MATH 3325 Intro to Proofs, Fall 2024
Syllabus

MATH 3325 Fall 2024 Syllabus

Class meeting

Hall 305 MW 12:30pm – 1:45 pm

Office hours

Hall 314U Mon, 4:45 pm– 5:30 pm; Anytime by appointment (please email me)

Textbook

Proofs: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook by J. Cummings

Notes
Intuitive Proofs
- Chessboard problems
- The pigeonhole principle
Direct proofs
- If...then and proof by cases
- Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic
- Exercises class direct proofs
Sets and Logic
- Sets
- Exercise class - Sets
Induction
- Examples of induction
- ** Extra Credit and group work**
Logic
- the contrapositive
Homeworks

There will be a homework each week. These assessed questions will collectively count for 20% of your overall grade.

Exams

Midterm I with *** Solutions ***