DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

201
2015-201
2016
Math2401/3401
Math2401/3401 Analysis I

LECTURER:
ECTURER

W S CHEUNG (Run Run Shaw Bldg 405)

TUTORS
UTORS:

To be confirmed

kong ka lun; Huang dang chao

AIM:
IM This course extends to more general situations some basic results covered in the Mathematics

courses in junior years, and introduces some fundamental concepts which are essential for
advanced studies in Analysis, Geometry, and Topology.

RERE-REQUISITE:
REQUISITE
Math2401: Pass in (Math1101 and Math1102) or Math1211 or Math1803 or Math1804 or Math1805 or
Math1811 or Math1812 or Math1813
Math3401: Pass in Math2211

TEACHING ARRANGEMENT:
RRANGEMENT

! Outline lecture notes will be posted on Moodle at appropriate times. Sketches of proofs of theorems
are given in the notes, details of which can easily be found in the textbooks. Students are therefore
strongly advised to pay more attention listening than copying notes during lectures.
! There are 8 Tutorials on Fridays Sep 11, 18, 25; Oct 2, 30; Nov 6, 13, 27. Details will be announced in
due course.
! There will be 5 homework assignments, each of which you will have 1 week to work on. Homework
assignments will be posted on Moodle at appropriate times, and should be handed into the appropriate
assignment box in the Math Dept (4/F, Run Run Shaw Building) before the due date. Solutions of
homework assignments will be uploaded to Moodle, and so only common serious mistakes will be
discussed during Tutorials.

COURSE ASSESSMENTS:
SSESSMENTS

! Test 1:
! Test 2:
! Exam:

Thursday October 8, 2015

Thursday November 19, 2015
End of semester

FINAL GRADE WEIGHTING:

EIGHTING

50% Coursework + 50% Exam

LEARNING
EARNING OUTCOMES
TCOMES:

On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

! Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic features of mathematical analysis and point
set topology (e.g., able to identify objects that are topological equivalent);
! Apply knowledge and skills acquired in mathematical analysis to analyze and handle novel situations in
a critical way (e.g., able to determine whether a specific function is uniformly continuous);
! Think creatively and laterally to generate innovative examples and solutions to non-standard problems
(e.g., able to construct counterexamples to inaccurate mathematical statements).

CONTENTS:
ONTENTS

Basic properties of metric spaces; Compactness; Completeness; Continuity;

Connectedness; Uniform Continuity; Uniform Convergence; Banachs Fixed Point
Theorem

REFERENCES:
EFERENCES

T. Apostol: Mathematical Analysis

M. . Searcid: Metric Spaces
W. Rudin: Principles of Mathematical Analysis