MTH 432/532 (Spring 2011): Introduction to Real Variables II


Instructor: Hanfeng Li

Office: 104 Mathematics Building.     Phone: 645-8762.

Office Hours:  M, W 3-4pm.

Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu

Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/432-532/432-532spring11.html

Lectures: MWF 11:00-11:50am               
Room:
250 Math Building.

Textbook: Munkres,  Analysis on Manifolds.

TA's Labs (Starting from January 27)
For 432 students: R 8:00-8:50am,  250 Math Building.
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TBA

Math Help Center
Graduate students will be at Room 110 of the mathematics building to answer any math questions you might have. The room opens on Monday, January 31. Hours are 9am-4pm.

Course Description
Rigorous course in analyzing dimensions greater than one. Includes details of three basic theorems: the inverse function theorem, the implicit function theorem, and the change of variables theorem in multiple integrals. Topics include continuously differentiable functions, the chain rule, inverse and implicit function theorems, Riemann integration, partitions of unity, change of variables theorem.

Text To Be Covered (Outline)
Chapter 1-5.

Prerequisite
MTH 431 with grade of C or higher.

Groupwork
There will be several 10-minute in-lecture groupwork. Everyone must hand in his/her own solution, which counts towards the final grade.  

Homework
Homework will be assigned every Friday, except those weeks with term tests following, and will be due at the beginning of the lecture one week later.  There will be totally 11 homework assignments. 
          Only selected problems will be graded, depending on the availability of the grader.

Homework Assignments

Exams
There will be three 50-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Monday, February 14.
Term Test 2: Wednesday, March 23.
Term Test 3: Monday, May 2.
Most of the term test problems are similar to those in the homework.

No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in in-lecture groupwork and term tests.

Late Policy
No late homewrok will be accepted. 

Grading Policy
The 3 lowest homework grades will be dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 8 homework.

Your final grade will be determined by:
Groupwork: 10%     Homework: 15%        Term tests: each 25%

Disabilities
If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the course work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as recruiting note takers, readers, or extended time on exams and/or assignment, please advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accomodations.

Important Dates
Friday, Jan 28         Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Friday, Jan 28         Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the math department.
Friday, April 1        Last day to RESIGN from the course (by 11pm)- an "R" appears on transcript.

Making Up Incompletes
To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:

1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an incomplete in your original course.

2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 233, ask for Marie Daniel and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition form for you.

3) Sign the petition.

4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed with him/her, take the approved petition form to your original instructor for signature.
    b) If your original instructor determined that the work was to be completed by repeating the course, take the approved petition form to me for signature.

5. Return the petition form to Marie Daniel in Rm. 233 Math Bldg. by the last day of add/drop - Friday, January 28.

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