Math 5616H: Class Outlines, Spring 2015

o 5/12/15, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Final. [Text: Chapter 6 (6.1-6, 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.20-22), the Riemann sums material from your class notes, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 (pp. 172-174, 178-185), Chapter 9 (9.4, 9.6(a,c), 9.10-18, 20-21, 24-29, 39, 41), and Chapter 11 (11.1-8, 11.10-25, 28-30)]

o 5/11/15, 1:00-1:50 p.m.: Extra office hours.

o 5/8/15, 1:30-2:20 p.m.: Extra office hours.

o 5/8/15: Discussion of the Sample Final (selected problems). [Text: Chapter 6 (6.1-6, 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.20-22), the Riemann sums material from your class notes, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 (pp. 172-174, 178-185), Chapter 9 (9.4, 9.6(a,c), 9.10-18, 20-21, 24-29, 39, 41), and Chapter 11 (11.1-8, 11.10-25, 28-30)]

o 5/8/15, 11:15 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.: Regular office hours.

o 5/6/15: The case of f = lim fn = ∞ on a set of positive measure in the Monotone Convergence Theorem. Revisiting the Monotone Convergence Theorem. Using bounded and unbounded simple functions in the definition of Lebesgue integral gives the same result. [Text: 11.21, 28]

o 5/4/15: Discussion of Midterm II. [Text: Chapter 9 (9.15-18, 20-21, 24-29, 39, 41), Chapter 11 (11.1-8, 11.10-25, 28-30)]

o 5/1/15: Midterm II. [Text: Chapter 9 (9.15-18, 20-21, 24-29, 39, 41), Chapter 11 (11.1-8, 11.10-25, 28-30)]

o 4/29/15: Review for Midterm II: discussion of the sample test. [Text: Chapter 9 (9.15-18, 20-21, 24-29, 39, 41), Chapter 11 (11.1-8, 11.10-25, 28-30)]

o 4/27/15: Countable additivity of the integral of a simple function. Lebesgue's monotone convergence theorem. Additivity of the integral. Integrals of not necessarily negative functions. [Text: 11.28-30, 24, 22]

o 4/24/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Friday class. Discussion of homework (Problem 1). Example: Lebesgue vs. Riemann. [Text: 11.13-25]

o 4/22/15: The Lebesgue integral. First properties. [Text: 11.21-25]

o 4/20/15: Measurable functions. Simple functions. [Text: 11.13-20]

o 4/17/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Friday class. An example of a Lebesgue non-measurable set. Discussion of homework. Measurable functions: comments on definition. [Text: 11.8, 11.10-11, 11.13]

o 4/15/15: Finishing the proof of the theorem on measurable sets forming a σ-algebra and the outer measure restricting to a measure. Completeness of Lebesgue measure. Lebesgue measurable sets are almost Borel. [Text: 11.11]

o 4/13/15: Proofs of theorems from previous class meetings: a rectangle is Lebesgue measurable; Borel sets are Lebesgue measurable; measurable sets with respect to an outer measure form a σ-algebra, and the outer measure on measurable sets is a measure (a sketch of proof). [Text: 11.8, 11.10-11]

o 4/10/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Friday class. Discussion of homework Problem 5: regularity of Lebesgue measure. [Text: 11.8, 11.10-11]

o 4/8/15: The Lebesgue outer measure of a rectangle (finished). Proof of countable subadditivity of the Lebesgue outer measure. Rectangles and their unions are Lebesgue measurable sets (no proof). The σ-algebra of measurable sets (no proof). [Text: 11.10-11]

o 4/6/15: A recap on measures, outer measures, and the Lebesgue versions of them in Rn. Lebesgue measurable sets. The Lebesgue measure of a Lebesgue measurable set. The Lebesgue outer measure of a rectangle (not finished). [Text: 11.8]

o 4/3/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Friday class. Discussion of homework. Measurable sets. The measure of a measurable set. [Text: 11.1-8, 11.12]

o 4/1/15: The Banach-Tarski paradox. Measures, measure spaces. Properties of measures. The Lebesgue outer measure. An abstract outer measure. [Text: 11.4-8]

o 3/30/15: Sigma-algebras and measures. [Text: 11.1-3, 11.12]

o 3/27/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Friday class. Discussion of homework. Finishing the proof of the implicit function theorem for real-valued functions. [Text: Chapter 9: pp. 221-228]

o 3/25/15: The implicit function theorem: m = 1 (the case of real-valued functions). The inverse function theorem. [Text: Chapter 9: pp. 221-228]

o 3/23/15: Homework is due at the beginning of Monday class. Discussion of homework. Idea of an implicit function. [Text: 9.15-18, 20-21, 39, 41, Chapter 9: pp. 223-224]

o 3/16-20/15: Spring Break. [Text: 9.15-18, 20-21, 39, 41]

o 3/14/15: The pi day: 3/14/15.

