Stony Brook University
MAT 511 -- Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics -- Fall 2009

* Index
* Course Description
* Teaching Staff, Office Hours
* Syllabus and Homework

Schedule, Syllabus and Homework for Fall 2009

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

Week of Sections Homework Notes
Aug 31 Careful write-up of proof that a number is rational if and only if its decimal representation eventually repeats.
Sep 7 1.1
1.2
1abdfhjk, 2bdfh, 4bdfhjl, 5abde, 10bfhikl, 12
1bceghik, 2bcik, 3aceg, 4bfg, 5fg
No class
Monday 9/7
Sep 14 1.3
1.4
1cdek, 2cdek, 5acd, 6acefg, 7bcegh, 8c, 11
 
Sep 21
Homework 2
Sep 28 Homework 3 (PDF) Monday class
on Tuesday

Oct 5 Homework 4 (PDF)
 
Oct 12 3.1, 3.2 Homework 5 (PDF)
Oct 19

Homework 6 (PDF)
Oct 26 4.3, 4.4 Homework 7 (PDF)
Nov 2 4.4, 4.5
Homework 8 (PDF)
Nov 9 Homework 9 (PDF)
Be able to reproduce the proof that there cannot be a one-one correspondence between a set and its power set.
Nov 16
Nov 23 5.2
5.3
1acdg, 2bdf, 3, 5abd
1, 11, 13a
Monday
only!
Nov 30

Homework 11 (PDF)
Dec 7