110.605 Real Variables                         Fall 2006

Prerequisite:

110.405, 110.415, or equivalent

Instructor:

Bill Minicozzi

Office:

Krieger 408 - Office hours: Mon. 3:15-4:00.

Text:

Lieb and Loss, Analysis, 2nd Ed., AMS Grad. Studies in Math.
  

Grading:

Weekly Homework Assignments: 30%
One hour Midterm (10/18): 30%     -- covers first 5 hmwks
One hour Final (12/ 11): 40%          -- covers whole course

 

 
  

Syllabus:

 (Assignments are due the Monday of the next week; e.g., the first assignment is due 9/18)

week

beginning

  reading

  assignment

1.

Sept. 11

1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6

Chapter 1: 2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 23.

2.

Sept. 18

1.7-1.9, 1.12, 1.15-1.19.

Chapter 1: 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 24, 25.

3.

Sept. 25

2.1 to 2.8

Chapter 2: 1, 2, 4, 8, 18, 21.

4.

Oct.  2

2.9 to 2.21.

Chapter 2: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 23.

5.

Oct.  9

4.1 to 4.3

No homework - prepare for exam

6.

Oct. 16

(no class 10/16) 

Midterm 10/18; Chapter 4: 1, 4. (short assignment)

7.

Oct. 23

5.1 to 5.5

Chapter 5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.

8.

Oct. 30

6.1 to 6.8

Chapter 6: 7, 12, and 19.

9.

Nov. 6

6.9 to 6.12

Chapter 6: 8, 11.

10.

Nov. 13

6.13 to 6.21.

Chapter 6: 4, 6.  (I know, it's short.)

11.

Nov. 20

(no class 11/22). 7.1 to 7.7 and 8.3.

No homework: Happy Turkey Day!

12.

Nov. 27

8.5, 8.6, 8.9, 8.11; 9.1 and 9.2.

Chapter 7: 1, 4. 

Chapter 9: 1, 2.

13.

Dec.  4

9.3 to 9.10.

No homework.

14.

Dec.  11

(last class on Mon. 12/11)

Final Exam 12/11 in class

Homework policies: (1) collaboration is encouraged; (2) no late homework will be accepted without prior approval.

Ethics statement: Cheating is wrong. Cheating hurts our community by undermining academic integrity., creating mistrust, and fostering unfair competition. The university will punish cheaters with failure on an assignment, failure in a course, permanent transcript notation, suspension, and/or expulsion. Offenses may be reported to medical, law, or other professional or graduate schools when a cheater applies.

Violations can include cheating on exams, plagiarism, reuse of assignments without permission, improper use of the Internet and electronic devices unauthorized collaboration, alteration of graded assignments, forgery and falsification, lying, facilitating academic dishonesty, and unfair competition. Ignorance of these rules is not an excuse.

In this course collaboration is encouraged on homework, but every student must write up and turn in their own assignments.  If you have questions about this policy, please ask the instructor.

On every exam, you will sign the following pledge: “I agree to completer this exam without unauthorized assistance form any person, materials or device. [Signed and dated]”

Here is a practice midterm.  Here is our midterm.

Here is a practice final.
For more information, see the guide on “Academic Ethics for Undergraduates” and the Ethics Board web site (http://ethics.jhu.edu).