Math 521 - Analysis I

http://www.math.wisc.edu/~lebl/uw521-f11/

Main lecture: MWF, 8:50am - 9:40am, Van Vleck B135

Homework:

Text:

Main textbook will be Basic Analysis by Yours Truly. I will be following these very closely. It is a free download or you can get a cheap paperback version by mail if you want.

Look at the draft of a metric space chapter. This is the version as of December 5th.

You should also get:

Walter Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis (third edition)

This book will be indispensible extra reading, and includes lots of extra exercises to try. If you are willing to wait a little to pay a lot less for it, get it used. You can also simply search for "rudin principles" on about any website. For example:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=rudin&sts=t&tn=principles&x=0&y=0

Also useful are (both cheap Dover paperbacks):
Maxwell Rosenlicht, Introduction to Analysis
Gelbaum and Olmsted, Counterexamples in Analysis

Lecturer:

Jiří Lebl
Web: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~lebl/
Office: 711 Van Vleck
Office hours: MWF 11am-noon + by appointment
Office phone: (608) 626-3298
Email: lebl at math dot wisc dot edu

Grading:

Grades will be based on the percentages below. Curve will be applied if needed.

Exam 1: Wed, October 5, 20% of your grade.

Exam 2: Wed, November 16, 20% of your grade.

Final Exam: Friday, Dec 23, 10:05am - 12:05pm, 40% of your grade. (Comprehensive but heavily focused on material after exam 2). And yes, I am just as excited about the date as you are. Room: SOC SCI 6102

Homework: Assigned weekly (some weeks may be skipped). Worth 20%, possibly spot checked (spot checked means: some spot(s) of each homework checked, and all will be collected). Lowest 2 homework grades dropped (so no late homeworks).

Test Policies: No books, calculators or computers allowed on the exams or the final (calculator wouldn't help you anyway).