Math 424: Daily Log of Material Covered, Readings and Assigned Homework


Readings are noted on the day when they should be completed. Daily homework problems are noted on the day when they are assigned; they will be discussed on the following day. Weekly (graded) homework assignments are noted on the day when they are assigned, and the due date is provided.

WeekDateReadingDaily HomeworkWeekly Homework
8/21 - 8/25 8/21 No class
8/23 No reading (first day of class) 1.9, 1.10
8/25 Chapter 2 2.2, 2.9 HW 1 (due Tue 8/29 by 5:00 pm):
1.7, 1.8
8/28 - 9/1 8/28 Chapter 2 HW 2 (due Fri 9/8):
2.10,2.11,2.13,2.14
8/30 No class
9/1 No class
9/4 - 9/8 9/4 No class (Labor Day)
9/6 3.1 3.2 (part 1)
9/8 3.2 3.2 (part 2) HW 3 (due Fri 9/15):
3.1(c)(b),3.4,3.5
9/11 - 9/15 9/11 3.2
9/13 3.3
9/15 3.3,3.4 3.10 HW 4 (due Fri 9/22):
3.18,3.24
9/18 - 9/22 9/18 3.4 Show that the space of continuous functions
on [0,1] with the metric d(f,g) = integral of
|f(x)-g(x)| from x=0 to x=1 is not complete.
9/20 3.4 Handout (Martin Gardner problem)
9/22 3.5 Let (X,d) be a discrete metric space.
When is (X,d) sequentially compact?
HW 5 (due Fri 9/29):
3.32,3.33,3.36
9/25 - 9/29 9/25 3.5 Show that the set of sequences of real numbers
which are bounded by one, equipped with
the supremum metric, is bounded but not totally bounded.
9/27 3.5
9/29 3.6 No HW (Exam 1 next week)
10/2 - 10/6 10/2 3.6, Review problems for Exam 1
10/4 4.1 4.1 NOTE: Exam 1 this evening!
7:00 - 8:15
347 Altgeld Hall
10/6 4.1, 4.3 4.1 (continued) HW 6 (due Fri 10/13):
4.2, 4.3, extra problem
10/9 - 10/13 10/9 4.1,4.2 4.10
10/11 4.4 4.17
10/13 4.4, 4.5 4.15 HW 7 (due Fri 10/20):
4.14, 4.16, 4.27, extra problem
10/16 - 10/20 10/16 equivalences between metric spaces (handout)
10/18 4.6 4.32
10/20 4.6 4.42 HW 8 (due Fri 10/27):
4.34, 4.39, 4.41, 4.43
10/23 - 10/27 10/23 completion of a metric space (X,d) as a subset of C_b(X)
10/25 5.1 5.2
10/27 5.2 No HW (Exam 2 next week)
10/30 - 11/3 10/30 5.3
11/1 5.3,5.4 NOTE: Exam 2 this evening!
7:00 - 8:15
345 Altgeld Hall
11/3 Riemann integration
(reference: Chapter 17 in D'Angelo and West)
HW 9 (due Fri 11/10):
5.5, 5.8, two extra problems
11/6 - 11/10 11/6 Riemann integration: integrability of monotone, continuous functions
11/8 Riemannian integration: Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
11/10 Riemann integration: applications, elementary functions HW 10 (due Thu 11/16 by 5 pm
NOTE NEW DATE AND TIME!
):
6.10, 6.11, two extra problems
11/13 - 11/17 11/13 Riemann integration: elementary and special functions
11/15 Riemannian integration: sets of measure zero and characterization of the points of discontinuity of an integrable function
11/17 No class No HW (Exam 3 next week)
11/27 - 12/1 11/27 7.1 7.3 HW 11 (due Wed 12/6):
7.5,7.11,7.18,7.20(a,c,d,e),7.35
In problem 7.20, you may use the result of 7.19 without proof
11/29 7.5,7.2 NOTE: Exam 3 this evening!
7:00 - 8:15
141 Altgeld Hall
12/1 7.2
12/4 - 12/8 12/4 7.2,7.3
12/6 7.3
12/8 7.3,existence of a continuous nowhere differentiable function

FINAL EXAM: TUESDAY 12/12 7:00 - 10:00 PM IN 345 ALTGELD HALL