MATH 520: Foundations of Analysis

Syllabus - Spring 2004

Instructor: Marianne Korten
Office: Cardwell 234, 532-0567
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30-11:20

Textbook:
Main textbook: An Introduction to Analysis, G. G. Bilodeau & P. R. Thie, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

For additional readings and work I will use the following books:
1. The Number Devil, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Henry Holt & Company.
2. The Man Who Counted, Malba Tahan, W. W. Norton & Company Ltd.
3. Matemax, Alicia Dickenstein,
4. Peripheral Visions, Mary Catherine Bateson, HarperCollins.
5. Mind and Nature, Gregory Bateson, Hampton Press Inc.

Course description:

An introduction to the basic concepts of analysis: Sequences and series, functions and continuiy, and differentiation and integration. The focus is on
the developement and cultivation of the student's abilities to work in an abstract setting with precise definitions and logical and complete proofs.

Grading policy:

Attendance and participation are requiered. Final grades will be based on witten work and participation, as follows:
20% for homework, 20% for the midterm, 20% for an essay due during the last third of the course, 10% for your
work in class partcipation (this includes working on problems in class and discussion of assigned additional readings),
and 30% for the final.

Journal

Here I will post your (roughly weekly) assignments.

The Advanced Help Sessions offered by the Department of Mathematics provide help with topics of this class if needed.