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07 Nov 2014, 3:23 am

Congratulations!

So you love topology even more now? :wink:

Good luck with the second part. Just out of curiosity, may I ask which book(s) you are using? Or it are local lecture notes?



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07 Nov 2014, 11:25 am

Introduction to Topology, by Crump Baker



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17 Nov 2014, 1:34 am

jrjones9933 wrote:
98 :cheers:


you deserve it!

your hardwork has paid off



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06 Mar 2015, 7:26 pm

I ended up with an 89.7, which was good for an A in the course. I enjoyed learning compactness and separability, but they caused me problems just like everyone else.

This semester, I have Real Analysis with the same professor. The first section on number theory, intervals, and sets was very easy for me. The current section on limits is proving difficult. I can find the limits of the functions just using what I learned in Calculus, but that isn't enough for Analysis. Using epsilon-delta proofs is really making me work for it, and I still haven't really grasped how to apply the squeeze theorem.

I think I like Analysis more than Calculus, but it's still giving me fits trying to work out how to solve the problems. I asked my professor today why he works such easy problems in class relative to the ones he assigns for homework. He (jokingly) replied, "Well, I don't want to have to figure out how to do them!"


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07 Mar 2015, 12:50 am

jrjones9933 wrote:
I ended up with an 89.7, which was good for an A in the course. I enjoyed learning compactness and separability, but they caused me problems just like everyone else.

This semester, I have Real Analysis with the same professor. The first section on number theory, intervals, and sets was very easy for me. The current section on limits is proving difficult. I can find the limits of the functions just using what I learned in Calculus, but that isn't enough for Analysis. Using epsilon-delta proofs is really making me work for it, and I still haven't really grasped how to apply the squeeze theorem.

I think I like Analysis more than Calculus, but it's still giving me fits trying to work out how to solve the problems. I asked my professor today why he works such easy problems in class relative to the ones he assigns for homework. He (jokingly) replied, "Well, I don't want to have to figure out how to do them!"


I graduated in 2008 and I still have nightmares about Real Analysis exams.


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09 Mar 2015, 8:05 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:
I ended up with an 89.7, which was good for an A in the course. I enjoyed learning compactness and separability, but they caused me problems just like everyone else.

This semester, I have Real Analysis with the same professor. The first section on number theory, intervals, and sets was very easy for me. The current section on limits is proving difficult. I can find the limits of the functions just using what I learned in Calculus, but that isn't enough for Analysis. Using epsilon-delta proofs is really making me work for it, and I still haven't really grasped how to apply the squeeze theorem.

I think I like Analysis more than Calculus, but it's still giving me fits trying to work out how to solve the problems. I asked my professor today why he works such easy problems in class relative to the ones he assigns for homework. He (jokingly) replied, "Well, I don't want to have to figure out how to do them!"


Well done. :D
I wish you continued success.



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09 Mar 2015, 10:27 pm

Twice now, I've made the homework more difficult than necessary, by formally proving problems that I just needed to solve. The good news is, I understand limits thoroughly, now. I just hope I continue to have the time I need to devote to this class.


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09 Mar 2015, 10:36 pm

My whole job revolves around algebraic topology. Point sets generated from the malleable data substrate become isomorphic constructs with variable polygon counts when my group is finished. Said job is CGI by the way so you might say I'm learning all this math inside out. :nerdy: > :skull:


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