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Daily Syllabus - Math 301 Real Analysis - Fall 2009

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You should definitely read the section listed for each day and check onCourse for the summary of definitions and theorems. On a few days, there are supplemental sections listed in italics that you should read as well. All section numbers are from Understanding Analysis by Steve Abbott

Monday Wednesday Friday
9/2 Welcome to Real Analysis 9/4 1.2 Some preliminaries
Sections 1.1 & 1.6
9/7 Labor Day
No Classes
9/9 1.3 The Axiom of Completeness 9/11 1.4 Consequences of Completeness
Homework due
9/14 1.4 Consequences of Completeness (cont) 9/16 1.5 Cantor's Theorem 9/18 2.2 The Limit of a Sequence
Sections 2.1 & 2.9
Homework due
9/21 2.2 The Limit of a Sequence (cont) 9/23 2.3 The Algebraic and Order Limit Theorems 9/25 Fudge day
Homework due
Title for Book Review due
9/28 2.4 The Monotone Convergence Theorem 9/30 2.5 Subsequences and the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem 10/2 2.6 The Cauchy Criterion
Homework due
10/5 2.7 Properties of Infinite Series 10/7 3.1 The Cantor Set
Section 3.6
10/9 3.2 Open and Closed Sets
Takehome Exam 1 due
10/12 Fall Break
No Classes
10/14 3.3 Compact Sets 10/16 4.1 Examples of Dirichlet & Thomae
10/19 4.2 Functional Limits 10/21 4.3 Combinations of Continuous Functions 10/23 4.4 Continuous Functions on Compact Sets
Homework due
Progress Report on Book Review due
10/26 Fudge Day 10/28 4.5 The Intermediate Value Theorem 10/30 5.2 Derivatives and the Intermediate Value Property
Section 5.1
Homework due
11/2 5.2 Derivatives and the Intermediate Value Property (cont) 11/4 5.3 The Mean Value Theorem 11/6 5.3 The Mean Value Theorem (cont)
11/9 5.4 A Continous Nowhere-Differentiable Function 11/11 6.2 Uniform Convergence of a Sequence of Functions 11/13 6.2 Uniform Convergence of a Sequence of Functions (cont)
Homework due
11/16 6.3 Uniform Convergence and Differentiation 11/18 6.4 Series of Functions 11/20 6.5 Power Series
Takehome Exam 2 due
11/23 6.5 Power Series (cont) 11/25 Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
11/27 Thanksgiving Break
No Classes
11/30 7.2 The Definition of the Riemann Integral 12/2 7.3 Integrating Functions with Discontinuities 12/4 7.4 Properties of the Integral
Homework due
12/7 7.5 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Book Review due
12/9 Fudge Day 12/11 Some random fun stuff

Takehome Final Exam due Tuesday, December 15, at 12:00 pm



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