Mathematics Department

MATH 322/422 - FUNDAMENTALS OF ANALYSIS II (SPRING 2009)

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Class #: 6451/6479
• Class meets: TR 1:15-2:30 in Bingham 304
  
• Instructor: Stanislaw J. Szarek (pronounced 'Shareck', more or less)
• Office: Yost 320
• Office hours: Currently T 2:30-3:30 p.m., W 2-3 p.m., or by appointment or by luck
• Phone: 216-368-2913
• E-mail: szarek AT case.edu Asking questions by e-mail is particularly encouraged, even at strange hours.
• WWW Home Page: http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/math/szarek/
• Class WWW Page (this page): http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/math/szarek/MATH322/
• Prerequisite: MATH 321/421.
• Text: "Introduction to Real Analysis" by Robert G. Bartle, Donald R. Sherbert;
  John Wiley & Sons 2000, 3rd Edition, ISBN 978-0471321484 (same as that used for MATH 321/421 last fall).
  Note: If you want to use an earlier edition, you may try but AT YOUR OWN risk.

COURSE CONTENT, STRUCTURE & GRADES

The course: This is the second course of a two semester sequence (MATH 321-322) whose object is to teach mathematical reasoning in the context of analysis in n-dimensional space (with emphasis on n=1) and which is required for all mathematics majors. It may also be of interest to all "mathematically oriented" undergraduates who wish to achieve a higher degree of understanding of the mathematical tools used in their areas. A parallel objective is to learn to write in "mathematical prose," so in some way this is a course with a writing component.
The same sequence is offered as MATH 421-422 to graduate students from departments other than Mathematics (additional work may be required). See also the Catalog Description.)

Material to be covered: Chapters 6-9 of the textbook in detail and selected topics from Chapters 10 and 11. There may be some additional topics addressing more explicitly the analysis on the n-dimensional space.

Computers, network etc.: Most of the 'out of class' course related communications will take place over the Internet. Additionally, there may be a modest computational component of the course (e.g., involving numerical integration or other approxmation schemes).

Grades: Your Final Grade in the course will be based on Attendance/Homework/Class Participation (40%), Midterm Exam (20%, tentative date: Thursday, March 5, in class) and Final Exam (40%, Monday, May 4, 12:30PM - 3:30PM). Students with special needs should contact ESS.

Assigments etc: Regularly updated assignments, exam dates and such will be posted here.

Integrity: It is OK (and indeed encouraged) to discuss homework assignments with fellow students. However, any submitted work must be your own. Merely copying someone else's work is unethical, a waste of time and may be penalized. See CWRU academic integrity policy.