Math 313 - Fall 2009 - Course Progress

Note: I will not follow the book very closely. The sections given in the table below indicate what topic will be covered in each lecture.


Week Monday Wednesday Friday
08/24 - 08/28 Sections 1.3 and 1.4 Section 1.4 (cont.); existence of square roots Section 1.5, examples for supremum
08/31 - 09/04 Section 1.6 Section 1.6 (cont.) Section 2.1
09/07 - 09/11 Labor day Section 2.1 (cont.), Section 2.2 Section 2.2
09/14 - 09/18 End Section 2.2, Section 2.3 Section 2.3; limsup definition and examples End Section 2.3
09/21 - 09/25 Section 2.4 Section 2.5 1st midterm exam
09/28 - 10/02 Sections 2.6, 2.7 Section 3.1 Section 3.2
10/05 - 10/09 Section 3.4 Section 3.4 Sections 3.3 and 3.5
10/12 - 10/16 Section 3.5 Section 3.6 Sections 3.6
10/19 - 10/23 Section 3.7 Section 4.1 2nd midterm exam
10/26 - 10/30 Section 4.2 Section 4.2 Section 4.3
11/02 - 11/06 Section 4.4 Local maximum/minimum via second derivative Convex functions
11/09 - 11/13 Section 5.1 Section 5.2 Section 5.2 (cont.)
11/16 - 11/20 Section 5.3 Section 5.3 (cont.), Section 5.4 Optional 3rd midterm exam
11/23 - 11/27 Section 5.4 (cont.), Section 5.5 Section 5.5 Thanksgiving
11/30 - 12/04 Section 5.6 Section 5.6 (cont.) Section 5.7 and Review
RA = Reading assignment (to be done before the lecture!)