Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
Math 300:04;   Prof. Weibel, Fall 2016


Class meets MW6, in SERC 218 (Busch Campus). Link to Homework assignments

Text for Fall 2016: D. Smith, M. Eggen and R. St. Andre,
A transition to advanced mathematics, Cengage, 2015 (8th ed.)

Exams: There will be two in-class exams and a Final Exam

Tentative Syllabus: We will cover most of the book.
9/7-19: Chapter 1 (Logic and Proofs)
9/21-10/5: Chapter 2 (Sets and Induction)
10/10-12: Review and First Hour Exam
10/17-26: Chapter 3 (Relations and Partitions)
10/31-11/9: Chapter 4 (Functions)
11/7-11/9: Chapter 5 (Cardinality)
11/14-21: Chapter 6 (Concepts of Algebra)
11/23: special lecture by Tom Turkey [Friday class schedule]
11/28-30: Review and Second Hour Exam
12/5-12/14: Sections 4.6, 4.7 and 7.1 (limits and suprema)

Dec 22, 2016: Math 300 Final Exam (4:00 PM-7:00 PM) in SERC 218

Homework for Math 300

DueProblems
9/14 1.2 #8,9,12a ;  1.3 #4,7
9/21 1.4 #4c,5g,8;   1.5 #4a, 7a, 12(a,c);   1.6 #3, 6(e,i)
9/28 2.1 #7, 12, 19(a,b); 2.2 #15(c,d), 20(c,e); 2.3 #1(k,l,m), 16(a,d,e)
10/5 2.3 #19d;   2.4 #1(why?), 4(c,e), 5(c,h,n), 12(c,g);   2.5 #1a, 5, 10
10/122.5 #14(a,c);   2.6 #1, 4(a,b), 7, 13(b), 17(b,c), 21(a), 25(b)
10/263.1 #17(d,f); 3.2 #6(a,b),11; 3.3 #3,8,15
11/2 3.4 #1(h,i,j),4, 9(a,c),12b;  3.5 #4,5,11b,14b,16a
11/9 4.1 #8,18(a,b),19(a,b); 4.2 #7,17(b,c),19(b,d); 4.3 #3(c,d),10(a),11
11/164.4 #2(bc),6,10a; 4.5 #3(bd),9; 4.6 #1(abcd),2(abcd); 5.1 #20,22a; 5.2 #3(df),8
11/286.1 #3(abcd),8a,16e; 6.2 #7a,12a,18ade; 6.3 #6,7,17b>
12/144.6 #5(bf), 6a, 9ab; 4.7 #1(ade),2(ae),7,8b,9c; 7.1 #1ad, 3bd

Course Grades will be determined by counting the Final Exam as double the weight of the HW, and two hour exams.

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