Help Sessions: There will be several help sessions per week with our TAs.

Announcements about the course as well as homework assignments and materials for the course will be posted here.

Text: The text for the course is Fundamental Ideas of Analysis by Reed. We aim to cover all the unstarred sections in Chapters 1-4 in the first semester plus additional material as time permits.

Pre-requisites: Math 201(Multivariable Calculus) is required. Math 203 (Linear Algebra) and Math 206 (Transitions to Higher Mathematics) are strongly recommended.

The majority of students in this course are juniors. If you are a freshman or sophomore, please speak with me so that I can make sure you have the necessary background for the course.

• Develop the ability to learn independently and to apply what you have learned to new situations.
• Think logically and write out your reasoning (i.e. write proofs) clearly. Determine which pieces of information are crucial to an argument and which are superfluous.
• Work together with others to figure out difficult problems; support each other in your efforts.
• Practive talking mathematics, presenting your work to others and convincing them that your line of reasoning is correct.
• Learn what theoretical mathematics is about as comparted to calculation oriented mathematics that is presented in earlier courses.

Classroom: During class, there will be a mixture of lecturing by the professor and time spent by students working out problems and discussing their results in groups. To make the group work go successfully, it is important that all members of the group be present; therefore please plan to attend all classes.

Please read the sections relating to lecture before the lecture. Do not worry if you do not understand all the material on first reading. By reading ahead on your own, you will be better able to understand the lectures. Check the web page:

for the upcoming sections.

Computer Labs: There will be occasional assignments using computers and the languages TrueBasic and Mathematica.

Exams: There will be a mid-term (out of class) and a final. The first exam will take place shortly after fall break (perhaps the week after).

Homework: Homework will be assigned weekly. The assignments will be posted on the course web site. No late homework will be accepted. You are ENCOURAGED to work together on the homework. Discussing math and trying to explain your answers are excellent ways of learning. However, when you write up your answers, you must do this yourself. Copying someone else write up would be considered a violation of the honor code.

Each week you will have a short take-home quiz (10-15 minutes) to test your knowledge of the basic skills covered that week. Quizzes will be closed book, closed note, and closed peer.

Mathematical Enrichment Component: You will be required to attend 3 math activities (talks, movies, poster session) during the semester and write a 1 page paper (typed) about each activity. I will read and make comments on your papers but they will not be graded. This will be an opportunity to get exposed to the exciting activities that go on in the math department and broaden your horizons about the types of opportunities available to mathematics students.

Final grades will be determined using the following percentages:

Alternative Section: TTH 10-11:30 with Prof. Traynor. The two sections are using the same text and will be covering the same basic material.