Math 303, Spring 2024

Math 303 - Intro to Concepts of Mathematics
Spring 2024

Syllabus

Announcements:
- The final exam will be given on Monday, April 29 from 10:00 am to 11:50 am in the usual lecture room, and will cover the material in Sections 2.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4. No books/notes will be permitted.

Homework Assignments
Homework problems are assigned from the textbook and should be turned in on paper on the due date. Note that a number followed by a sequence of letters (such as 4acd) indicates that you only need to turn in the parts of that problem corresponding to those letters.

- Homework 1, due Friday, January 19

Section 1.1, pages 7-9: #2, 3gij, 5, 13
Section 1.2, pages 16-18: #3, 5abgh, 10, 15

- Homework 2, due Friday, January 26

Section 1.3, pages 27-28: #6, 9abce, 10abefg
Section 1.4, pages 39-41: #5acf, 7j, 9a, 11

- Homework 3, due Friday, February 2

Section 1.5, pages 49-51: #3ce, 4a, 6d, 7a, 12
Section 1.6, pages 61-63: #4abg, 6ad, 9acegi
Read notes on Mathematical Writing Style, pages 64-66 (you don't need to turn anything in for this)

- Homework 4, due Friday, February 16

Section 2.1, pages 92-93: #5, 7, 17
Section 2.2, pages 101-103: #2bdfgi, 5, 9bd
Section 2.3, pages 110-113: #1klm, 16ad

- Homework 5, due Friday, February 23

Section 2.4, pages 123-127: #4df, 5e, 6b
Section 2.5, pages 134-135: #3, 8bc

- Homework 6, due Friday, March 1

Section 3.1, page 161: #2ab, 7abc
Section 3.2, page 172: #6ace
Section 3.3, page 180: #5
Section 3.5, page 197: #3, 5

- Homework 7, due Wednesday, March 27

Section 3.4, pages 186-187: #1acegik, 9a (use the version of Euclid's Lemma stated in class and as Theorem 3.4.4 in book)
Section 4.1, pages 209-211: #1bdefh, 9, 14b, 15d

- Homework 8, due Wednesday, April 3

Section 4.3, pages 227-228: #1fin, 2fin, 5, 6, 8, 9 (you don't need formulas for your functions in #9, you can either list pairs or draw arrow diagrams)
Section 4.4, page 236: #1ab, 2bf, 5b

- Homework 9, due Friday, April 19

Section 5.1, pages 268-269: #1, 2d, 9a, 11b, 18
Section 2.6, pages 147-149: #2, 4, 14, 22ab

- Homework 10, due Monday, April 29 (turn in at the final exam)

Section 5.2, pages 277-278: #7aceg, 11
Section 5.3, pages 285-286: #13a, 14ab
Section 5.4, page 293: #1

Old Announcements:
   - Exam 1 will be given in class on Wednesday, February 7, and will cover the material in Sections 1.1 through 1.7. No books/notes will be permitted.
   - Exam 2 will be given in class on Wednesday, March 6, and will cover the material in Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.5. No books/notes will be permitted.
   - As announced in class on Friday, March 8, there will be a "curve" of 5 points on everyone's Exam 2. Additionally, you may earn 5 more points on Exam 2 by writing up a valid proof of the set inclusion that I gave in class and which can be found here. Please turn in your proof on Monday, March 18.
   - Exam 3 will be given in class on Friday, April 5, and will cover the material in Sections 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, and 4.4. No books/notes will be permitted.