Math 352 | Theory of Calculus | Spring 2021 |
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You are responsible for all the material in Chapters 1-6 in Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus, 2nd, by Kenneth A. Ross, Springer-Verlag except for sections 6, 13, 21, 22, and 35.
There will be three regular exams and an optional final exam. Each of the regular exams will be in the evening and you will have two hours. Exam 1 will cover Chapters 1 & 2, Exam 2 will cover Chapters 3 & 4, and Exam 3 will cover chapters 5 & 6. No books, notes or electronic devices are premitted.
Homework will be collected weekly. You may be asked to give short presentations to the class.
Each of the three regular exams will count as 25% of your course grade. Homework will count as the remaining 25%. If you take the optional final it will count as 20% of your grade with the other exams and homework counting as 20% each.
Solutions to many textbook problems can be found on the internet. I know how to find them. If you turn in work that is not your own I will lower your course grade by one letter grade. Cheating on an exam will result in a grade of F in the course.
Books You Should Read Some Day
The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development by Carl Boyer, 1949.
Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World by Amir Alexander, 2014.
Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery by Imre Lakatos, 1976.