Calendar for Math 414: Advanced Calculus


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MONTH
or WEEK
DAY Topic, Event Section;
Assigned
Problems
AUGUST
Chapter 1: The Real Numbers
WEEK 1 23-27 August
Mon 23 Course Introduction
Policies, Objectives
Wed 25 Fields §1.1
Fri 27 Ordered Fields, Induction §1.2 #19
WEEK 2 30 August -
3 September
Mon 30 Completeness, Archimedean Property
SEPTEMBER
Wed 1 Set Algebra, Open and Closed sets §1.3 #7,8,17
Fri 3 Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem §1.3
Chapter 2: Differential Calculus of Functions of One Variable
WEEK 3 7-10 September
Mon 6 USA flag map LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
No class meeting
Wed 8 Heine-Borel Theorem
Chapter 1 Homework Due
Fri 10 Functions and Limits §2.1 #8,25
WEEK 4 13-17 September
Mon 13 Monotonic functions
Wed 15 Continuity
Intermediate Value Theorem 2.2.10
(M. Regennitter, O. Robinson, S. Wenke)
Maximum Theorem for Continuous Functions 2.2.9
(D. Pinkston, J. Staron)
§2.2 #7,28
Fri 17 Uniform continuity, Theorem 2.2.12
(B. Kline, Y. Li, M. Sinnwell)
Strictly monotone functions
WEEK 5 20-24 September
Mon 20 The Derivative, Differentiation Rules.
Read §§ 1-7, 9, 13-16, 21, 35 of
The Analyst by George Berkeley.
List three objections to differential calculus.
§2.3 #8(a),24
Wed 22 The Chain Rule
J.Y. Min, H. Kunizawa
Extreme points
§§2.1-2 Homework Due
Fri 24 The Mean Value Theorem
Reference: On Avoiding the Mean Value Theorem
(P. Iverson, T. Anjonrin-Ohu)
WEEK 6 27 September -
1 October
Mon 27 Lhospital's Rule
Reference: Lhospital's Rule Without
Mean Value Theorems
§2.4 #41,45
Wed 29
OCTOBER
Fri 1 First Midterm Exam
Syllabus for Exam
WEEK 7 4-8 October
Chapter 3: Integral Calculus of Functions of One Variable
Mon 4 Definitions: Partition, refinement, Riemann sum, integrable §3.1 #3,10
Wed 6 Upper and Lower Sums, the Integral
§§2.3-4 Homework Due
Fri 8 Integrability Theorem §3.2 #5,7
WEEK 8 11-15 October
Mon 11 Continuous functions are integrable (3.2.8)
M. Regennitter, O. Robinson
The integral is linear, monotone, additive on intervals
Wed 13 Monotone functions are integrable (3.2.9)
T. Anjonrin-Ohu, J. Staron
Fri 15 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus I (3.3.11)
Reference: [PostScript] [Acrobat]
B. Kline, M. Sinnwell
§3.3 #12,13
Note: for #12 use the
Lipschitz condition.
WEEK 9 18-22 October
Mon 18 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus II (3.3.12)
Reference: [PostScript] [Acrobat]
D. Pinkston, P. Iverson
Wed 20 Integration by Parts (3.3.15)
H. Kunizawa, J. Min
§§3.1-2 Homework Due
Fri 22 Taylor's Theorem [PostScript] [Acrobat] §2.5 #8(b), 10(a),(b)(iv).
WEEK 10 25-29 October
Mon 25 Change of Variable (3.3.17-18)
Wed 27 Review
Fri 29 Second Midterm Exam
Syllabus for Exam
NOVEMBER
WEEK 11 1-5 November
Mon 1 Improper Integrals:
Nonnegative functions, comparison tests
§3.4 #6,15
Wed 3 Absolutely integrable functions
Fri 5 Conditional convergence, Dirichlet's test
§§3.3,2.5 Homework Due
WEEK 12 8-12 November
Chapter 4: Infinite Sequences and Series
Mon 8 Sequences §4.1 #11,23
Wed 10 Limits superior and inferior
Cauchy's convergence criterion
Contraction mapping
Fri 12 Subsequence, limit point
Sequential continuity
§4.2 #9(a),10
WEEK 13 15-19 November
Mon 15 Series, Cauchy's criterion
Convergence tests
§4.3 #9,14
Wed 17 Convergence tests
Fri 19 Absolute and conditional convergence
§§3.4, 4.1 and 4.2 Homework Due
THANKSGIVING BREAK
22-26 NOVEMBER

Fri 26 BUY NOTHING DAY
WEEK 14 29 November
-3 December
Mon 29 Dirichlet's Test
DECEMBER
Wed 1 Rearrangement of series
Fri 3 Products of series
WEEK 15 6-10 December
Mon 6
Wed 8
Fri 10
§§4.3 Homework Due
FINAL
EXAMS
13-17 December
Thu 16 Final Exam
9:45-11:45am, 260 Carver.
Final Exam Syllabus

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