Math 2710 Schedule

Schedule

Date Sections Topics
Tu 09/01 §1.1 Sets, elements, and set notation; set builder notation
Th 09/03 §1.2–1.3 Cartesian products; subsets; counting subsets
Tu 09/08 §1.4–1.5 Power sets; union, intersection, and difference
Th 09/10 §1.6–1.8 Complement; Venn diagrams; indexed sets
Tu 09/15 §2.1–2.3 Statements and truth values; connectives; conditional statements
Th 09/17 §2.4–2.6 Biconditionals; truth tables; logical equivalence
Tu 09/22 §2.7–2.8 Quantifiers; paired quantifiers; implications with open sentences
Th 09/24 §2.9–2.11 Translating into logic; negations; deduction rules
Tu 09/29 Review
Th 10/01 First Midterm
Tu 10/06 §3.1–3.2 Multiplication principle; addition principle
Th 10/08 §3.3–3.5 Permutations; combinations; Pascal’s triangle and binomial theorem
Tu 10/13 §4.1–4.2 Theorems and definitions; division algorithm
Th 10/15 §4.3 Direct proofs; examples
Tu 10/20 §4.3–4.4 Using definitions in proofs; more direct proofs; proof by cases
Th 10/22 §5.1–5.2 Proof by contrapositive; congruences; congruence arithmetic
Tu 10/27 §6.1, §7.1 Proof by contradiction; Euclid’s proof of infinitely many primes; if-and-only-if proofs
Th 10/29 §7.3–7.4 Existence proofs; Euclid’s algorithm; uniqueness proofs; constructive and non-constructive proofs
Tu 11/03 Review
Th 11/05 Second Midterm
Tu 11/10 §8.1–8.3 Proving set membership; set inclusion proofs; set equality proofs
Th 11/12 §9.1–9.3 Counterexamples; disproving universal statements; disproving existence claims
Tu 11/17 §10.1 Introduction to induction; induction proofs; more examples
Th 11/19 §10.2–10.5 Strong induction; strong induction continued; fundamental theorem of arithmetic; Fibonacci numbers; well-ordering principle
Tu 11/24 Thanksgiving Break
Th 11/26 Thanksgiving Break
Tu 12/01 §11.1–11.2 Relations; reflexive, symmetric, and transitive properties
Th 12/03 §11.3–11.6 Equivalence relations; partitions; integers mod n; relations between sets
Tu 12/08 §12.1–12.2 Functions; injective, surjective, and bijective functions
Th 12/10 §12.3–12.6 Pigeonhole principle; composition; inverse functions; image and preimage