2016 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 3137.001
Course: Mathematics 3137.001.
Course Title: Real and Complex Analysis I.
Time: MWF 9:00-9:50, W 8:00-8:50.
Place: Wachman 9.
Instructor: John J. Schiller.
Instructor Office: Wachman 606.
Instructor Email: john.schiller@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-7844.
Office Hours: MF 8:00-8:50 or by appointment.
Prerequisites: Math 2043 with a grade of at least C and Math 2111 with a grade of at least C-, or equivalent transfer credit.
Textbook: Understanding Analysis, 2nd edition, by Stephen Abbott, published by Springer.
Course Goals: To provide students with a rigorous foundation for real and complex analysis.
Topics Covered: Real and complex number systems, completeness, sequences and series, basic topology of the real and complex number systems, functional limits and continuity, the derivative, sequences and series of functions.
Course Grading: The grade is based on six quizzes, three tests, and a comprehensive final exam. The quizzes count 10%. If the lowest score on the three tests and final is on one of the tests, then that counts 10%, the other two 20% each, and the final 40%. If the final exam is the lowest score, then all three tests and the final count 22.5% each.
Exam Dates: The three tests will be fairly evenly spaced throughout the semester, there will be two quizzes before each test, and the final exam will be on Wednesday, December 21, 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Attendance Policy: Attendance and participation in class are expected and will be factors in determining grades in borderline cases.
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