MATH 140A: Foundations of Real Analysis
Fall 2014

TENTATIVE SYLLABUS (will be revised during the term)

Dates

Lectures

Topics

    Chapter 1. The Real and Complex Number Systems
10/3 Lecture 1 Introduction. Ordered Sets.
10/6 Lecture 2 Fields
10/8 Lecture 3 The Real Field
10/10 Lecture 4 The Complex Field
10/13 Lecture 5 Euclidean Spaces
    Chapter 2. Basic Topology
10/15 Lecture 6 Finite, Countable, and Uncountable Sets
10/17 Lecture 7 Metric Spaces
10/20 Lecture 8 Metric Spaces (continued)
10/22 Lecture 9 Compact Sets
10/24 Lecture 10 Midterm I
10/27 Lecture 11 Compact Sets (continued).
10/29 Lecture 12 Compact Sets (continued).
    Chapter 3. Numerical Sequences and Series
10/31 Lecture 13 Convergent Sequences
11/3 Lecture 14 Subsequnces. Cauchy Sequences.
11/5 Lecture 15 Upper and Lower Limits. Some Special Sequences.
11/7 Lecture 16 Series. Series of Nonnegative Terms.
11/10 Lecture 17 Series of Nonnegative Terms (continued)
11/12 Lecture 18 The Number e
11/14 Lecture 19 The Root and Ratio Tests
11/17 Lecture 20 Power Series. Summation by Parts.
11/19 Lecture 21 Absolute Convergence. Addition and Multiplication of Series.
11/21 Lecture 22 Midterm II
    Chapter 4. Continuity
11/24 Lecture 23 Rearrangements. Limits of Functions.
11/26 Lecture 24 Limits of functions. Continuous Functions.
12/1 Lecture 25 Continuity and Compactness
12/3 Lecture 26 Uniform continuity. Connected sets.
12/5 Lecture 27 Continuity and Connectedness. Intermediate value theorem.
12/8 Lecture 28 Discontinuities. Monotonic Functions.
12/10 Lecture 29 Infinite Limits and Limits at Infinity.
12/12 Lecture 30 Review
12/15 Final Exam