18.100A Real Analysis (Fall 2020, MIT OCW): Lecture 17 - Uniform Continuity and the Definition of the Derivative

18.100A Real Analysis

18.100A Real Analysis (Fall 2020, MIT OCW). Instructor: Dr. Casey Rodriguez. This course covers the fundamentals of mathematical analysis: convergence of sequences and series, continuity, differentiability, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, uniformity, and the interchange of limit operations. It shows the utility of abstract concepts through a study of real numbers, and teaches an understanding and construction of proofs. (from ocw.mit.edu)

Lecture 17 - Uniform Continuity and the Definition of the Derivative

Instructor: Dr. Casey Rodriguez. We wrap up our current study of continuous functions by considering uniform continuity. We show that uniform continuity is equivalent to continuity on a closed and bounded interval, and begin to consider the derivative of a function.

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Lecture 01 - Sets, Set Operations and Mathematical Induction

Lecture 02 - Cantor's Theory of Cardinality (Size)

Lecture 03 - Cantor's Remarkable Theorem and the Rationals' Lack of the Least Upper Bound Property

Lecture 04 - The Characterization of the Real Numbers

Lecture 05 - The Archimedean Property, Density of the Rotations, and Absolute Value

Lecture 06 - The Uncountability of the Real Numbers

Lecture 07 - Convergent Sequences of Real Numbers

Lecture 08 - The Squeeze Theorem and Operations Involving Convergent Sequences

Lecture 09 - Limsup, Liminf, and the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem

Lecture 10 - The Completeness of the Real Numbers and Basic Properties of Infinite Series

Lecture 11 - Absolute Convergence and the Comparison Test for Series