o 3/13/15: Continuity of partial derivatives and differentiability. Higher-order partial derivatives. [Text: 9.20-21, 39, 41]

o 3/11/15: The chain rule. Partial derivatives and the total derivative. The gradient. [Text: 9.15-18]

o 3/9/15: Discussion of Midterm I. Directional derivative. The sum and product rules. [Text: 9.18]

o 3/6/15: Midterm I. [Text: Chapter 6 (6.1-6, 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.20-22), the Riemann sums material from your class notes, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 (pp. 172-174, 178-185), and Chapter 9 (9.4, 9.6(a,c), 9.10-14)]

o 3/4/15: Review for Midterm I: discussion of the sample test. [Text: Chapter 6 (6.1-6, 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.20-22), the Riemann sums material from your class notes, Chapter 7, Chapter 8 (pp. 172-174, 178-185), and Chapter 9 (9.4, 9.6(a,c), 9.10-14)]

o 3/2/15: The notion of the derivative of a function of several variables. [Text: Chapter 9: 9.4, 9.6(a,c), 9.10-14]

o 2/27/15: The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. Homework is due at the beginning of the Friday class. Discussion of homework. [Text: 7.10, Chapter 8: pp. 172-174, 178-181, 182-185]

o 2/25/15: The exponential function and the logarithm. Trigonometric functions. [Text: Chapter 8: pp. 178-184]

o 2/23/15: Uniform convergence and differentiation of power series. The exponential function. [Text: 7.10, Chapter 8 up to 8.2 (not including), p. 178]

o 2/20/15: The sketch of proof of the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem. Homework is due at the beginning of the Friday class. Discussion of homework. [Text: 7.3-6, 7.16-25]

o 2/18/15: Differentiating uniform limits. Equicontinuous families and the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem (without proof). [Text: 7.17, 19-25]

o 2/16/15: Examples of pointwise limits not commuting with differentiation and integration. Uniform limits in the integral and derivative. [Text: 7.3-6, 7.16]

o 2/13/15: Homework is due at the beginning of the Friday class. Discussion of homework. [Text: 7.26-32]

o 2/11/15: The proof of the Stone theorem; lattices, Lemma 2, and the end of the proof. [Text: 7.31-32, Steps 3-4.]

o 2/9/15: The proof of the Stone theorem: Lemma 1. [Text: 7.26-30, 32, Steps 1-2]

o 2/6/15: Homework is due at the beginning of the Friday class. Discussion of homework. The proof of Dini's theorem. [Text: Chapter 7 through 7.15, and 7.26-33 (Skip proofs in 7.31-33 for the time being)]

o 2/4/15: Completeness of the subspace of continuous functions. Dini's theorem. The Weierstrass and Stone theorems. [Text: 7.14-15, 7.11-13, 7.26-33 (Skip proofs in 7.31-33 for the time being)]

o 2/2/15: The space of bounded functions. Two types of convergence in it: uniform and pointwise. Completeness of this space. [Text: Chapter 7 through 7.10]

o 1/30/15: Homework is due at the beginning of the Friday class. Discussion of homework. [Text: Chapter 6 through Theorem 6.6, and 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.20-22]

o 1/28/15: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, integration by parts. Riemann sums. Examples. [Text: Chapter 6: 6.21-22; Riemann sums are not covered by the text, just by your class notes]

o 1/26/15: The proof of one of the properties of the integral. Geometric interpretation. Differentiation of the integral. [Text: Chapter 6: Theorems 6.12(a), 6.20]

o 1/23/15: Integrability of continuous functions, algebraic properties of the integral. [Text: Chapter 6: Theorems 6.6, 6.8, 6.12(a-d), 6.13(b)]

o 1/21/15: Introduction, syllabus. Riemann integration theory: lower and upper Riemann sums, the lower and upper integrals, the Riemann integral. [ Syllabus. Text: Chapter 6 through Theorem 6.5]


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