Math 401/501, Advanced Calculus I
Fall 2013
General Information
Instructor: Matthew Blair
Email Address: blair ["at"] math.unm.edu
Course Web Page: http://www.math.unm.edu/~blair/math401_f13.html
Office: SMLC 330
Office Hours: 2-3pm on Tuesdays and 11am-Noon on Thursdays. Also by appointment.
Text: Foundations of Analysis by Joseph L. Taylor.
Meeting times/location: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30-1:45pm in DSH 334.
Recitation: Wednesdays at 12-12:50pm in DSH 334.
Recitation leader: David Weirich (dweirich ["at"] unm.edu)
Course Description From the catalog: Rigorous treatment of calculus in one variable. Definition and topology of real numbers, sequences, limits, functions, continuity, differentiation and integration. Students will learn how to read, understand and construct mathematical proofs.
Prerequisites (from the catalog): 264 and two courses at the 300+ level.
Course Syllabus
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Homework
Assignment #1--Due Thursday, August 29
Problems from Chapter 1, Lay: 2.4, 2.6(c,d), 2.10(a,b,c,d), 3.3(a,c), 3.4(a,c), 3.6(a,f,i), 3.7(a,b,c,g), 3.8, 4.3, 4.4, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.16
Assignment #2--Due Thursday, September 5
See handout
Assignment #3--Due Thursday, September 12
Problems from Taylor's text:
1.2: 9, 13, 15, 16, 17
1.4: 1, 2, 3, 9
1.5: 2(a,c)
Reading: Taylor, Ch. 1 and start 2.1.
Notes: For #9 in 1.4, you may take the full result in #8 for granted (you proved something similar in the first homework set). For 2c in 1.5, you may want to use Theorem 1.3.9.
Assignment #4--Due Thursday, September 19
Problems from Taylor's text:
1.5: 3, 7, 9, 10
2.1: 2, 5, 6, 7, 10
Reading: Taylor, 2.1, 2.2.
Not collected: 1.5: 4,5, 2.1: 3
Notes: For 9c in 1.5, don't forget that you can complete the square.
Assignment #5--Due Thursday, September 26
Problems from Taylor's text:
2.2: 1, 3, 12, 15
2.3: 2, 6, 7, 8, 10
Reading: Taylor, 2.3, 2.4.
Not collected: 2.2: 6, 2.3: 1,3,4
Assignment #6--Not collected
Problems from Taylor's text:
2.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9
Reading: Taylor, 2.4.
Assignment #7--Due Thursday, October 17
Problems from Taylor's text:
2.5: 2, 7(b,c), 8, 9
2.6: 1, 3
Reading: Taylor, 2.5, 2,6, 3.1.
Not collected: 2.5: 1, 4, 5 and
2.6: 4
Assignment #8--Due Thursday, October 24
See handout
Assignment #9--Due Thursday, October 31
Problems from Taylor's text:
3.2: 7, 8, 12
3.3: 4, 8, 9, 10
Reading: Taylor: 3.3, 4.1.
Not collected:
3.3: 1, 2, 3
Notes: For 3.2 #12, consider a proof by contradiction. For 3.3 #9, 10, consider applying Theorem 3.3.5 or Theorem 3.3.6.
Assignment #10--Due Thursday, November 14
Problems from Taylor's text:
4.1: 6, 8, 11
4.2: 3, 8, 11, 12
Reading: Taylor: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3.
Not collected:
4.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and
4.2: 1, 2, 4, 7
Assignment #11--Due Thursday, November 21
See handout
Assignment #12--Due Thursday, December 5
See handout