Course description
Exams
Two midterm
exams and a final exam will be given. The duration of each midterm
exam is 50 minutes, the duration of the final exam is two hours.
Be prepared for questions needing detailed explanation, but
also for multiple choice questions.
Makeup exams may be given only in rare cases, such as: death of a
family member, religious (or similar) observances, mandatory
attendance to an official Purdue event. In any of these cases
please contact the professor at least one week in advance.
The midterm exams and the final exam will all include
exercises preparing students for taking the Actuary Exam P1.
Cheating will not be tolerated. If caught, your punishment may
range from a score of zero in the respective quizz or exam to a
failing grade in the course with a referral to the University
Disciplinary Commitee.
MIDTERM 1: Date: Friday,
February 24
Time: 12:30pm, in class
Duration: 50 min
Topics: Chapter 3 : the definition with neighborhoods of the
convergence of a sequence to a limit, the definition with epsilon
of the convergence of a sequence to a limit, the good behavior of
limits w.r.t. the algebraic structure of R, the good behaviour of
limits w.r.t. the order structure of R, Squeeze theorem in general
case, Squeeze theorem to prove the convergence to 0 of a positive
sequence less or equal to a sequence converging to 0, important
theorems and their corollaries, proofs and applications (any
convergent sequence is bounded, any monotone and bounded sequence
is convergent, any bounded sequence has a convergent subsequence,
any subsequence of a convergent sequence goes to the same limit as
the sequence, a sequence is Cauchy iff it is convergent, any
increasing unbounded sequence goes to infinity, any decreasing
unbounded sequence goes to -infinity, Squeeze theorem for
sequences with infinite limit), the property that the product
between a bounded sequence a sequence converging to 0 will go to
0. Be prepared to give proofs.
Style: Show your work+multiple choice questions
Contents: 5 problems + 1 extra credit problem
MIDTERM 2: Date:
Time: 12:30pm, in class
Duration: 50 min
Topics:
Style: Show your work+multiple choice questions
Contents: 5 problems + 1 extra credit problem
FINAL EXAM: Date: Saturday ,
May 5, 2012
Time: 8 am
Duration: 2h
Location: ARMS 1109
Review Session:
Additional office hours:
Style: Show your work+multiple choice questions
Contents: 7 problems + 2 extra credit problems
Topics: Everything
Quizzes
Two in class quizzes will be given. Maximum score for each
quizz: 50 points.
QUIZZ 1: Date: Wednesday,
February 1
Time: 12:30pm, in class
Duration: 25 minutes
Topics: Chapter 2 (Algebraic properties of R, order properties of
R, definitions and properties of absolute value, definition and
properties of epsilon-neighborhood of a, definition and
characterisation of sup, the Completeness Property of R and its
interpretations, equalities and inequalities involving sup,
Archimedean property in its 4 alternative forms, the density of Q
in R in its 2 equivalent forms, Nested Intervals Property and the
Uncountability of R). Be prepared to give small proofs.
Style: Show your work+multiple choice questions
Contents: 2 problems + 1 extra credit problem
QUIZZ 2: Date:
Time: 12:30pm, in class
Duration: 25 minutes
Topics:
Style: Show your work+multiple choice questions
Contents: 2 problems + 1 extra credit problems
Grades
All final grades will be posted on Banner so that
students will be able to confidentially view them.
Grade Distribution
100 points: the homeworks
100 points: the quizzes (50 points each)
400 points: the Midterms (200 points each)
400 points: the final exam
TOTAL: 1000 points
A: 870-1000
B:750-869
C:630-749
D:500-629
F:<500
In case of campus emergency any date can be subject to change. New
information will be announced on this webpage.