MATH 140A: Foundations of Real Analysis
Winter quarter 2013

SYLLABUS

Dates

Lectures

Topics

    Chapter 1. The Real and Complex Number Systems
1/7 Lecture 1 Introduction. Ordered Sets.
1/9 Lecture 2 Fields
1/11 Lecture 3 The Real Field
1/14 Lecture 4 The Complex Field
1/16 Lecture 5 Euclidean Spaces
    Chapter 2. Basic Topology
1/18 Lecture 6 Finite, Countable, and Uncountable Sets
1/23 Lecture 7 Metric Spaces
1/25 Lecture 8 Metric Spaces (continued)
1/28 Lecture 9 Compact Sets
1/30 Lecture 10 Compact Sets (continued). Perfect Sets. Connected Sets.
2/1 Lecture 11 First midterm exam
    Chapter 3. Numerical Sequences and Series
2/4 Lecture 12 Convergent Sequences
2/6 Lecture 13 Subsequnces. Cauchy Sequences.
2/8 Lecture 14 Upper and Lower Limits. Some Special Sequences.
2/11 Lecture 15 Series. Series of Nonnegative Terms.
2/13 Lecture 16 Series of Nonnegative Terms (continued)
2/15 Lecture 17 The Number e
2/20 Lecture 18 The Root and Ratio Tests
2/22 Lecture 19 Power Series. Summation by Parts.
2/25 Lecture 20 Absolute Convergence. Addition and Multiplication of Series.
2/27 Lecture 21 Rearrangements
3/1 Lecture 22 Second midterm exam
    Chapter 4. Continuity
3/4 Lecture 23 Limits of Funtions. Continuous Functions.
3/6 Lecture 24 Continuous Functions (continued).
3/8 Lecture 25 Continuity and Compactness
3/11 Lecture 26 Continuity and Connectness. Discontinuity.
3/13 Lecture 27 Monotonic Functions. Infinite Limits and Limits at Inifinite.
3/15 Lecture 28 Review

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