Syllabus and further reading

Final syllabus

  • Chapter 1 and 2: While not explicitly part of the syllabus, this material is used and taken for granted in this course.
  • Chapter 3: Sections 1–5. Section 3.6 might be useful for context in Sec. 4.8.
  • Chapter 4: Sections 1–10 (but not the section on Abel's theorem in Sec. 4.4),
  • Chapter 5: Sections 1–5. Apart from Sec. 5.5, this should be familiar from MAT1125. If you have not taken that course, or need a brushing-up, consult the textbook.
  • Chapter 6: Sections 1–2 and Sec. 3–4 of this note (corresponding to 6.7–6.8 in Spaces, but in Euclidean space).
  • Chapter 7: Sections 1 and 3–8. You might want to consult Ch. 1 of my note on measure and integration, which emphasises what I find most important. In particular, Sec. 1.8 is a much simplified version of Spaces' Sec. 7.8.
  • Chapter 8: Sections 1–4. You do not need a detailed understanding of this material; consult Ch. 2 of my note on measure and integration to get an overview.

Supplementary material

If you are looking for alternative textbooks to Lindstrøm's Spaces, I can recommend the following:

  • W. Rudin. Principles of mathematical analysis. Starts very basic, but still covers a substantial part of our syllabus. Available from the Internet Archive.
  • T.W. Körner. A companion to analysis. Covers parts of Ch. 1–6. Starts at a somewhat lower lever, and is more detailed and verbose than Spaces.
  • R. G. Bartle. The Elements Of Integration And Lebesgue Measure. A great, quite compact, introduction to measure and integration theory. Covers most of Chapters 7 and 8. Available from the Internet Archive.
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