MATH 261: Fall 2005

Instructor:  Professor Lauren Rose

Office: Albee 305, x7362

Class schedule:  M/W 1:30 - 2:50 pm, Hegeman 106

Office Hours:  M/W 3 – 4 pm, and by appointment

Email: rose@bard.edu

Text: Proofs and Fundamentals by Ethan Bloch

Book Errata

Click here  for an updated list of errata for the proofs textbook, in TeX, DVI and PDF formats.

 Exams

There will be a midterm, a final, and a project/presentation.  Tentative dates are listed below.

Assignments

Homework will be assigned daily and several proofs will be graded weekly.  Tentative assignments are below.  Exercises in BOLD are to be handed in.

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Mon

Assignment

 

 

Wed.

Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/31

1.2: 1-11 odd parts

 

 

9/5

1.2: 12-14 odd parts,                                         1.3: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10 odd parts

Prove: (1) Pyth Thm, (2) sin^2(x)+cos^2(x) =1

 

 

9/7

1.4.1(3,4),1.4.2(odds),
1.5.1(odds),1.5.2(odds)

 

 

9/12

1.5.4(odds), 1.5.6 (odds), 1.5.8

 

 

9/14

2.2.6, 2.3.3, 2.3.4.

 

 

9/19

2.4.2, 2.4.4

 

 

9/21

2.5.8, 2.4.3, 2.4.6, 2.5.4, 2.5.6

 

 

9/26

 

 

 

9/28

3.2:  2odds, 4odds, 7, 11
3.3:  3odds, 4odds, 5, 13, 14

 

 

10/3

3.2.13, 3.3.11, 3.4.5

 

 

10/5

Film + paragraph

 

 

10/10

No class: Fall Break

 

 

10/12

4.2.3 (2)(4), 4.2.4, 4.2.10, 4.2.12

 

 

10/17

4.3.3, 4.3.4

 

 

10/19

Midterm given out

 

 

10/24

 

 

 

10/26

Midterm Due

 

 

10/31

5.1.2 (1,3), 5.1.3 (1,3,5,7), 5.1.4 (1,3,5,7) 
4.3.6, 4.4.5, 4.4.7

 

 

11/2

 

 

 

11/7

5.2  1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
5.3:  1odds, 2odds, 3odds 
5.1  5, 6*   

 

 

11/9

 

 

 

11/14

5.2.7, 6.1.8, 6.1.11

 

 

11/16

 

 

 

11/21

6.3.1(1)(6)
6.3.6
6.3.8
Extra Credit:  CM

 

 

11/23

No class:  Thanksgiving

 

 

11/28

6.3.4, 6.2.1, 6.1.7, 4.5.10

 

 

11/30

 

 

 

12/7

Class presentations

 

 

12/7

No class:  Registration    Final exam given out

 

 

12/12

Class presentations

 

 

12/14

Class presentations                  Final exam due