Mathematics 355 - Intro to Analysis

Fall
2016
02
4.00
Gregory Call
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM; T 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
MATH-355-02-1617F
SMUD 207; SMUD 207
gscall@amherst.edu

Completeness of the real numbers; topology of n-space including the Bolzano-Weierstrass and Heine-Borel theorems; sequences, properties of functions continuous on sets; infinite series, uniform convergence. The course may also study the Gamma function, Stirling’s formula, or Fourier series. Four class hours per week. 


Requisite: MATH 211 and prior experience with mathematical proofs (MATH 271 or 272 recommended), or consent of the instructor. Students with a grade of B+ or lower in linear algebra are encouraged to take another 200-level course with proofs before taking MATH 355.  Limited of 25 students.  Fall semester: Professor Call. Spring semester: Professor Cox.


 

Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods.