Mathematics 355 - Intro to Analysis
Fall
2018
01
4.00
Gregory Call
MWF 02:00PM-02:50PM; T 02:30PM-03:20PM
Amherst College
MATH-355-01-1819F
SMUD 206; SMUD 206
gscall@amherst.edu
Completeness of the real numbers; topology of n-space including the Bolzano-Weierstrass and Heine-Borel theorems; sequences, properties of continuous functions 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 either MATH 271 or 272, 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 to 25 students. Fall semester Professor Call. Spring semester: The Department.