Schedule for MAT200

All references are to Peter Eccles: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning

We will roughly cover the following sections of the textbook: Ch 1-20. However, we might deviate from the textbook at some points. Things may change throughout the semester, so keep checking back regularly.



Week Date Sections Assignment
1 Feb. 1
Feb. 3
Class cancelled
Ch 1. Statements and logical connectives and truth tables
HW 1 (Due Feb 10)
2 Feb. 8
Feb. 10
Finish truth tables then Ch 2. Implications
Ch 3. Proofs
HW 2 (Due Feb 17)
3 Feb. 15
Feb. 17
Ch 4. Proof by Contradiction
Ch 5. Induction
HW 3 (Due Feb 24 4pm)
4 Feb. 22
Feb. 24
Ch 5. Recursive Definitions
Ch 6. Sets
HW 4 (Due Mar 3 4pm)
5 Mar. 1
Mar. 3
Ch 6. Sets
Ch 7. Quantifiers
HW 5 (Due Mar 10 4pm)
6 Mar. 8
Mar. 10
Ch 8. Functions
Midterm 1 4:25PM-5:45PM (Practice Problems)
HW 6 (Due Mar 17 4pm)
7 Mar. 15
Mar. 17
Ch 8. Images, preimages, surjectivity, injectivity
Ch 9. Inverse functions
HW 7 (Due Mar 24 4pm)
8 Mar. 22
Mar. 24
Counting
Pigeonhole principle
HW 8 (Due Mar 31 4pm)
9 Mar. 29
Mar. 31
Ch11/12 Properties of finite sets
Ch 14. Definition of |A|>|B| for infinite sets
Last slide of lecture video (the pictoral bijection) is corrected on uploaded slides.
HW 9 (Due Apr 7 4pm)
10 Apr. 5
Apr. 7
Ch. 14 Countability
Ch. 14 Uncountability of P(N) and Cantor's theorem


11 Apr. 12
Apr. 14
Irrationality of sqrt(2)
Midterm 2 4:25PM-5:45PM (Practice Problems with solutions)


12 Apr. 19
Apr. 21
Ch 15, 16
Ch 16,17
HW 10 (Due Apr 28 4pm)
13 Apr. 26
Apr. 28
Ch 23
Ch 19
HW 11 (Due May 5 4pm)

14 May 3
May 5
Ch 20
Ch 24
May 18 Final Exam
2:15pm-5pm