Tentative Course Schedule for Math 300 - Spring '11

(This schedule is subject to change. Changes will be announced in lecture)
Last updated 05/15

 

 

Week

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

1

March 28
Intro + §1 (Def, Statements, etc)

March 30
§2: Implications; Prop, Thms, etc

April 1
§3:
Proofs

2

April 4
§3: Proofs

§4 Proof by Contradiction

April 6
§4 Proof by Contradiction
Graded HW 1 due (Ch 1-3)

April 8
§5
Proof by Induction

3

April 11
§5
Proof by Induction (WS)

April 13
§6 Sets (WS)
Graded HW 2 due (Ch 4-5)

April 15
§6 Sets (WS)

4

April 18
§7 Quantifiers

 April 20
Application: §8.3 Limits
§8 Functions

Graded HW 3 due (Ch 6-7)

April 22
§9 Injections, Surjections, Bijections
(WS)

5

April 25
Catch up / start review

April 27
Review
Graded HW 4 due (Ch 7-9) 

April 29
MIDTERM

6

May 2
Midterm Return
& Discuss
Definition counting & finite sets (§10,11)

May 4
Counting & Finite Sets (§10,11)
(proof of Lemma 10.1.4 & corollaries)

May 6
Counting & Finite Sets (§10,11)
(other corollaries)

7

May 9
Counting Principles (§10,11)

May 11
Permutations & Combinations WS(§12)
Graded HW 5 due

May 13
Finish §12 (Binomial Coeff & Thm)

start §13 Number Systems

8

May 16
§13 Number Systems WS

May 18
§14 Infinite Sets

Cantor Hotel Handout
Graded HW 6 due

May 20
§14 Infinite Sets

9

May 23
§14 Infinite Cardinalities/
§16 Euclidean Algorithm

May 25
§19 Congruences/
§20 Linear Congruences

Graded HW 7 due

May 27
§20 Linear Congruences
§24 Fermat’s Little Theorem

10

May 30
-- No Class --

June 1
Review
Last HW due (not collected)

June 3
 Review