MATH 4321 Real Analysis, Fall 2024
	
	 Syllabus
	
	MATH 4321 Fall 2024 Syllabus
	 Class meeting
	Hall 219 MW 3:30pm – 4:45 pm
	 Office hours
	Hall 314U 4:45 pm– 5:30 pm; Anytime by appointment (please email me)
	 Main Reference
	Typed notes below
	 Suggested References:
	
		-  Bartle's Introduction to Real Analysis,
-  Abbots Understanding Analysis, 
-  Laczkovich-Sos' Real Analysis: Foundations and Functions of One Variable,
-  Pugh's Real Mathematical Analysis, 
-  Rudin's Principle of Mathematical Analysis
- "Survey Article: The real numbers–A survey of constructions." Rocky Mountain J. Math. 45 (3) 737 - 762, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1216/RMJ-2015-45-3-737
Notes
	
	Sets and Functions (
Exercises)
	- Sets
	- Functions
	The Natural numbers and countable sets (Exercises)
	- The natural numbers
	- Finite Sets
	- Countable sets
	- Sets Exercise Class
	The real numbers (Exercises)
	- Fields
	- Intervals
	Sequences and Series of Real numbers (Exercises)
	- Sequences
	- Properties of sequences
	- Series
	Topology of R (Exercises)
	- Open sets
	- Closed and compact sets
	Limits (Exercises)
	- Limits
	Continuity (Exercises)
	Derivatives (Exercises)
	
	Homeworks
	There will be a homework each week. These assessed questions will collectively count for 20% of your overall grade.
	
	- HW 1: Choose 5 problems of the exercises sheet for 'Sets and Functions'. Deadline: Sep 4 (Solutions .tex template I use TexShop(local) or overleaf(online) to edit latex files)***SOLUTIONS***
- HW 2: Choose 5 problems of the exercises sheet for 'The Natural numbers and countable sets'. Deadline: Sep 11 ***SOLUTIONS***
- No Homework this week due to the Exam next week.
- HW 3: 1,2,3,4,5 of 'The real numbers' exercises sheet. Deadline: Sep 30
- Extra credit 1: Choose one: Explain Dedekind's constructions of the real numbers (Dedekind cuts) or Explain Cantor's construction of real numbers (Cauchy Sequences). Deadline: Sep 30
- HW 4: 15,19,22,30,31 of 'The real numbers' exercises sheet. Deadline: Oct 14
- HW 5: 1,4,6,12,13 of 'Sequences and Series of Real number' exercises sheet. Deadline: Oct 21 ***SOLUTIONS***
- HW 6: 17,21,23,29,30 of 'Sequences and Series of Real number' exercises sheet. Deadline: Oct 23  ***SOLUTIONS***
- No homework this week, please study for the group work we began today (namely, the exercise sheet 'Topology of R')
- HW 7: 1,4,6,7,8 of 'Continuity' exercises sheet. Deadline: Nov 11
- Derivatives Exercises ***SOLUTION IDEAS***
- Continuity Exercises ***SOLUTION***
Exams
	Exam 1 with *** Solutions ***
	Exam 2 with *** Solutions ***
	Exam 3 with *** Solutions ***
	Final Exam w/solutions