M381c Spring 2014
This schedule is tentative.



Week
Dates
Daily
Homework
1
Aug 27-29
Wed: We'll start with an introduction to the course and Chapter 1 of WZ.
Fri: We'll continue with Chapter 1 of WZ and possibly Chapter 3 of WZ. We will skip Chapter 2 for now and come back to it later.
Homework #1
Chapter 1:
1klmq, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18.

Due: Fri Sept 5.

Read chapter 1 and get started on chapter 3.

homework hints
2
Sept 1-5
Mon: Labor day (no class)
Tues: last day of official add/drop period.
Wed: We studied outer measure.
Fri: We showed the measurable sets form a sigma-algebra.  Homework #1 due.
Homework #2
Chapter 3:
4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 17, 20, 24.

Due: Wed Sept 10.

Read chapter 3 and get started on Chapter 4.

homework hints
3
Sept 8-12
Mon: We showed outer measure is countably additive when restricted to measurable sets and proved a continuity theorem for measures.
Wed: We characterized measurable sets.
Fri: We covered measurable functions.

Lecture notes: these are outlines of the lectures sans proofs. Please let me know if you spot an error. Also your questions are most welcome.
Homework #3
Chapter 3:
25
Chapter 4: 3, 5, 6, 8, 12.

Due: Wed Sept 17.
 
Read Chapter 4 and get started on Chapter 5.

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4
Sept 15-19
Mon: We started Littlewood's 3 principles (measurable sets are nearly intervals, measurable functions are nearly continuous and convergent sequences are nearly uniformly convergent).
Wed: The plan is to cover Lusin's Theorem, convergence in measure and integrating bounded functions.
Fri: The plan is to define Lebesgue integration, prove linearity, and prove the bounded convergence theorem.

Lecture notes: these are outlines of the lectures sans proofs. Please let me know if you spot an error. Also your questions are most welcome.
Homework #4
Chapter 4: 15, 18, 19.
Chapter 5: 2, 4, 9, 13.

Due: Wed Sept 24.
 
Read Chapter 5.

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5
Sept 22-26
Mon: Convergence Theorems.
Wed: Differentiation.
Fri: We went over the Riemann integral, proved that the set of compactly supported continuous functions are dense in L^1, and defined the maximal function.
Homework #5
Chapter 5: 10, 11, 21.

Due: Wed Oct 1.
 
Read the part of Chapter 2 on functions of bounded variation and Chapter 7. We'll skip the Riemann-Stieltjes integral.

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6
Sept 29-Oct 3

Mon: We will finish the proof of Lebesgue's Differentiation Theorem and start on the proof that monotone functions are differentiable.
Wed: We will differentiate monotone functions and functions of bounded variation.
Fri: Exam. The exam will cover chapter 3-5. It will not have differentiation.

Exam solutions
Homework #6
Chapter 7: 1, 2 (convolution is defined on page 93), 4.
Chapter 2: 1, 4, 7.

Hint for chapter 7 #2: work out the case when phi is a scalar multiple of a characteristic function of a set first.

Due: Wed Oct 8.

Read the part of Chapter 2 on functions of bounded variation and Chapter 7. We'll skip the Riemann-Stieltjes integral.

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7
Oct 6-10
Mon: Differentiation of monotone functions.
Wed: Absolutely continuous functions and convex functions.
Fri: L^p classes.
Homework #7
Chapter 7: 6, 10, 11, 12, 14.
Chapter 8: 2.

Due: Wed Oct 15.

Read: Chapters 8 & 10.
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8
Oct 13-17
Mon: Banach spaces.
Wed: Hilbert spaces.
Fri: Signed measures and the Hahn Decomposition (chapter 10).

Lecture notes: these are outlines of the lectures. Please let me know if you spot an error. Also your questions are most welcome.
Homework #8
Chapter 8: 4, 5 (just the first question), 6, 11, 12, 13, 14a, 15.

Due: Wed Oct 22.

Read: Chapters 8 & 10. (we'll skip chapter 9 and come back to it later). You might also peruse the lecture notes.

homework hints
9
Oct 20-24
Mon: Jordan decomposition. (Early voting begins)
Wed: Radon-Nikodym Theorem (Last day a graduate student may change registration in a class to or from the credit/no credit basis.)
12-1 on Wed: homework session in RLM 10.176.
Fri: The dual of L^p.
Homework #9
Chapter 10: 2, 9, 24.

Due: Wed Oct 29.

Read: 10.1-10.4 and 11.1, 11.2, 11.4. (we're skipping some optional material). You might also peruse the lecture notes.

homework hints
10
Oct 27-31
Mon: Outer measure
Wed: Caratheodory's Extension Theorem
Fri: Exam 2

Exam solutions
Homework #10: click here for .pdf.

Due: Wed Nov 5.

Read: 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, chapter 6. (we're skipping some optional material). You might also peruse the lecture notes.

homework hints
11
Nov 3-7
Mon: Product measures
Tues: voting day
Wed: Fubini's Theorem and Tonelli's Theorem
Fri: Fubini's Theorem and Tonelli's Theorem
Homework #11
Chapter 6: 1, 5, 6, 10.
Chapter 9: 2, 3, 4.

Due: Wed Nov 12.

Read: Chapters 6 and 9 (we're skipping some of 6.3 and we might skip 9.3, 9.4). You might also peruse the lecture notes and Arveson's notes.

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12
Nov 10-14
Mon: Convolutions
Wed: Convolutions
Fri: Spaces of measures
Homework #12
Chapter 8
: 8.
Chapter 9: 5, 6, 7, 10 (hint: see the proof of 9.16).
Chapter 10
: 16, 26.

Due: Wed Nov 19.

Read: Chapter 9 (we might skip 9.3, 9.4). You might also peruse the lecture notes and Arveson's notes.

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13
Nov 17-21

Homework #13: click here for .pdf.

Due: Wed Nov 26.

Read: The last chapter of the book. You might also peruse the lecture notes and Arveson's notes.
homework hints
14
Nov 24-28
Thurs-Fri: Thanksgiving
Homework #14: click here for .pdf.

Due: Wed Dec 3.

Read: The last chapter of the book. You might also peruse the lecture notes.
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15
Dec 1-5
Fri: Last Class day. Also last day a graduate student or a law student may, with the required approvals, drop a class or withdraw from the University.
Practice problems for the final.
(this is not to be turned in).

Some solutions to the practice problems.
16
Dec 8-12
The final starts Wednesday Dec 10. I'll email it to you in the morning. Please return it to my office by Thursday Dec 11 3pm.
The final (with solutions).

 
Happy Holidays!