MA 411 Fall 2021
Prof. Mark Kon
Room 260, MCS Building (111 Cummington St.Ñ
Tel. 617-460-1232
Email:
[email protected]Office HoursÀ
Tuesday 3 pm - 4:15 pm
Thursday 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
... and by appointment
Scope: This course will cover rigorously and in greater generality aspects of differential and
integral calculus. Notions of differentiation will be generalized to arbitrary functions between
vector spaces, and integral theorems Ðand their applicationsÑ will be presented more rigorously
and for vector functions as well.
Text: The text for this class is Kaplan's Advanced Calculus, 5th Edition
Problem Sets: These will generally be assigned out of the text, with an assignment
corresponding to each lecture. Problems for the lectures of a given week will be collected on
Thursday of the following week.
Problem set scores will contribute to 30% of the final grade. Homework will be an
integral part of the course, and it will be difficult to perform well without it. In general, it is
probably good practice to complete a portion of the assignment after the corresponding
lecture. Note that answers for odd numbered problems are in the back of the book. In general
an answer without an explanation will be considered insufficient, unless the answer is
obvious. Problems which do not show reasons or work will not be given full credit.
Please note: No late problem sets will be accepted, unless you have a medical excuse
(generally this means a note from a clinic). No makeups for exams will be given, and exams
will not be excused without a medical reason.
Grading: There will be two in-class exams and a final. The two exams will count for 20%
each, and the final, 30% of the final grade. Problem sets will determine 30% of the grade.
Exams will cover in-class and assigned text material. Note that this class is small enough that
it will also be possible to recognize individual effort, interest, and participation in the material.
In class: Questions in the class are welcomed, and brief discussions of questions on
problems and course material will be held at the beginning of each class, in which questions
will be encouraged.
Problem set writeups: Problem set solutions should be written up clearly - communication
skills will determine a large part of your mathematical success in life, and will also determine
a large part of your success in this course. Please make it a habit to rewrite problem set
solutions if they are not entirely in satisfactory final form on first writeup. In arguments
involving proofs, you should focus on sentence construction and clarity of arguments in final
write-ups. Proofs can create notorious difficulties if they are not written clearly and
succinctly.
Consultation on problem sets: You are permitted and encouraged to consult with other
students on problem sets, but this should be done on a general level of finding the solution of a
problem. The final writeup of a problem set must be done by each student individually.
Lectures: After the lecture and before the next one, you should (i) read the relevant part of
the text (unless this has been done before the lecture to facilitate your understanding); (ii)
rewrite your lecture notes, adding any remarks, calculations, examples, that are needed so that
you understand the material.
Please note: No late problem sets will be accepted, unless you have a medical excuse
(generally this means a note from a clinic). No makeups for exams will be given, and exams
will not be excused without a medical reason.
Note on plagiarism: Boston University's policies on plagiarism are quite unbending. If a
student cheats on an exam, it is the policy of the University that he or she be given a hearing,
the results of which may range anywhere up to termination.
Syllabus:
Week 1: Review of linear algebra
Functions of several variables
Limits and continuity
Kaplan: Sections 1.16, 2.1-2.4
Week 2: Derivatives, differentials
Kaplan: 2.5-2.7
Week 3: Composite functions, chain rule
Kaplan: 2.8-2.9
Week 4: Implicit functions and implicit function theorem
Kaplan: 2.10-2.11
Week 5: Inverse functions
Curvilinear coordinates
Directional derivatives
Higher order derivatives
Laplacian in other coordinate systems
Kaplan: 2.12-2.17
Week 6: Vector and scalar fields
Divergence, gradient, curl, and combined operations
Definite integrals
Multiple integrals
Integrals of vector functions
Kaplan: 3.1- 3.6, 4.1, 4.3-4.5
Week 7: Changes of variables and the Jacobian
Line integrals and their properties
Green's theorem
Kaplan: 4.6, 5.1-5.5
Week 8: Arc length and surface area
Independence of path; simply connected domains
Extensions to multiply connected domains
Surfaces in space; orientability
Surface integrals
Kaplan: 4.7, 5.6-5.10
Week 9: Divergence and Stokes's theorems
Independence of path
Infinite sequences, infinite series
Tests for convergence and divergence
Kaplan: 5.11-5.13, 6.1-6.6
Week 10: Sequences and series of functions
Uniform convergence, Weierstrass M-test
Power series, Taylor series
Kaplan: 6.7, 6.11-6.16
Week 11: Taylor's formula with remainder
Fourier series and their convergence properties
Kaplan: 6.17, 7.1-7.4
Week 12: Fourier cosine series and sine series
Applications
Fundamental theorem of Fourier series
Kaplan: 7.5-7.9
