Math 129, Fall 2017: Fourier Analysis, CRN 48566

• The course meets MWF from 3:10-4:00 PM in 229 Wellman Hall. The problem session meets Mondays from 5:30-7:00 PM in 2112 MSB. First day of classes is Wednesday, September 27.

• The textbook for the course is Fourier Analysis: An Introduction by Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi, Princeton Lectures in Analysis I, Princeton University Press. For a review of the Princeton Lectures in Analysis textbooks, see the article in the [Notices of the AMS].

• Instructor: Craig A. Tracy, email. Office hours 5:30-7:00 PM, Monday, MSB 2112 and 1:00-2:00 PM, Wednesday, MSB 3146.

  TA: Kirill Paramonov, email. Office hours: 11:00 AM to 12 noon, Thursday/Friday, MSB 3123.

  Some background material from analysis. The first problem session on Monday, October 2, will be a review of needed results from analysis.

  Information on the typesetting software LaTeX

     An introduction to LaTeX.

     For a Mac operating system, you can obtain a free package of TeXShop here.

     For those who have a Windows operating system, see MiKTeX.

     An excellent LaTeX manual is Guide to LaTeX by H. Kopka and P. Daly, 4th ed. A short math guide for LaTeX is also useful.

     Here is an example of a simple LaTeX source file and the compiled pdf file.

     Here is a sample file to start your notebook.

  Grading policy.

  Assignments (posted weekly)

      Chapter 1: Exercises 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and Problem 1. To be discussed at the Oct 9 evening problem session. Notebooks on these problems are to be sent to TA on Friday, October 14. (Send pdf file.)

      Chapter 2: Exercises 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11. To be discussed at the Oct 16 problem session. Notebooks on these problems are to be sent to TA on Friday, October 21.

      Chapter 2: Exercises 12, 13, 14, 17, 20. To be discussed at the Oct 23 problem session. Notebooks on these problems to be sent to TA on Friday, October 27.

      Chapter 3: Exercises 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15ab, Problems: 2. To be discussed at the Oct 30 problem session. Notebooks on these problems to be sent to TA on Friday, November 3.

      Chapter 5: Exercises 3, 4, 8, 9. Notebooks on these problems to be sent to the TA on Friday, November 10.

      Chapter 5: Exercises 8, 23 and Problem 7 (page 173). Notebooks on these problems to be sent to the TA on Wednesday, Nov 22. No problem session on Monday,Nov 13. These problems will be discussed in the problem session on Monday, November 20.