Math. 521: Analysis I. Lecture 1
Spring 2012, TR 11:00 -- 12:15, B113 Van Vleck.
Instructor:
Mikhail Feldman .
Office: 709 Van Vleck
Phone: 262-3747
Email: feldman@math.wisc.edu
Web page: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~feldman
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 12:20-1:10 pm, or by appointment.
Text Book: Principles of Mathematical
Analysis, by W. Rudin, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill.
Material to be covered: Chapters 1--8
Other recommended textbooks:
1) The way of analysis, by R. Strichartz, Jones and Bartlett Publ.
2) Undergraduate analysis, by S. Lang, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag.
Homework:
will be assigned each Tuesday, and due on Thursday of the
following week.
Rules for homework:
1. HW is due on Thursday in class, or it may be dropped in my mailbox
(2nd floor Van Vleck) by 2pm.
2. No late HW. No exceptions.
3. Write legibly and in complete sentences.
4. When in doubt if something is considered `obvious', do not assume it is.
5. Questions with a yes or no answer require a proof or counterexample.
No explanation means no credit.
Exams: Two in-class midterms and in-class final. Final is cumulative.
Approximate dates of midterms:
Th. March 1 .
Tu. April 17.
Rules for exams: same as rules 3--5 for homework (see above)
Grading:
I will use a 90% - 80% - 60% - 50% scale to determine A--B--C--D grades:
A 90% +
B 80% +
C 60% +
D 50% +.
Also, AB and BC grades will be used in the borderline cases.
The numerical score for the course will be determined by the
numerical grades
for exams and homework weighted as following:
Final Exam 40%,
Midterm Exams 20% each,
Homework 20%.
Note that letter grades are not assigned for exams and homework.
The numerical scores, weighted as above, are added to determine a
total score
which is used to determine the grade for the course.
After Midterm 1, an alternative grading rule was introduced:
Final Exam 50%,
Second Midterm 25%,
Homework 25%.
Both ways of calculation of the final score will be used at the
end of semester, and the better of two results will be
used for determining the letter grade for the course.
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday May 15, at 10:05AM,
Room: SOC SCI 6102 .