Math 214 - Foundation of Mathematics (Fall 2012)



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Tetative Syllabus for Math 214
(subject to change with time)

Time Class content Section covered Remarks
R August 30 Introduction; Set theory 1.1-1.6 hw1
T Sept 4 Logic 2.1-2.4 Truth table and puzzle problems
R Sept 6 Quantifier statements 2.10, 7.2 hw2
T Sept 11 Method of Proofs 3.1-3.2, 4.4-4.6
R Sept 13 Proof by Contrdictions 3.3, 5.1-5.4 hw3
T Sept 18 Induction-1 6.1-6.2 two examples
R Sept 20 Induction-2 6.3-6.4 hw4
T Sept 25 Divisibility and Division Theorem 11.1-11.2
R Sept 27 GCD and Euclidean Algorithm 11.3-11.4 hw5
T Oct 2 Relative prime integers 11.5
R Oct 4 Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic 11.6
T Oct 9 Congruence modulo n 8.5, 8.6
R Oct 11 Test 1 everything covered so far
T Oct 16 no class (Fall break)
R Oct 18 Relations and equivalence relations-1 8.1-8.3
T Oct 23 Relations and equivalence relations-2 8.4 hw6
R Oct 25 functions-1 9.1, 9.3
T Oct 30 functions-2 9.4, 9.5 hw7
R Nov 1 functions-3 9.6
T Nov 6 function-4 9.2, 9.7 hw8
R Nov 8 finite sets and permutations 9.2, 9.7 hw9
T Nov 13 denumerable sets 10.1-10.2 hw10
R Nov 15 Uncountable sets 10.3 how to count infinity (video)
T Nov 20 Test 2 everything covered after Test 1
R Nov 22 thanksgiving break no class
T Nov 27 Cardinalities of sets 10.4
R Nov 29 Cater-Schroder-Berstein Theorem 10.5 hw11
T Dec 4 limit of functions
R Dec 6 final review
Wednesday Dec 12 Final Exam: 2pm--5pm Location: TBD

Overall plan