Stony Brook University
MAT 511 -- Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics -- Summer 2010

* Index
* Course Description
* Syllabus and Schedule

Schedule, Syllabus and Homework for Summer 2010

Sections and Exercises from Smith, Eggen, St. Andre A Transition to Advanced Mathematics, 6th Ed.

Week of Sections Homework Notes
June 1 Careful write-up of proof that a number is rational if and only if its decimal representation eventually repeats.
June 3 1.1
1.2
1.3 		1abdfhjk, 2bdfh, 4bdfhjl, 5abde, 10bfhikl, 12
1bceghik, 2bcik, 3aceg, 4bfg, 5fg
1cdek, 2cdek, 5acd, 6acefg, 7bcegh, 8c, 11
June 8 1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7 		4, 5,8, 9ce, 11
4,5,9,10
3, 6, 7ef, 8
4, 7, 10, 11, 12
 
June 10 2.1
2.2
AND 		3,5,10,18
1,6,12,17
Homework 2
June 15 Homework 3 (PDF)
June 17 Homework 4 (PDF)
 
June 22 3.1, 3.2 Homework 5 (PDF)
June 24

Homework 6 (PDF)
July 1 4.3, 4.4 Homework 7 (PDF)
July 6 4.4, 4.5
 		Homework 8 (PDF)
July 8 Homework 9 (PDF)
Be able to reproduce the proof that there cannot be a one-one correspondence between a set and its power set.
July 13? End of Class?
Nov 23 5.2
5.3 		1acdg, 2bdf, 3, 5abd
1, 11, 13a 		Monday
only!
Nov 30

Homework 11 (PDF)
Dec 7