Prerequisite Course/Knowledge:

Elementary knowledge of Calculus Much of mathematics relies on our ability to be able to solve equations, if not in explicit exact forms, then at least in being able to establish the existence of solutions. To do this requires a knowledge of so-called "analysis", which in many respects is just Calculus in very general settings. The foundations for this work are commenced in Real Analysis, a course that develops this basic material in a systematic and rigorous manner in the context of realvalued functions of a real variable.
Instructor: Uttam Singh
Office: Vindhya B5, 205B
Tutors: ..

Detailed Syllabus:

Unit 1 [9 hours]

Sequence of real No, Bounded and Unbounded Sets, Supremum, Infimum, Limit points of a set, Closed Set, Countable and uncountable sets. Sequences, Limit points of a Sequence. Limits Inferior and Superior, Convergent sequence, Non convergent sequence, Cauchy General Principle of Convergence, bounded and monotone sequence, Infinite Series, Positive Term Series, Convergence of series of real numbers, Necessary condition, Absolute convergence and power series, Convergence tests for series.

Unit 2 [9 hours]

Mean value theorems (Rolle’s Theorem, Cauchy Mean Value Theorem, Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorem), Indeterminate forms, Taylors Series, Partial derivatives. Integration as a limit of a sum, some integrable functions, Fundamental theorem of Calculus, Mean Value Theorems of Integral calculus, Integration by parts, Change of variable in an integral, Second Mean value theorem, Multiple integrals

Unit 3 [7.5 hours]

Vector, Vector operations, Products, Areas and Determinants in 2D, Gradients, Curl and Divergence, Volumes and Determinants in space. Differential equations of first order and first degree. Linear ordinary differential equations of higher order with constant coefficients. Elements of Partial Differential Equation (PDE).

Unit 4 [7.5 hours]

Analytic function of complex variable, CR Equation, harmonic functions, Laplace equation, applications.

Unit 5 [9 hours]

Integration of a function of a complex variable, M-L inequalities. Cauchy’s Integral Theorem. Cauchy’s Integral formula. Taylor’s and Laurent Expansion, Poles and Essential Singularities, Residues, Cauchy’s residue theorem, Simple contour integrals.

A project related to the above syllabus will be done by students to be submitted by the end of the semester.

Reference Textbooks:

  • Rudin, Walter, Principles of Mathematical Analysis, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1976.
  • Bartle, Robert G., The Elements of Real Analysis, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1976. (for Fourier Series)
  • Ross, Kenneth A., Elementary Analysis. The Theory of Calculus, 2nd ed., Springer, 2013.
  • Kreyszig, Erwin, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Wiley, 1983.
  • Goldberg, Richard R., Methods of Real Analysis, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1976.
  • Churchill, Ruel V. and Brown, James Ward, Complex Variables and Applications, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 1984.
  • Ahlfors, Lars V., Complex Analysis, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Assesment method and weightages:

  • Assignments in theory: 10 marks
  • Quizzes in theory: 10 marks
  • Mid Semester Examination in theory: 20 marks
  • End Semester Examination in Theory: 30 marks
  • Assessment project: 30 marks

Syllabus covered:

Unit 1 [7.5 hours]

Peano axioms, Addition of natural numbers, Cancellation law, Multiplication of natural numbers, Principle of well ordering, Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, Russel's paradox, Functions and their composition, Images, Inverse images, Power set, Cardinality, Finite/Infinite sets, Integers, Negation of integers, Rationals, Reciprocal of rationals, Absolute value, Distance between rationals, Division algorithm, epsilon-closeness, Gaps in rational numbers

Unit 2 [9 hours]

Textbooks being used:

  • Robert G. Bartle, Donald R. Sherbert, Introduction to Real Analysis, 4th ed., John-wiley & Sons, Inc, 2011.
  • Terence Tao, Analysis I, 3rd ed., Springer, 2016.

Assesment method and weightages [To be decided]:

  • Assignments in theory: 20 marks
  • Quizzes in theory: 20 marks
  • Mid Semester Examination in theory: 20 marks
  • End Semester Examination in Theory: 40 marks

Course Calendar

Week Date Lecture Homework
01 05/08/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 1 (Notes by Satkar Juneja)
Peano axioms, Addition of natural numbers, Cancellation law
08/08/25 [Friday] Lecture 2 (Notes by Shradha Kedia)
Multiplication of natural numbers, Principle of well ordering, Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, Russel's paradox
02 12/08/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 3 (Notes by Shradha Kedia)
Functions and their composition, Images, Inverse images, Power set
15/08/25 [Friday] Independence day (No class)
03 19/08/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 4 (Notes by Akshay Gupta)
Cardinality, Finite/Infinite sets, Integers, Negation of integers, Rationals, Reciprocal of rationals
22/08/25 [Friday] Lecture 5 (Notes by Akshay Gupta)
Absolute value, Distance between rationals, Division algorithm for natural numbers, epsilon-closeness, Gaps in rational numbers
04 26/08/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 6 (Notes by Shradha Kedia)
Division algorithm for integers, Principle of infinite descent, Interspersing of integers by rationals, Interspersing of rationals by rationals (density property of rationals), Gaps in rationals
29/08/25 [Friday] Quiz 1 Solution of Quiz 1
05 02/09/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 7 (Notes by Aryan Pravin)
Sequences of rationals, Cauchy sequences, Equivalence of sequences, Bounded sequences, Real numbers as formal limit of rationals, Addition, multiplication and reciprocal of reals
04/09/25 [Thursday] Lecture 8 (Notes by Sanyam Asthana)
Positive and negative real numbers, Closure of set of nonnegative reals, Archimedian property of reals, Density property of reals, Upper and least upper bounds, Existence of least upper bound on a subset of reals
06 09/09/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 9 (Notes by Satkar Juneja)
Existence of least upper bound on the subset of reals, Convergence of sequences of real numbers, Rational powers of real numbers
12/09/25 [Friday] Lecture 10 (Notes by Sanyam Asthana)
Bounded sequences, Monotone convergence theore, Limit laws, Extended real line, Limits of some general sequences
07 16/09/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 11 (Notes by Uttam Singh)
Limit points of a sequence, Relation between limits and limit points, Limit superior and limit inferior
19/09/25 [Friday] Lecture 12 (Notes by Uttam Singh)
Relation between limsup, liminf, sup, and inf, Relation between convergent sequences and their limsup and liminf, Completeness of the set of all real numbers
Assignment 1
Due Tue 10/10
08 24/09/25 [Tuesday] Mid Sem Mid-Sem Question Paper
26/09/25 [Friday] Lecture 13 (Notes by Ambika S)
Relation between limit points and limit superior and limit inferior, Squeeze test for convergence of sequences, Subsequences, Relation between (non)convergence of sequences and the existence of convergent subsequences
09 30/09/25 [Tuesday] Lecture 14 (Notes by Uttam Singh)
Relation between limit points and the existence of convergent subsequences, Real powers of real numbers, Finite series, Algebra of finite series
03/10/25 [Friday]
10 07/10/25 [Tuesday]
10/10/25 [Friday]
11 14/10/25 [Tuesday]
17/10/25 [Friday]
12 21/10/25 [Tuesday] No Class
24/10/25 [Friday]
13 28/10/25 [Tuesday] Quiz 2
31/10/25 [Friday]
14 04/11/25 [Tuesday] No Class
07/11/25 [Friday]
15 11/11/25 [Tuesday]
14/11/25 [Friday]
16 18/11/25 [Tuesday]
21/11/25 [Friday] No Class
17 25/11/25 [Tuesday] End Sem