MA361 Fall 2007 Syllabus

Topic NumberMajor TopicText SectionSubtopics
1 Mathematical Logic 1.1 (Esty)Preview of Proof
1.3 (Esty)Logic for Mathematics
1.4 (Esty)Important Logical Equivalences
1.5 (Esty)Negation
1.6 (Esty)Tautologies and Proofs
2 Set Theory, Functions, and Relations 1.2 (Esty)Sets
(Handout)Relations
(Handout)Functions
3 The Real Numbers 1.1 Irrationality of the Square Root of 2
1.2Some Preliminaries
1.3The Axiom of Completeness
1.4Consequences of Completeness
1.5Cantor's Theorem
4 Sequences and Series 2.1 Rearrangements of Infinite Series
2.2The Limit of a Sequence
2.3Algebraic and Order Limit Theorems
2.4The Monotone Convergence Theorem
2.5The Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem
2.5The Cauchy Criterion
2.5Properties of Infinite Series
2.5Double Summation and Products of Series
5 The Basic Topology of R 3.1 The Cantor Set
3.2Open and Closed Sets
3.3Compact Sets
3.4Perfect Sets and Connected Sets
3.5Baire's Theorem
6 Functional Limits and Continuity 4.1 The Examples of Dirichlet and Thomae
4.2Functional Limits
4.3Combinations of Continuous Functions
4.4Continuous Functions on Compact Sets
4.5The Intermediate Value Theorem
4.6Sets of Discontinuity