Math 214 Schedule

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Date

Sections

Homework

Other readings

1/22(R)

0, 1.1

 

The Grammar According to West writing tips
1/27(T)
1.2-1.6 Homework 1 (tex, pdf) (due 1/23 R) set set of all sets partition of set

1/29(R)

2.1-2.9


de Morgan's law

2/3(T)

2.1-2.10

Homework 2 (tex, pdf) (due 1/30 R)

implies double negative

2/5(R)

2.10-2.11, 7.2
Quiz 1
Knights and Knaves

2/10(T)

3.1-3.4

Homework 3 (tex, pdf) (due 2/6 R)

Fermat's Last Theorem
prime number Goldbach conjecture
Twin prime conjecture

2/12(R)

4.1, 4.3

Notes 1

2/17(T)

4.4-4.6, 5.1

Homework 4 (tex, pdf) (due 2/13 R)


2/19(R)

5.2-5.5
Quiz 2
Reductio ad absurdum

2/24(T)

11.1-11.4

Homework 5 (tex, pdf) (due 2/20 R)

Srinivasa Ramanujan

2/26(R)

11.3-11.4

Putnam competition
Virginia Tech Competition

3/3(T)

11.5-11.6

Homework 6 (tex, pdf) (due 2/27 R)

divisibility
Last digit

3/5(R)

11.6, 4.2

review and sample problems
(solution in Blackboard)
Notes 1

3/10(T)

Spring Break

no class


3/12(R)
Spring Break
no class


Date
Sections
Homework
Other readings

3/17(T)

Midterm Exam


3/19(R)

6.1-6.2
Homework 7 and makeup problem
for midterm exam (tex, pdf) (due 3/20 R)
Mathematical induction
Another MI site
All horses are the same color paradox
Tower of Hanoi

3/24(T)

6.3-6.4


From Terry Tao's blog 1
From Terry Tao's blog 2

3/26(R)



permutation

3/31(T)

8.4,8.5,8.6


Modular arithmetic
Equivalence relation

4/2(R)

9.1-9.3

Homework 9 (tex, pdf) (due 4/3 R)


4/7(T)

9.3, 9.4
lecture notes (April 1)

4/9(R)

9.5-9.6

Homework 10 (tex, pdf) (due 4/10 R)
lecture notes (April 3)

cardinal numbers
Hilbert's grand hotel

4/14(T)

9.6-9.7
lecture notes (April 8)

4/16(R)

10.1, 10.2

Homework 11 (tex, pdf) (due 4/17 R)
Quiz 4, lecture notes (April 10)

Georg Cantor  Cantor's diagonal argument

4/21(T)

10.2
lecture notes (April 15)
0.999.... Cantor pairing
4/23(R)
10.3
Homework 12 (tex, pdf) (due 4/23 W)
lecture notes (April 17)
continuum hypothesis

4/28(T)

10.4,10.5

lecture notes (April 22)

Bernstein–Schroeder theorem
space-filling curve

4/30(R)

Review for exam

Review and sample problems

Final Notes
Sample Final exam Fall 2010 Fall 2011

5/1(R)


Final Exam 2pm-5pm