Prerequisite: Math 2110 or Math 2510, and RC 2001 or its equivalent.
Text: Understanding Real Analysis 2nd edition by Paul Zorn, ISBN: 978-1-138-03301-6 (Used cost approx. $45 -- you can go to Bookfinder.com for prices).
Web Page: My webpage is located here:
https://BillCookMath.com
and
our course webpage is located here: https://BillCookMath.com/courses/math3220-spring2019.
Meeting times: We meet Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 8:00am until 8:50am in Walker 314.
Final Exam: Our final exam will be held in our regular classroom (WA 314) on Friday, May 3rd from 8:00am until 10:30am.
Lecturer:
| Name: | Dr. William (Bill) Cook | |
| Office: | Walker Hall 347 | |
Office Hours: |
Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9-10am & 11am-12pm Tuesday 9am-12pm |
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| Phone: | (828) 262-2367 | |
| Email: | cookwj@appstate.edu | |
| Webpage: | https://BillCookMath.com |
Technology: You are welcome to use any technology at your disposal to complete out of class assignments. No calculators or other computer technology will be allowed on exams or quizzes. This includes cell phones. Your cell phone should never be out during an exam or quiz.
Course topics: The course catalog says, “A treatment of the calculus of functions of real variables including sequences, limits of functions, continuity and differentiation.” We will be covering almost all of the content of our textbook (Chapters 1-5). This means basics about the real number system, sequences, series, limits, continuity, derivatives, and (Riemann) integrals. A tentative course schedule can be found at: https://BillCookMath.com/courses/math2130-spring2019/schedule.html.
Your term grade will be based on the results of your tests and final exam as well as your scores on quizzes and homework. Here is more information about the individual components of your grade:
Tests and Final Exam: There will be three tests and a final exam. The final exam will be cumulative. Each test will make up 15% of your final grade and the final exam will make up 20% of your final grade. The dates of the tests listed in the tentative course schedule may change. The actual dates will be announced in class.
Homework & Quizzes:
I will post a list of suggested homework problems from the text – generally these
will not be collected. Even though most of these homework problems will be not
collected, working out all of the suggested problems is strongly
recommended. Please ask questions about the problems with which you have
had difficulty.
I will assign a few homework problems to be turned in (approximately
every week to 2 weeks). Occasionally, I will ask you to revise, type up in LaTeX, and
resubmit a problem from a previous problem set. At the end of the semester, I will ask
you to turn in a portfolio of all of your homework with each of the revised problems
completely corrected and placed at the beginning (more details to come). To this end
all homework should be written up carefully and neatly. Keep in mind that your
handwritten work will eventually need to be turned in with LaTeX-ed homeworks in a folder.
I encourage you to work on your homework with your classmates. However, you must write
up your solutions yourself. Do NOT copy your collaborators work
and turn it in as your own.
We may have a few short quizzes. I have in mind quizzes such as, "State the formal definition of..."
or "State the XXX theorem".
The quizzes and homeworks will make up 35% of your term grade.
Here are the components of the term grade with their weights:
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Attendance: Don't miss class. If you miss class, you are responsible for the material covered during your absence. If you miss a quiz, test/exam, or workshop, you must bring in documentation proving that your absence is excusable or otherwise receive a zero. If a make-up quiz/test/exam is granted, it must be made up before the next quiz/test/exam.
Help! If you need help, please come to my office hours. If you are in Walker Hall and my office door is open, please feel free to stop by and ask questions – even if it's not during my posted office hours.
Fine Print: Copies of the academic integrity code, disability services information, religious observance policies can be found at https://academicaffairs.appstate.edu/resources/syllabi-policy-and-statement-information.