Mathematics 516

Functional Analysis


Instructor: Stefan Geschke
E-mail: geschke at math.boisestate.edu
Phone: 208-426-2816
Office: MG 236C
Office Hours: MW 6.00-7.00 p.m., TuTh 11.40-12.30 a.m. and by appointment.

Lecture:

TuTh 1:40-2:55 p.m. in ILC 304

Lectures are optional. Attendance will not be taken. Students are, however, responsible for any material or information presented in lectures which is not available from other sources.


Grading

Homework Assignments 20%
3 Exams 20% each
1 Final Exam 20%

Exams

Exam dates are September 25, Oktober 25, and December 4. The final is Tuesday, December 18, at 1.40 p.m. in the classroom.

The final exams are scheduled so that conflicts are avoided. This does not mean that students cannot have multiple exams on the same day.

No books, notes, or calculators are allowed on the exams. Nothing more than a pen or pencil and some paper.


Syllabi

The text for this course is Real and Complex Analysis by Walter Rudin.

The course will roughly cover Chapters 1 to 5, but we might skip some parts of Chapter 5.

The problems on the exams will not necessarily be taken from the textbook, but you will have encountered problems similar to those on the tests before the test.


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Homework

Homework must be neat and properly presented. If your handwriting is poor, use TeX or Maple or something else to present your work.

In your homework you can quote every exercise or theorem from the textbook that comes before the problem you are working on.

Every assignment is to be completed by you. You may work with others from the class on the material and you may consult other resources, but what you hand in for a grade must be your own work.