Math 510 - Introduction to Analysis I, Fall 2014

This is the first graduate course on Analysis. Together with Math 511, it prepares graduate students for the Real Analysis Qualifying Exam.
Time: Tue & Thur 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Room: SMLC 352
 
Instructor Info: Anna Skripka, skripka [at] math [dot] unm [dot] edu
Office hours: Tue and Thur 3:30 - 4:45 p.m., and by appointment, SMLC 212
 
Topics: Real number fields, sets and mappings. Basic point set topology, sequences, series, convergence issues. Continuous functions, differentiation, Riemann integral. General topology and applications: Weierstrass and Stone-Weierstrass approximation theorems. We will cover most of the material from Chapters 1-14 of Carothers' book.
 
Textbook: N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1st edition, 2000, ISBN-10: 0521497566.
Supplementary textbook: W. Rudin, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 3d edition, 1976, ISBN-10: 007054235X.
Review of Advanced Calculus: T. Tao, Analysis I, Hindustan Book Agency, 2nd edition, 2009, ISBN-10: 8185931941   related website
 
Prerequisites: Advanced calculus (Math 401) and linear algebra (Math 321) are required; complex analysis (Math 313) is strongly recommended.
Grades: 25% homework, 25% each of two midterms, 25% final exam.
 
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Video lectures (the content is not identical with the content of our course)
 
TENTATIVE Schedule (will be updated at the end of each week)
 
Week
Important Dates
Chapters
Topics
Homework
1
Aug 19 (Pretest), 21
Chapter 1
Review of Advanced Calculus.
HW 1
2
Aug 26, 28 (HW1)
Chapter 2
Countable and uncountable sets. Cantor set. Monotone functions.
HW 2
3
Sep 2, 4 (HW 2);   Drop with no grade: Sep 5
Chapter 3
Metric and normed spaces. ℓp spaces.
HW 3
4
Sep 9, 11 (HW 3)
Chapter 4
Open and closed sets. Relative metric.
HW 4
5
Sep 16, 18 (HW 4)
Chapters 5, 6
Continuous functions. Connected sets.
Prepare for Exam 1
6
Sep 23, 25 (Exam 1)
Chapter 6
Connectedness.
7
Sep 30, Oct 2
Chapter 7
Complete metric spaces. Fixed points.
HW 5
8
Oct 7 (HW 5)
Chapter 8
Compactness. Continuous functions on compact spaces.
HW 6
9
Oct 14, 16 (HW 6)
Chapters 8, 10
Uniform continuity. Pointwise and uniform convergence. Interchanging limits.
HW 7
10
Oct 21, 23 (HW 7)
Chapter 10
Interchanging limits. Series of functions. Space B(X). The Weierstrass M-test. Power series. Nowhere differentiable function.
Prepare for Exam 2
11
Oct 28 (Exam 2), 30
Chapter 11
The Weierstrass approximation theorem.
HW 8
12
Nov 4, 6 (HW 8);   Withdrawal deadline: Nov 7
Chapter 11
Approximations in C(R). Equicontinuity. Compact subsets of C(X).
HW 9
13
Nov 11, 13 (HW 9)
Chapter 13
Functions of bounded variation.
HW 10
14
Nov 18, 20 (HW 10)
Chapter 14
Riemann-Stieltjes integral with an increasing integrator.
HW 11
15
Nov 25
Chapter 14
Properties of Riemann-Stieltjes integrable functions.
16
Dec 2, 4
Chapter 14
Riemann-Stieltjes integral with a general integrator. Properties of the Riemann integral. Review.
Prepare for Final Exam
17
Final Exam Dec 9 (Tuesday), 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Office hour: Dec 8, 2:30 - 4 pm