Intro to Abstract Math

Here are your answers to the question: What is Mathematics?

Textbook: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking, by Gilbert and Vanstone.

Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:30 and Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Assignment Due Date Details
Homework 1
Solutions
Fri, Sept 7 Course Notes
Pythagorean Theorem
Square Root of 2
Euclid Handout
Euclid Online
Abraham Lincoln
Homework 2
Solutions
Wed, Sept 19 Course Notes
Logical Equivalence
Truth Tables
What is a "Function"?
What is a "Bijection"?
Exam 1
Solutuions
Fri, Sept 21 In Class
Homework 3
Solutions
Fri, Oct 12 Course Notes
What is a "Number"?
Definition of Z
From Diophantus to Fermat
Hypatia
Homework 4
Solutions
Mon, Oct 22 Course Notes
Division Algorithm
Euclidean Algorithm
Bézout's Identity
Euclid's Lemma
Unique Prime Factorization (FTA)
Exam 2
Solutions
Wed, Oct 24 In Class
Homework 5
Solutions
Fri, Nov 16 Course Notes
Well-Ordering
Peano Arithmetic
Principle of Induction
Fibonacci Numbers
Homework 6
Solutions
Wed, Nov 28 Course Notes
Binomial Theorem
Binomial Coefficients
"n choose k"
Fermat's little Theorem
and a bit of Cryptography
Exam 3
Practice
Solutions
Fri, Nov 30 In Class