Math 423 — Introduction to Real Analysis
I Fall 2017
Instructor: Elizabeth Meckes
Office: Yost 208
Phone: 368-5015
Email: ese3 [at] cwru.edu
Office Hours: MWF, 2 - 3
Textbook:
Real Analysis, 2e by Gerald Folland
Topics:
Please read the Prologue on your own. We will cover
through most of chapters 1 – 3 and some of chapter 4, as time
allows.
Grading:
I expect you to attend the lectures, take notes (much
of the material is not in the text), and read the text book on the topics
we cover from it. There will be weekly homework assignments (worth
55% of the grade), one midterm (worth 15%) and one final (worth 30%). Selected
homework problems will be graded.
Homework Problems:
Doing the homework problems is probably the
single biggest factor in determining how much you get out of the course.
If you are having trouble with the problems, please come ask for help; you will
learn much more (and probably get a rather better grade) if you figure out
all of the homework problems, possibly with help in office hours, than if you
do them alone when you can and skip the ones you can't.
Homework is weekly, due at the beginning of class on Mondays.
I strongly suggest starting early so that there is time to
ask for help if you need it.
Problems will be posted below; selected problems will be graded.
You may discuss the homework with other students, however, you must
write up solutions on your own.