640:300:H1–Spring 2015

Lecture Notes for 300H.


These are lecture notes that were used in the Spring 2015 section of Math 300 (honors section). These notes are a work in progress. Suggestions and corrections are very welcome.

Lecture notes



Section Title Version date
Section 1 Introduction:Thinking and communicating about mathematics 2-2-2015
Section 2 What do mathematicians study and why? 2-2-2015
Section 3 Communicating mathematics 2-2-2015
Section 4 Mathematical Scenarios 2-6-2015
Section 5 Tools from Logic 2-8-2015
Section 6 First proofs: Elementary set theory 2-11-2015
Section 7 Proof mechanics: Simplifying the goal 2-11-2015
Section 8 Using and abusing variables 2-18-2015
Section 9 Binary relations and binary relationships 3-29-2015
Section 10 Basic Proofs involving real numbers 4-3-2015
Section 11 Mathematical Induction 4-10-2015



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