Math 312: Real Analysis Fall 2008
Penn State University Section 001

Instructor: David Little
Office: 403 McAllister
Office Hours: WF 10:00-11:00, TR 2:00-4:00 and by appointment
Phone: (814) 865-3329
Fax: (814) 865-3735
E-mail:dlittle@psu.edu

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CHAPTER 1 Real Numbers And Monotonic Sequences
Sequences, weakly increasing/decreasing, strictly increasing/decreasing, monotonic, upper/lower bound, bounded above/below, bounded, Completeness Property
CHAPTER 2 Estimations and Approximations
Using inequality laws, absolute vales, and triangle inequalities to approximate values; (Revised) Completeness Property
CHAPTER 3 The Limit of a Sequence
A formal definition for the limit of a sequence, convergent/divergent, uniqueness of limits, infinite limits, the limit of an.
CHAPTER 4 Error Term Analysis
Error terms, analyzing how quickly a sequence converges, Applications to the geometric sequence.
CHAPTER 5 Limit Theorem for Sequences
Limits of sums, products and quotients. Algebraic operations for infinite limits. Squeeze theorem for finite and infinite limits. Location theorems. Using subsequences to show that a limit does not exist.
CHAPTER 6 The Completeness Property
Nested Intervals Theorem, cluster points, Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem, Cauchy sequences, Cauchy convergence, Completeness properties for sets, infimum, supremum.
CHAPTER 7 Infinite Series
Sequences and Series. Linearity of convergent series. Test for Divergence. Comparison and Limit Comparison tests. Absolute convergence and the Ratio and Root tests. Integral test. Alternating Series test.
CHAPTER 8 Power Series
Computing radius and interval of convergence. Adding and multiplying power series.
CHAPTER 9 Functions of one Variable
Operations on functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, composition). Increasing/decreasing/monotonic functions. Even/odd/periodic/inverse functions.
CHAPTER 10 Local and Global Behavior
Local properties (bounded, positive, increasing, etc.). Completeness property for functions on an interval. Supremum and infimum.
CHAPTER 11 Continuity and Limits of Functions
The formal definition of the limit of a function and continuity. Limits of sums, products and quotients. Squeeze theoerms and location theorems. Using sequences to show that a function is not continuous.
CHAPTER 12 The intermediate value theorem
Bolzano's Theorem and applications (finding zeros of f(x)), Intermediate Value Theorem, Inverse Function Theorem.
CHAPTER 13 Continuous Functions on Compact Intevals
Sequentially compact, continuous functions on a compact interval are bounded, Extreme Value theorem, continuous functions map compact intervals to compact intervals.
CHAPTER 14 Differentiation: Local properties
Limit definition of derivative, differentiation rules, local extreme values, Fermat's theorem.
CHAPTER 15 Differentiation: Global properties
Rolle's Theorem, Mean Value Theorem and applications, Cauchy's Mean Value Theorem, L'Hospitals' Rule.
CHAPTER 16 Linearization and Convexity
CHAPTER 17 Taylor Approximations
CHAPTER 22 Sequences and Series of Functions