Mathematics 300: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning

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Course web site:

Text:

Office Hours:

Grading:

Midterm 1, Tuesday, February 26 in class, 20%

Midterm 2, Tuesday, April 8 in class, 20%

Final exam, see below, 40%

Weekly Homeworks, 20% total.

Final exam:

Section 03 (TF3): Thursday May 8, 2008 at 12pm-3pm in SEC 205

Section 01 (TF2): Wednesday May 14, 2008 at 4pm-7pm in ARC 110

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The final exam will cover chapters 1-5 in the textbook.

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To prepare for the final, I suggest doing the following:

1) Read through the book and think about what you read. Make sure you know what definitions and theorems say. And make sure you know when they apply. For example, a function can be bijective, but it does not make sense to ask if two sets are bijective. Use the examples as a way to check that you understood the statements of theorems and definitions correctly; if unexpected things happen in an example, it may be because you didn't understand a theorem or definition that it uses. Make sure you can formulate the theorems and definitions yourself without looking in the book, and without memorizing the exact phrasing used in the book. (I.e. know what they mean and how to express that.) As always, logical symbols are preferred.

2) IMPORTANT: Review the two midterms. MAKE SURE you know EXACTLY how to solve all the problems there to PERFECTION! Even better, redo the problems from the midterms without looking at your earlier answers, then compare afterwards. Follow the template for writing proofs that I explained in class after the 2nd midterm.

3) IMPORTANT: Review the homework problems. Make sure you at least know EXACTLY how to solve the problems that were graded. Even better, redo the problems, especially the ones that were graded.

Math 300 Clinic:

Midterm 2:

D < 18 ≤ C < 25 ≤ B < 49 ≤ A

Homework Policy:

1) Late homework is not accepted.

2) It is fine to discuss the problems with others, but writeups must be individual. If you have received help for solving a problem, then cite your source(s).

Homework assignments will appear on the course web site.

Assigned homework sets: