2017 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: Jeromy Sivek.
Instructor Office: Wachman 1025.
Instructor Email: sivek@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: 215-204-3974.
Course Web Page: CourseWebPage
Office Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 and MW 2:40-3:15.
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: The real number system, its properties and some of the abstract notions used to study these properties. These include completeness, sequences and series, basic topology, functional limits and continuity, the derivative, sequences and series of functions. This is the theoretical foundation of Calculus and other things.
Course Grading: The grade is based on six quizzes, six homework assignments, two exams, and a comprehensive final exam. Quizzes: 15%, Written Assignments: 15%, Each Midterm: 20%, Final Exam 30%. See additional note about special recitation grading below.
Exam Dates: The first exam will be on Friday, September 29. The second exam will be on Friday, November 10. The final exam will be on Wednesday, December 20 from 8:00am to 10:00am in a room TBA.
Attendance Policy: Attendance and participation in class are expected. Those who are routinely late or use digital devices to distract themselves and those around them will lose points from that week's quiz or homework.
Canvas Page: This course has a Canvas page where important documents will be posted. Please make sure that you can access this.
Special Recitations: The recitations for this course are scheduled for Wednesdays at 8:00am. New this semester, we have some very good material prepared and it will be presented by Prof Tim Fukawa-Connelly. Some of the material emphasizes pedagogical situations. Attendance is suggested for all but required only for those pursuing an education degree or certificate. In most recitations there will be two homework problems. Anyone doing these problems will have 25% of their lowest exam grade (which is 5% of your total course grade) replaced with their recitation score.
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