You need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files linked to this page.
The recommended LaTeX system for PC users is WinEdt with MiKTeX.
Both are available for your use in the LS 271 Math Lab.
The recommended LaTeX system for Mac OS X users is TexShop.
A useful introduction to LaTeX is
Getting Started with LaTeX
by David R. Wilkins.
| Class Date | Class Activity and/or Assignment | Comments |
| W Nov 18 | HW: (1) "Homework Writing Assignment No. 4" (2) do page 216 # 6.1.1; and (3) READ pages 226-229 and do page 235 # 6.3.1 (1). |
In-Class Writing No. 9 |
| M Nov 16 | FINAL version of Writing Project Three AND First DRAFT of Writing Project Six due next class! |
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| W Nov 11 | LaTeX file for Writing Project Six. HW: complete "Homework Writing Assignment No. 3". |
Test Two returned. |
| M Nov 9 | Test Two. LaTeX file for Writing Project Four. LaTeX file for Writing Project Five. |
"First Drafts" due November 16! |
| W Nov 4 | Review for Test Two. | |
| M Nov 2 | HW: (1) page 166 # 4.4.11 (1) and 4.4.13 (1); (2) page 175 # 4.5.2 (1); and (3) page 181 # 5.1.1 (1) and (2), 5.1.3 (1) and (2). | |
| W Oct 28 | HW: (1) using your own words, write out proofs that "right inverse iff surjective"
and "left inverse iff injective" and (2) do page 166 # 4.4.1 (1) and (2); 4.4.3 (2); and 4.4.7. |
In-Class Writing No. 8 |
| M Oct 26 | HW: (1) page 158 # 4.3.4, 4.3.5; (2) page 166 # 4.4.2, 4.4.3(1), 4.4.5; and (3) calculate the first twenty-five terms of the Fibonacci sequence. | |
| W Oct 21 |
LaTeX file for Writing Project Three. HW: Complete "In-Class Writing No. 7" and do page 132 # 3.4.1 (2) and (4); page 145 # 4.1.8; page 149 #4.2.3 (4) and 4.2.10 (2); and page 158 # 4.3.1 (4) and 4.3.6. |
"First Draft" due October 28th! |
| M Oct 19 | HW: (1) page 132 # 3.4.1 (3); (2) page 143 # 4.1.7; (3) page 149 # 4.2.1 (3), 4.2.2, 4.2.3 (3), 4.1.10 (1); and (4) page 158 # 4.3.1 (1) and 4.3.3. | |
| W Oct 14 |
LaTeX file for Writing Project Two. HW: page 143 # 4.1.1, 4.1.3, 4.1.5; page 149 # 4.2.1 (1) and (2), and 4.2.3 (2). REMINDER! Final Version of Writing Project One is due NOT LATER than October 21st. |
"First Draft" due October 21st! |
| M Oct 12 | HW: READ pages 129-132 and do page 132 # 3.4.4; and complete "Homework Writing Assignment No. 2". |
Test One returned. |
| W Oct 7 | Test One. | |
| M Oct 5 | Review for Test One. In-Class Writing No. 6 |
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| W Sept 30 | HW: (1) do page 118 # 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.14; and (2) do page 127 # 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.12 and 3.3.22. |
In-Class Writing No. 5 |
| M Sept 28 | In-Class Writing No. 4 HW: READ Section 3.3 (pages 119-126), do page 126 # 3.3.1, 3.3.3, and prove the 2nd De Morgan's Law (see page 123 Theorem 3.3.5 part (vii)). | DRAFT of Writing Project One is due next class! |
| W Sept 23 | LaTeX file for Writing Project One. HW: page 39 # 1.4.1 (3) by symbolic manipulation; READ pages 41-51 and do page 51 # 1.5.10; Show that 6|(n^3-n) for every integer n; READ pages 107-116 and do page 116 # 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.15. |
"First Draft" due September 30th! |
| M Sept 21 |
MTH 20 Writing Projects and
Writing Project Example. HW: (1) Rewrite each value as a "base-ten fraction" (a) 0.103 base four (b) 0.516 base seven (c) 0.0071 base eight (d) 0.0A0D base sixteen; (2) do page 27 # 1.3.1 (3); READ pages 31-39; do page 39 # 1.4.1 (1) and page 51 # 1.5.1. |
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| W Sept 16 | First LaTeX File HW: (1) express 1234 in base two, three, five, eight, and sixteen; and (2) page 27 # 1.3.1 (1) and (2) by symbolic manipulation. |
In-Class Writing No. 3 |
| M Sept 14 | HW: (1) read Section 1.3 (pages 18-27); (2) do page 17 # 1.2.11(5) and page 28 # 1.3.3; and (3) complete "Homework Writing Assignment No. 1". |
In-Class Writing No. 2 |
| W Sept 9 |
Course Information Supplemental Resources HW: (1) be sure you have read and understood the "Course Information" sheet; (2) read the quote from Tamarkin on my office door; (3) get the textbook; (4) read Section 1.2 (pages 4-14); and (5) do page 14 # 1.2.3, 1.2.11 (1) and (2), and 1.2.15. |
In-Class Writing No. 1 |
The textbook for this course is
Ethan D. Bloch,
Proofs and Fundamentals: A First Course in Abstract Mathematics
(Birkhauser, 2000; ISBN 978-0-8176-4111-5).
It will be available at the bookstore by the start of the semester, and can also be obtained through
Internet booksellers such as
amazon.com.
You may wish to read all of the amazon.com "customer reviews" of this book.
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