Approximate Schedule for MAT200, Spring 2010
Week | Topics | Homework | |
1/25 | Administrivia. 1 The Language of Mathematics 2 Implications Laryngitis (actually dysphonia was why I couldn't teach, although I felt pretty bad, too.) |
Do the following, but do not hand in: 1.4, 1.5 (p.9);
2.1, 2.2, 2.5 (p.19) HW 1 (due 2/3) p. 53: 1-5 (solutions). |
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2/1 | 3 Proofs 4 Proof by Contradiction 5 Proof by Induction |
HW 2 (due 2/10): p. 54: problems 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. (solutions). Ungraded problems:3.2 and 3.3(p.29), 4.2 and 4.3(p.37), 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3(p.51). | |
2/8 | 5 Induction (continued) Some snow and stuff. |
HW 3 (due 2/17):
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 5.4 through 5.7 (p. 51-2),
p. 54-56: problems 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25. (solutions). |
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2/15 | 5 Finish induction 6 The Language of Set Theory |
HW 4 (due 2/24):
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 6.4 through 6.7 (p. 72-3),
7.1, 7.5 through 7.8 (p. 86-7).
On pages 115-117: problems 3, 4, 5, 8, 9. (solutions). |
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2/22 | 7 Quantifiers 8 Functions |
HW 5 (due 3/10):
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 8.1, 8.3, 8.5 (p.99) On pages 117-119: problems 11, 12, 13, 15 (solutions). | |
3/1 |
8 Functions, continued 9 Injections, Surjections, and Bijections. |
HW 6 (due 3/10):
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 9.1, 9.2, 9.4 (p. 113-4). pages 117-119: problems 16, 18, 19, 20 (solutions). |
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3/8 | 10 Counting 11 Properties of Finite Sets. | No homework due next week, since you should study for the exam. To help you do so, here is a copy of the exam I gave in Fall 2006, and the solutions. | |
3/15 | First midterm on Mar 15. 11 Properties of Finite Sets (continued) |
Here is the exam, and the
solutions. HW 7 (due 3/24): Ungraded problems (answers in back): 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 (p. 132), 11.2, 11.5, 11.6 (p.143) On pages 182-184: problems 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12. (solutions). |
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3/22 | 12 Counting Functions and Subsets. | Have a fun and enjoyable break! | |
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4/5 |
The Binomial Theorem, 13 Number Systems. |
HW 8 (due 4/14):
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 12.1
through 12.5, 13.1 through 13.3 On page 185-6: problems 17, 18, 23, 24, and 25. (solutions). |
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4/12 |
14 Counting Infinite Sets. |
HW 9
Ungraded problems (answers in back): 14.1, 14.2,
and 14.3. On page 186: problems 26, 27, 28 (don't hand in). (solutions). |
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4/19 | Review stuff in a probably futile attempt to clear up confusion. | ||
4/26 | Second midterm on 4/26 19 Modular Arithmetic. 21 Congruence Classes. |
Here is the second exam, and the
solutions. HW 10 All the problems are ungraded. (answers in back): 19.1, 19.3, 19.5, 21.2, 22.2, 22.3 On pages 271-273: problems 1, 3, 7, 13, 17, 18. (solutions). |
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5/3 | 22 Partitions and Equivalence Relations. |
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