Homework Schedule for Math 300D - Spring 2011

Homework 7.5due never Read Section 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Do 5.1 #3, 4, 6, 12, 15
Do 5.2 #3, 5, 8
Do 5.3 #10abde

This assignment will not be collected, but this material will be on the final exam.
Homework 7due May 27 Read Section 4.3, 4.4, 4.5
Do 4.3 #4, 5, 6, 8, 9bd
Do 4.4 #1cd*e*, 2bcde
Do 4.5 #5, 6, 7

HINT: For 4.4 #1d, you may use the fact that every integer k may be written k=2tk1, where t is a non-negative integer and k1 is an odd integer. For 4.4 #1e, use the book's note about the exponential function being one-to-one and onto, but don't use logarithms.
Homework 6due May 20 Read Section 4.2, 4.3
Do 4.1 #11
Do 4.2 #1hj, 4, 6, 15, 17ade, 18ac
Do 4.3 #1bchl, 2bchl
Homework 5due May 13 Read Section 3.2, 4.1
Do 3.2 #5ace, 9, 10bde, 11, 14, 15, 18
Do 4.1 #2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 16bd*

*For part (iv) of 4.1 #16d, the triangle inequality (proved in an earlier homework) may be useful: for all real x and y, |x+y|≤|x|+|y|.
Homework 4due May 6 Read Section 3.2
Do 2.2 #9eg, 10cde, 11abd
Do 2.4 #6kl, 7hl, 8cdf
Do 3.1 #8, 9, 15
Do 3.2 #1abcd
Homework 3.5due never Read Section 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
Do 2.2 #8gh, 12abc, 13d, 15c
Do 2.4 #6aeh, 7abc
Do 3.1 #5acge, 11

I won't collect these problems but this material will be on the midterm.
Homework 3due April 22 Read Section 1.6, 1.7 (pages 60-62 only), 2.1
Do 1.6 #1acegh, 2ce, 4defg, 6abcd, 7
Do 1.7 #2abc, 4
Do 2.1 #4*, 5*, 6, 14ac, 15*, 17*

*No proofs or counter-examples necessary. Just answer T or F.
Homework 2due April 15 Read Section 1.4, 1.5
Do 1.4 #1, 5bcdfgh, 6abdef, 7agjkl, 8, 9a, 11
Do 1.5 #2, 3cdegh, 4bc, 6d, 7abd, 8, 9, 12

For each of the following, include a Statement-Reason Table for the Proof (like we've done in class---a table with a column for Statements and a column for Reasons):
1.4 #6abd, 9
1.5 #4c, 9
Homework 1due April 8 Read the Preface to the Student
  (you're responsible for knowing definitions of words in bold on pages xiv-xvii)
Read Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Do 1.1 #1, 2a-h, 3abdefhij, 4, 6eh, 9abc, 11a-e 13a
Do 1.2 #1, *2acdefg, 3, 5, 6, 7abcd, 8afg, 13, 14, *15, 17
Do 1.3 #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13

*For 1.2 #2 and 15, write each converse and contrapositive in "If..., then..." form.

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