Fall 2007 Math 461 Information
Contact Information: Lawrence Roberts
A345 Wells Hall
{instructor's first name} {at} math {dot} msu {dot} edu
Office Hours:
M 10:15 - 11:15 am
W 2:00 - 3:00 pm
F 11:00 - 12:00 am
If you cannot make these times, please send me an email and we can make an appointment.
The syllabus can be found at Math 461: Syllabus (in pdf)
A note about the textbooks: Willard's is essentially a general reference and quite abstract (but very affordable). It is worth buying if you know that you
will be continuing in mathematics or a mathematics related field. Mostly we will use Sutherland and add to it as necessary.
Homework and Readings:
Wednesday, August 29 Two Homework problems, and a little reading
Note: There was a typo in problem 1 of the assignment, which has now been corrected. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out.
Friday, August 31 Three Homework problems
Wednesday, September 5 Three Homework problems
Friday, September 7 Three homework problems
Monday, September 10 Three homework problems
Wednesday, September 12 Three homework problems On Friday we will look at one last example of a metric space, see example 2.2.8 and the first paragraph of pg. 32 in Sutherland. We will then move on to section 2.3.
Optional Reading If you want more ways to construct metric spaces, you'll find some more in this aside.
Friday, September 14 Two homework problems
Monday, September 17 Homework problems
Wednesday, September 19 Homework problems
Friday, September 21 2 Homework problems, and the explanation of the problem from class
Monday, September 24 A homework problem, and a hint
Wednesday, September 26 No homework today. Make sure you understand chapter 2 of Sutherland.
Friday, September 28 The homework returns.
Monday, October 1 More homework.
Wednesday, October 3 More homework.
Friday, October 5 Homework #15.
Monday, October 8 Homework #16: reading only, no problems.
Friday, October 19 Homework #17
Monday, October 22 Extra Credit
Wednesday, October 24 Homework #18
Friday, October 26 Homework #19
Wednesday, October 31 Homework #20
Friday, November 2 Homework #21
Wednesday, November 7 Homework #22
There is no class on Monday, November 12
Friday, November 9 Homework #23
Monday, November 26 Homework #24
Wednesday, November 28 Homework #25
The final homework assignment: This comprises the homework from this Monday,Wednesday and Friday, November 30th. It will be due on December 5. There will be no homework next week. However, the final is on December 10th. We willdiscuss the final further on December 3.
Friday, November 30 Homework #26: The last problem!!!
Final: Take home portion