Math 214

Math 214 Schedule

Latex is a programming language to type texts with math content. You need to use some text editor to compile your .tex file, then use a latex compiler to typyset your latex file. In windows, WinEdt (or CTex) is a good software to type and typeset your files. For Mac, MacTex (download it here) is good. Here is a tutorial page for latex. And this page has some tutorial too. (and here) Homework solution will be provided in Blackboard website.

Sample homework: (tex, pdf)
Sample homework answer (tex, pdf)
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Date	Sections	Homework	Other readings
8/25(R)	0, 1.1-1.4		The Grammar According to West
8/30(T)	Irene
9/1(R)	1.5-1.6, 2.1-2.3	Homework 1 (tex, pdf) (due 9/2 F)
9/6(T)	2.4-2.9		implies double negative
9/8(R)	2.10-2.11, 7.2	Homework 2 (tex, pdf) (due 9/9 F)	Knights and Knaves
9/13(T)	3.1-3.2, 4.3		Notes A
9/15(R)	3.2-3.4	Homework 3 (tex, pdf) (due 9/16 F)
9/20(T)	3.3.-3.4, 4.4-4.6
9/22(R)	4.1, 5.1-5.4	Homework 4 (tex, pdf) (due 9/23 F)	prime number Green-Tao Theorem
9/27(T)	11.1-11.4		Reductio ad absurdum Srinivasa Ramanujan
9/29(R)	11.5	Homework 5 (tex, pdf) (due 9/30 F)	Putnam competition Virginia Tech Competition Richard Stanley's seminar
10/4(T)	11.6		divisibility
10/6(R)	Exam 1	review and sample problems brief solution of sample problems	Notes for exam 1
10/11(T)	Fall Break	no class

Date	Sections	Homework	Other readings
10/13(R)	no class
10/18(T)	6.1-6.2	Homework 6 (tex, pdf) (due 10/21 F)	Mathematical induction Another MI site All horses are the same color paradox
10/20(R)	6.3, 6.4		Tower of Hanoi
10/25(T)	4.2,8.1,8.2,8.3	Homework 7 (tex, pdf) (due 10/28 F)	Last digit From Terry Tao's blog 1 From Terry Tao's blog 2
10/27(R)	8.4,8.5,8.6		permutation
11/1(T)	9.1,9.2,9.3	Homework 8 (tex, pdf) (due 11/4 F)	Modular arithmetic Equivalence relation
11/3(R)	9.3, 9.4
11/8(T)	9.5, 9.6	Homework 9 (tex, pdf) (due 11/11 F)
11/10(R)	9.7,10.1		cardinal numbers Hilbert's grand hotel
11/15(T)	10.1, 10.2	Homework 10 (tex, pdf) (do not turn in) review and sample problems brief solution for sample problems	Notes for exam 2
11/17(R)	Exam 2		Georg Cantor
11/22(T)	10.2, 10.3	Homework 11 (tex, pdf) (due 11/30 W)	0.999....
11/24(R)	no class	Thanksgiving	continuum hypothesis
11/29(T)	10.4,10.5		Bernstein–Schroeder theorem space-filling curve
12/1(R)	Review for exam	Review and sample problems	Final Notes
12/13(T)		Final Exam 9am-12noon