Math
428 Advanced Calculus II.
Syllabus
In mathematics you don't
understand things. You just get used to them.
-- John von Neumann, Nobel Prize winner.
- Time and Place: 5 pm TTR at 513 Smith Hall.
- Instructor:
Peter Saveliev (call me Peter)
- Office:
778F Smith Hall (in the alley)
- Office Hours:
M 2:00-5:00, F 2:00-3:00 (tentative), or by appointment- Office Phone:
x64639
- Home Phone:
697-7827 (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.)
- E-mail:
saveliev@marshall.edu (put Math
428 as the subject)
- Class Web-Page:
http://users.marshall.edu/~saveliev/m428.html.
- Prerequisites:
good familiarity with the foundations of Calculus such as limits, continuous
functions, derivatives, integrals.
- Text:
A First Course in Real Analysis by Protter and Morrey (Chapters 6-8,9,13,15,16).
- Goals: good familiarity with the foundations of
Calculus (i.e., mathematical analysis),
ability to work in the definition-theorem-proof format, some "mathematical
maturity".
- Evaluation: 2 tests, final exam, weekly homework,
quizzes.
- Grade Breakdown:
- homework + quizzes: 40%
- 2 exams: 15% each
- final exam: 30%
- Letter Grades:
A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, F: <60