Below is an approximate schedule of topics to be covered in the course. Topics may have been covered before or after the dates listed, but it is mostly accurate.
Week of | Topics | Rudin sections |
---|---|---|
Aug 26 | Ordered sets, fields | 1.1-1.3 |
Sep 2 | $\R$, the Archimedean Property, density of $\Q$, existence of roots | 1.4 |
Sep 9 | Metric spaces, open and closed sets, compact sets | 2.2, 2.3 |
Sep 16 | Compact sets, compact subsets of $\R^n$ | 2.3 |
Sep 23 | Compact sets, sequences, convergence | 2.3, 3.1 |
Sep 30 | Properties of limits; review; midterm 1 | 3.1 |
Oct 7 | Subsequences; lack of electricity | 3.2 |
Oct 14 | Cauchy sequences, completions, limits of functions | 3.3, *, 4.1 |
Oct 21 | Limits of functions, continuous functions | 4.1-4.3 |
Oct 28 | Uniform continuity, connected sets; lack of electricity | 4.3, 4.4 |
Nov 4 | Limits and infinity, directional limits, derivatives; midterm 2 | 4.5, 4.7, 5.1 |
Nov 11 | Derivatives, local extrema, mean value theorem | 5.1, 5.2 |
Nov 18 | Riemann sums, integrals, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | 6.1-6.3 |
Nov 25 | Sequences of functions; Thanksgiving | 7.1, 7.2 |
Dec 2 | Uniform convergence, the Stone-Weierstrass Theorem | 7.3, 7.4, 7.7 |
Dec 9 | RRR Week | |
Dec 16 | Exam Week |
Last updated: September 13, 2021.