Math 121: Advanced Analysis
Fall 2004

Announcement

The final exam will be on Saturday Dec 18, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. in our usual classroom.

A list of the sections of the text that the final exam will cover is:

Chapter 7: all sections except 7.10
Chapter 12: sections 12.3, 12.4, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9 (you do not need to memorize formulas for the Legendre functions -- they will be provided if you need them)
Chapter 13: sections 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.7
Chapter 15: all sections except 15.6 and the latter part of 15.8 (from Example 2 to the end of the section)

I will hold office hours 1-3 W, Th and 12-2 Fri of Finals week.

Here is a link to a previous final exam (ignore questions 5 and 6). Solutions to the second midterm are linked below.

Instructor

John Hunter
e-mail: jkhunter@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3189
Office: 654 Kerr Hall
Office hours: MF 1:00–2:00 p.m., W 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Lectures: MWF 10:00–10:50 a.m., Robbins 146

Important dates:

Last day to add: Friday Oct 15
Last day to drop: Wednesday Oct 27
Academic Holiday: Friday Nov 26
Last day of instruction: Friday Dec 10

TA

Eli Goldwyn
Office: 469 Kerr Hall
Office hour: Th 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Exams and Course Grade

There will be two in-class midterms and a final:

Midterm I: Wednesday Oct 27
Midterm 1 solutions (postscript)
Midterm 1 solutions (pdf)
Sample midterm solutions (postscript)
Sample midterm solutions (pdf)
Midterm II: Monday Dec 6
Midterm 2 solutions
Sample midterm.
Sample midterm solutions.

Final (Exam Code X): Saturday Dec 18, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Copy of Final Exam.

Homework will be assigned each week, due on Fridays by 2:00 p.m. Late Homework will not be accepted.

The course grade will be based on Homework (10%), Midterms (25% each), Final (40%), weighted as shown.

Text for Math 121

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 2nd Ed., Mary L. Boas, John Wiley and Sons, 1983.

The course will cover the following parts of the text: Chapter 7 (Fourier series); Chapter 12 (Legendre, Bessel, and other special functions); Chapter 13 (partial differential equations); and Chapter 15 (Fourier and Laplace transforms).

Homework Assignments

Set 1 (due Friday Oct 8):

Sec. 7.2: 10, 14, 17
Sec. 7.3: 2, 4, 9
Sec. 7.4: 4, 6, 13
Sec. 7.5: 2, 7, 11

Set 2 (due Fri, Oct 15):

Sec. 7.5: 1, 12, 13
Sec. 7.6: 1, 7, 11, 12 (for Problem 5.1 only)
Sec. 7.7: 1, 7, 11, 12, 13

Set 3 (due Fri, Oct 22)

Sec 7.8: 2, 9, 12, 15
Sec 7.9: 1, 5, 9, 14, 15, 16, 20

Set 4 (due Mon, Nov 1)

Sec 7.11: 1, 6
Sec 7.12: 9, 10
Sec 13.1: 1, 3
Sec 13.2: 3, 7, 10, 11

Set 4a (due Fri, Nov 5 -- Guy Fawkes Day)

Sec 13.3: 3, 7
Sec 13.4: 2, 6

Set 5 (due Fri, Nov 12)

Sec 15.4: 1, 3, 5, 11, 24
Sec 15.5: 20, 22, 23

Set 6 (due Fri, Nov 19)

Sec 15.7: 4, 12
Sec 15.9: 2, 4
Sec 15.10: 15, 20, 21, 22

Set 7 (due Mon, Nov 29)

Sec 15.3: 2, 16, 32
Sec 15.5: 2, 17, 18
Sec 15.7: 5, 8
Sec 15.8: 6, 7

Set 8 (due Fri, Dec 3)

Sec 15.9: 2, 5
Sec 12.4: 2, 4
Sec 12.6: 1, 4

No Problems will be assigned for the last week.

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Math 121: Advanced Analysis Fall 2004