quiz 1 should be completed before class today.

- Finish Section 8

- Review Section 10:  Natural Numbers and Induction

- Drill Problems:  10.1-10.56 10.7 - 10.10,10.11, 10.12, 10.15, 10.16, 10.19, 10.21 (a)

- Board-Work Problems: 10.21b, 10.21c

- Add to Hand-In Homework 2: 10.22, 10.26

Week 3

R 9/9

Quiz 1 ready by end of class today.  You must complete it before class on Tuesday 9/14.  It covers Sections 5, 6, and 7

- 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 (a,d,e - see Defn 8.14), 8.10

- More Hand-In Homework 2 Problems:  8.3 d, e (you must show your functions are bijections),  8.9

Week 3

T 9/7

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Beginning of Class

5.23 c, 5.26 b and d

- Finish Section 7 - Functions

 

Week 2

R 9/2

Board Work Day

5.20, (5.21, 5.22), (5.25 b,c,d),  (6.10 c, d)

Week 2

T 8/31

 

- More from Section 7 - Functions

 

Week 1

R 8/26

 

- Finish Sections 5 and 6

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), (7.21 a, c)

- Hand-In Homework 2:  7.15 g, 7.21 b and d, 7.20

Week 1

T 8/24

 

- Go over syllabus.

- Review Sections 5 and 6, - - Basic Set Operations and Relations

- Drill Problems: 5.1 - 5.19, 5.23 a,b, 5.25a,  6.1 (a-c), 6.7 - 6.9

- Board-Work Problems:  5.20, (5.21, 5.22), (5.25 b,c,d),  (6.10 c, d) NOTE:  Problems in parentheses count as one board-work problem.

- Hand-In Homework 1:   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 0

(i.e. before class starts)

 

  Read Sections 1 - 6 before class starts.  This material is a review of most of what you learned in MATH 300.  When reading the sections you should work the "practice" problems in the text (answers are provided at the end of the section).


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