Rutgers University   MAT 640:300 - Intro to Mathematical Reasoning
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Smith, Eggen, and Andre
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WEEK LECTURE 1 LECTURE 2 TOPICS READING HOMEWORK
Week 1
9/01, 9/04
Introduction
Propositions
Conditionals
1.1-1.3 1.1, #1,2,4,6,10
due 9/11
Week 2
NO 9/08, 9/11
NO CLASS
MON SCHEDULE
Biconditions
Quantifiers
Predicates
1.3-1.4 1.2, #1(a-d), 2(a-c), 3, 5
1.3 #1(a-e), 6(a,b), 8(a,b)
due 9/15
Week 3
9/15, 9/18
Proof techniques
Modus Ponens
Contraposition
Contradiction
1.4-1.5 1.4 #3, 4, 5(a-e), 6(a,b), 8(a), 9(a)
1.5 #3(a-c), 4(a,b), 5(a), 9, 10
due 9/22
Week 4
9/22, 9/25
QUIZ Division Algorithm
GCD, Euclid's Lemma
Set Theory
1.7, 2.1 1.7 #2(c,f), 4(c), 7(a), 9(c), 11(b), 12(b), 14(a), 16, 17, 20(b), 23(a)
2.1 #3, 4(d), 5(a,j), 19(a)
due 9/29
Week 5
9/29, 10/02
REVIEW Set Operations
Induction
2.2, 2.4 2.2 #1(h-j), 2(j), 3(i), 4, 6(e)
2.4 # 6(b,c,e)
due 10/02
Week 6
10/06, 10/09
MIDTERM 1 Sequences
Limits
4.6 4.6 #1(a,c,d), 2(a,c,d), 5(d,f,j), 6(b,e), 8(c), 9(c), 10(a)
due 10/13
Week 7
10/13, 10/16
Squeeze Theorem
Supremum/infimum
Airline Puzzle
4.6, 7.1
4.6 #5(b,e,k), 6(d,e), 7, 8(d), 9(a), 10(b)
7.1 #3(a-d), 4(c), 5, 6(b)
due 10/20
Week 8
10/20, 10/23
Topology
Open/Closed/Compact
Heine-Borel
7.2 7.2 #1-5, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16
4.6 #4, 5(a,c,g,h,i), 6(a,c), 7, 8(a,b),9(b),10(a)
due 10/27
Week 9
10/27, 10/30
QUIZ Open/Closed/Compact
Heine-Borel
7.2 7.2 #1-5, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16
And write up Quiz solutions
due 11/03
Week 10
11/03, 11/06
REVIEW Compact
Heine-Borel
7.2 7.2 #6, 7, 9(a), 11(a), 19(a, e)
due 11/06
Week 11
11/10, 11/13
MIDTERM 2 Algebraic Structures 6.1 Start reading 6.1, 6.2
Write up Midterm 2 solutions
due 11/17
Week 12
11/17, 11/20
Modular Arithmetic
Groups
6.1-6.3 6.1 #1(a-f), 2(a-f), 3(a-f), 4(a-f), 5(a-f), 6, 7, 14, 15
due 11/24
Week 13
11/24, 11/25
Wed 11/25 Class Groups
Euclidean Algorithm
Modular Inversion
6.2-6.3 6.2 #1(a,b), 2, 3, 6, 9(a), 12, 14, 15
due 12/01
Week 14
12/01, 12/04
QUIZ Rings, Fields
Cantor Diagonalization
6.5 6.5 #2, 13
Compute the Cayley Table for (Z_23,x)
Find the multiplicative inverse of 15 mod 26
Find an integer solution (x,y) to: 21x+13y=1
due 12/08
Week 15
12/08
REVIEW
Week 16
REVIEW SESSION Thurs, 12/17 1:30 - 3 pm Hill 705
Week 17
12/21
FINAL EXAM Mon, 12/21 8-11AM ARC-108