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MATH131 HM - Mathematical Analysis I

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Castro, de Pillis, Karp, Su, H. Zinn-Brooks

Offered: Jointly; Fall semester at HMC and Pomona, Spring semester at HMC and CMC

Description: This course is a rigorous analysis of the real numbers and an introduction to writing and communicating mathematics well. Topics include properties of the rational and the real number fields, the least upper bound property, induction, countable sets, metric spaces, limit points, compactness, connectedness, careful treatment of sequences and series, functions, differentiation and the mean value theorem, and an introduction to sequences of functions. Additional topics as time permits.

Prerequisite(s): MATH055 HM