Mathematics 355 - Intro to Analysis
Fall
2019
01
4.00
Ryan Alvarado
MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM; T 09:00AM-09:50AM
Amherst College
MATH-355-01-1920F
SMUD 205; SMUD 205
rjalvarado@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 Alvarado. Spring semester: Professor Zhang.