Mathematics 431, Fall 2016

Advanced Calculus I

Instructor: Lenny Ng
Meeting time: Wednesdays, Fridays 1:25-2:40 pm
Location: Physics 259

Office hours:

The textbook for this course is Fundamental Ideas of Analysis by Michael Reed.

Course information sheet

Course schedule and homework assignments are shown below. Homework listings will be updated as they are assigned. Dates of midterms and lists of sections to be covered weekly are tentative and will be confirmed later. Other material for this course (e.g., solutions to quizzes) will be posted on Sakai.

Date Sections (by week) In-class Quizzes/Exams Assignments due
August 31 1.1, 1.3, 1.4
(please read 1.2 on your own)


September 2


September 7 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 Quiz 1 HW 1:
1.1 (p. 5): 6, 8, 9, 10
1.3 (p. 19): 1, 3
1.4 (p. 24): 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
September 9


September 14 2.5, 2.6 Quiz 2 HW 2:
2.1 (p. 33): 2(a), 3(a), 4(d), 7, 9
2.2 (p. 39): 1(d), 4, 7, 8, 9
2.4 (p. 50): 1, 3, 4, 5, 11
September 16


September 21 3.1, 3.2 Quiz 3 HW 3:
2.4 (p. 50): 12, 13
2.5 (p. 54): 1, 3, 4, 5, 9
2.6 (p. 59): 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
September 23


September 28 3.3, review Quiz 4 HW 4:
3.1 (p. 79): 3, 7, 8, 9, 11  
3.2 (p. 86): 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10  
September 30


October 5
Midterm 1 none due, but you should work on HW 5,
section 3.3, before the midterm
October 7 4.1

October 12 4.2, 4.3 Quiz 5 HW 5:
3.3 (p. 93): 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15
4.1 (p. 127): 2, 8, 10, 11, 12
October 14


October 19 3.4, 5.1, 5.2 Quiz 6 HW 6:
4.2 (p. 133): 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14
4.3 (p. 139): 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12
October 21


October 26 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 Quiz 7 HW 7:
3.4 (p. 101): 1, 3, 5
chapter 3 projects (p. 120): 3
5.1 (p. 168): 2, 6, 7, 9, 12
5.2 (p. 173): 1, 2(c), 4, 6, 9
October 28


November 2 5.6, review Quiz 8 HW 8:
5.3 (p. 181): 1, 3, 5, 10
5.4 (p. 186): 3, 5, 6, 8, 9
5.5 (p. 194): 3, 4, 5, 9
November 4
Midterm 2
November 9 no class

November 11 6.1


November 16 6.2, 6.3 Quiz 9
HW 9:
5.6 (p. 202): 5, 6, 7, 8

6.1 (p. 227): 1(a,b,c), 2, 7, 8, 9

November 18


November 23 Thanksgiving: no class

November 25 Thanksgiving: no class

November 30 6.4
Quiz 10
HW 10:
6.2 (p. 236): 1, 4, 8, 9, 11, 15

6.3 (p. 242): 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
December 2


December 7 Space-filling curves, review
Quiz 11 HW 11:
6.4 (p. 250): 1, 2, 3, 8, 9
December 9


December 18
Final exam, 2pm-5pm