MATH 451 (Advanced Calculus) -- Autumn 2013

Topics:
      Preliminaries:
The completeness axiom, the real number line, inequalities, and identities.

Sequences:
Convergence, monotone convergence theorem, compactness and the sequential
compactness theorem.

Continuity:
Definitions, the extreme value theorem (EVT), the intermediate value theorem
(IVT), uniform continuity, epsilon-delta criterion, images and inverses,
monotone functions, limits.

Differentiation:
Definitions, differentiating inverses and compositions, the mean value theorem
(MVT), the Cauchy (generalized) mean value theorem (GMVT).

Other References:
1. Counterexamples in Analysis, B. R. Gelbaum and J. M. H. Olmsted, 1964.
2. A Primer of Real Functions, R. P. Boas, Jr., MAA Carus Monograph #13, 4th. ed., 1996.
3. Advanced Calculus, R. C. Buck, 3rd. ed., 1978.
4. Introduction to Analysis, M. Rosenlicht, 1968.
 5. Principles of Mathematical Analysis, W. Rudin, 3rd. ed., 1976. ("Baby Rudin")


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