• Solutions to Assignment 8 have been posted.
• Assignment 9 is posted. (It will not be due, just practice problems for the exam.)
• A study guide/topic list for the final exam has been posted.
• Solutions to the midterm are posted below.

Course meets every TR from 2:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. in John Greene Hall 102.

Instructor: Ronnie Pavlov
Office: John Greene Hall 304
e-mail: rpavlov@du.edu
Phone: (303)-871-4001
Office hours: Monday 2-3, Wednesday 10-12, or by appointment.

Graduate TA: Thomas French
Office: John Greene Hall 311
e-mail: thomas.french@du.edu
Phone: (303)-871-3138
Office hours: Wednesday 12-2 and Thursday 11-12.

Text: Understanding Real Analysis by Stephen Abbott.

IMPORTANT: This book does have some typos/errors. Click this link for the current list of errata, and please notify me if you find any new ones!

This book is available at the DU Bookstore.

Real analysis is concerned with properties of the set R of real numbers. These include properties of the numbers themselves (limits, sequences, series), the structure of R as a topological space (open and closed sets, compactness, connectedness), and the properties of functions on R (continuity, differentiation, integration).

We will spend most of the term on Chapters 1-4 of Abbott, along with material on uniform convergence (section 6.2) and Riemann integration (7.2, 7.3, 7.6) if time permits. In the first couple of weeks, we will spend significant time on strengthening some fundamentals, in particular proof writing (techniques such as proofs by contradiction and proofs by induction) and familiarity with statements involving quantifiers. Though Chapters 5 and 6 contain very important material, due to time constraints we will need to skip the vast majority of them.

Your term grade will consist of written weekly homework assignments (which will mostly be taken from the text), short e-mail homework assignments (due every class day), one midterm exam, and one final exam, broken down in the following way.

30% Written homework
5% e-mail homework
30% Midterm exam
35% Final exam

You will have two types of homework for this course. One type will be standard written assignments, to be turned in at the BEGINNING of class on Tuesdays. Assignments turned in after the first 10 minutes of class will be counted as late, and subject to the usual late homework penalty scheme (described below.) These written assignments will be posted here at least one week in advance.

The second type of homework will be very short (shouldn't take longer than 10-15 minutes) e-mail assignments. These will be sent to you one day before every class (except for the first class day, and possibly midterm days.) They can involve material we've covered, or extremely simple material from an upcoming section. They will very rarely (if ever) involve proofs or mathematical arguments, and the solutions will usually consist of only a few sentences; the idea is to help with internalizing definitions and concepts so that class time will be more beneficial for you.

• Assignment 1 (due Thursday, April 5th) and solutions.
• Assignment 2 (due Thursday, April 12th) and solutions.
• Assignment 3 (due Thursday, April 19th) and solutions.
• Assignment 4 (due Thursday, April 26th) and solutions.
• Assignment 5 (due Tuesday, May 8th) and solutions.
• Assignment 6 (due Thursday, May 17th) and solutions.
• Assignment 7 (due Thursday, May 24th) and solutions.
• Assignment 8 (due Thursday, May 31st) and solutions.
• Assignment 9 (no due date)

Late assignments will have a percentage subtracted according to the following policy:

1-2 days late: -20% (THIS INCLUDES MORE THAN 10 MIN. AFTER BEGINNING OF CLASS!)
3-7 days late: -50%
>7 days late: not accepted

You will have a midterm on May 1st and a final exam on June 5th. Both exams will be in our classroom during classtime. (2:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.)

Here are solutions for the midterm.
Here is a list of study topics for the midterm.
Here is a list of study topics for the final exam.

Students in this course are expected to abide by the University of Denver’s Honor Code and the procedures put forth by the Office of Citizenship and Community Standards. Academic dishonesty - including, but not limited to, plagiarism and cheating - is in violation of the code and will result in a failing grade for the assignment or for the course. As student members of a community committed to academic integrity and honesty, it is your responsibility to become familiar with the DU Honor Code and its procedures: see http://www.du.edu/honorcode.