Generic Syllabus for Math 4/515

  • Course Title: Introduction to analysis III Math 415 and 515 (calculus on manifolds)
  • Text: Spivak: Calculus on manifolds (paperback). (Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company).
  • Tentative Homework Assignments. The homework will trail the lectures slightly to avoid having material covered on a Friday to be due on a Monday.
    1. Week 1 (1 Apr - 5 Apr 2013): Read 1-34. Do 1.7, 1.10, 1.22, 1.30, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7.
    2. Week 2 (8 Apr - 12 Apr 2013): Read 34-45. Do 2.12, 2.13., 2.21, 2.22, 2.23, 2.24, 2-25, 2-26. Also Extra problem
    3. Week 3 (15 Apr - 19 Apr 2013): Read 46-56. Do 2.29, 2.30, 2.31, 2.32, 2.35, 2.36, 2.37 [not part b], 2.38, 2.39
    4. Week 4 (22 Apr - 28 Apr 2013): Read 56-73. Do 3.1-3.10.
    5. Week 5 (29 Apr - 3 May 2013): Read 56-73. Do 1.18, 3.11, 3.12, 3.14, 3.15, 3.16, 3.17, 3.18, 3.19. Exam Wednesday May 01 2013
    6. Week 6 (6 May - 10 May 2013): Do 3.13, 3-20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23, 3.26, 3.28, 3.29, 3.36.
    7. Week 7 (13 May - 17 May 2013): Do 1.17, 3.30, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.37, 3.38
      1. Problem A1:  Prove or disprove the following assertion: ``Let U be a bounded open subset of R-n. Then the characteristic function of U is integrable in the extended sense over U.
      2. Problem A2:   Prove or disprove the following assertion: ``If U is any unbounded open subset of R-n, then the characteristic function of U is not integrable in the extended sense over U.''
    8. Week 8 (20 May - 24 May 2013): Assignment #8 Improper integrala
    9. Week 9 (25 May - 30 May 2013): Assignment #9 Greens, Gausss and Stokes theorem
    10. Memorial day
    11. Week 10 (03 Jun - 07 Jun 2013): TBA
  • Notes available in the class:
    1. Improper Integrals
    2. Change of variable Theorem
    3. Green's, Gauss's, Stokes Theorem

    Course Goals

    This course builds on Math 4/513 and Math 4/514. As an exemplar: the uniform limit of continuous functions is continuous, a continuous function on a compact set attains its minimum and maximum values, closed bounded subsets of Rn are compact, etc. The course divides naturally into three (roughly) equal pieces.
    1. In the first piece, we discuss the notion of differentiation in the multi-variate context. The derivative is presented as the best linear approximation; it is then related to the Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives and to directional derivatives. The chain rule is established and the elementary properties of the derivative are derived. The inverse and implicit functions are established.
    2. We then turn to the theory of Riemann integration. The notion of upper and lower sums are introduced in the multi-variate context building on the theory introduced in Math 4/513 and Math 4/514. Sets of content zero and measure zero are introduced and it is shown that a function is Riemann integrable if and only if it is bounded and continuous except on a set of measure zero. Jordan measurability is defined in this context and Fubini's theorem is established (interchanging the order of integration is a bit complicated). Partitions of unity and compact exhaustions are presented and applied to discuss improper integrals; lecture notes are available to supplement Spivak's treatment. We conclude this section with the change of variables theorem; again, lecture notes are available to supplement Spivak's treatment. The change of variables theorem and Fubini's theorem is explored at length in Homework Assignment 8.
    3. The final section of the course deals with the generalized Stoke's theorem and differential forms. At this point Spivak's treatment is just a bit too abstract and requires algebraic sophistication not really appropriate to the level of this course. Course notes are available. The exterior algebra will be presented in terms of universal properties, but the properties are stressed not the algebraic foundations. The role of the determinant in relation to top degree forms is discussed as is the change of variables and exterior differentiation in the discussion of the integration theory of differential forms. The generalized Stokes theorem is proved. The relationship of this theorem to the classical Green's, Gauss's, and Stoke's theorem is explored at length in homework assignment 9. If time permits, the fundamental theorem of algebra, the Brauer fixed point theorem (any continuous map from the disk to itself has a fixed point), and the Billiard ball theorem are presented as applications of this material.

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