Math 481 Senior Seminar

Fall Semester 2009

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Assignment 14 Dec 11  

   1.   Rework the exam and submit to me by 1:00 p. m. next Friday.

   2.   There will be a second exam on the “notes” in January.

·        If you are studying Volterra integral or integro-differential equations, then purchase by January:

                     Liapunov Functionals for Integral Equations, T. A. Burton, Trafford Publishing (2008).

·        If you are studying the Cooke-Yorke equations, then purchase by January:

                     Stability by Fixed Point Theoryfor Functional Differential Equations, T. A. Burton, Dover (2006).


Assignment 13 Dec 7  

   Exam on the “notes.”


Assignment 12 Dec 4  

   1.   Continuation of Banach spaces II.        


Assignment 11 Nov 23  

   1.   Banach spaces II.

   2.   Exam on the “notes” will be Monday, Dec. 7.


Assignment 10 Nov 16  

   1.   Banach spaces I.          


Assignment 9 Nov 6  

   1.   Uniformly continuous and asymptotically stable solutions of Volterra integro-differential equations.       


Assignment 8 Nov 2  

   1.   Continue studying the notes “6. Normed Linear Spaces”.

   2.   Exam on the “notes” will be Monday, November 23.


Assignment 7 Oct 26  

   1.   Study the notes “6. Normed Linear Spaces”.


Assignment 6 Oct 9  

   1.   Study the notes “5. Vector Spaces”.

   2.   Homework 2:  next Friday, turn in the solutions to Exercises 1-6 in “5. Vector Spaces”.  

   Reminder: Exam on notes, class discussion, and readings on Friday, October 30. (postponed to Monday, November 23).          


Assignment 5 Oct 2  

   1.   Study the notes “4. Contraction Mappings (continued)”.      

   Reminder: Exam on notes, class discussion, and readings on Friday, October 30.       


Assignment 4 Sept 25  

   1.   Study the notes “3. Contraction Mappings”.

   2.   Homework 1: next Friday, turn in Word document of outline of your senior project.

   Announcement.  Exam on notes, class discussion, and readings on Friday, October 30.          


Assignment 3 Sept 18  

   1.   Study the notes “2. Complete Metric Spaces” and prepare the exercises for next Friday.           

   2.   Read the pages referenced in [B/S].  


Assignment 2 Sept 11  

   1.   Study pp. 6-8 in notes “1. Metric Spaces.”    

   2.   In [B/S],  read pp. 229-231.  

   3.   Be prepared to present any one of the Exercises 3, 4, & 5 in “1. Metric Spaces.”

   Reminder:

   4.   Start typing your References page using MS Word.   Start  with [B/S] and [F/B] (the M401 textbook).


Monday, September 7 (Labor Day Holiday)


Assignment 1 Sept 4  

   1.   Study pp. 1 -5 in notes “1. Metric Spaces.”    

   2.   In [B/S], read pp. 327-331.  [B/S] = Bartle & Sherbert: Introduction to Real Analysis.

   3.   Turn in Exercises 1 & 2 in “1. Metric Spaces.”

   4.   Start typing your References page using MS Word.   Start with [B/S] and [F/B] (our M 401 textbook).


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