2017 Fall Course Syllabus - Mathematics 3141.001
Course: Mathematics 3141.001.
Course Title: Advanced Calculus.
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30 - 1:50. (With 8:00-8:50 recitation on Wednesdays).
Place: Wachman Hall 527.
Instructor: Brian Rider.
Instructor Office: Wachman Hall 608.
Instructor Email: brian.rider@temple.edu
Instructor Phone: (215) 204-7589.
Course Web Page: https://math.temple.edu/~brider/AnalysisI.html
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:00-12:30, Thursdays 2:00-3:30.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with writing proofs is expected (at the level of MATH 2096).
Textbook: Elementary Classical Analysis (2nd Edition) by J. Marsden and M. Hoffman.
Course Goals: To develop the rigorous framework of single variable calculus.
Topics Covered: Point-set topology of Euclidean spaces, completeness, sequences and their limits, limits of real-valued functions, continuity, and differentiability.
Course Grading: 20% weekly problem sets, two in-class midterms (25% each), 30% for the final.
Exam Dates: Tentative dates of in-class midterms: October 12 and November 16. The final will be December 14 from 10:30-12:30.
Attendance Policy: N/A.
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