Math 235 - Foundations of Mathematical Proof
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Dr. J. Lyn Miller, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Slippery Rock University                        

TENTATIVE Daily Calendar

The listings below are TENTATIVE as we start the semester.
 
Links go live AFTER we meet each day, when they'll open UP-TO-DATE content, announcements, and assignments.
 
 
............Monday.......................Wednesday.......................Friday............
Jan. 15 - MLK Day
No SRU classes
Jan. 17 - Course Intro, Logic Review Jan. 19 - What is Proof?, Direct Proof
Jan. 22 - Proof by Cases
HW #1 due by 4pm in my office
Jan. 24 - Proof by Cases Jan. 26 - Proof by "Or Conclusion"
HW #2 due by 4pm in my office
Jan. 29 - Proof by Contrapositive Jan. 31 - Proof by Contradiction (XX) Feb. 2 - Proof by Contradiction (XX)
HW #3 due by 4pm in my office
Feb. 5 - Biconditional Proof Feb. 7 - Biconditional Proof Feb. 9 - "For all" proof
HW #4 due by 4pm in my office
Feb. 12 - Constructive "exist" proof Feb. 14 - Other "for all/exists" styles Feb. 16 - Exam #1
(Link opens Topics List, goes live 2-9)
Feb. 19 - Mixed quantifier proof
(Exam #1 take-home problem due by 4pm)
Feb. 21 - Mixed quantifier proof Feb. 23 - Uniqueness Proofs
HW #5 due by 4pm in my office
Feb. 26 - Set Proofs: Subset, Not-a-Subset
(Sets: Review handled via HW assignment.)
Feb. 28 - Set Proofs: Equality Mar. 1 - Set Proofs: Identities
HW #6 due by 4pm in my office
Mar. 4 - Set Proofs: General Mar. 6 - Set Proofs: General Mar. 8 - Relations: Review, Basic/Set Proof
HW #7 due by 4pm in my office
Mar. 11 - Spring Break
No SRU classes
Mar. 13 - Spring Break
No SRU classes
Mar. 15 - Spring Break
No SRU classes
Mar. 18 - Relations: Proofs Mar. 20 - Relations: Proofs Mar. 22 - Exam #2
(Link opens Topics List, goes live 3-8)
Mar. 25 - Functions: Defn Review, Set Proofs
Exam #2 take-home problem due by 4 pm
Mar. 27 - Function Proofs: Set Proofs Mar. 29 - Function Proofs: Bijection
HW #8 due by 4pm in my office
Apr. 1 - Function Proofs: Bijection Apr. 3 - Function Proofs: Bijection Apr. 5 - PMI Proof: Intro
HW #9 due by 4pm in my office
Apr. 8 - PMI Proof: Arithmetic formulas Apr. 10 - PMI Proof: Arithmetic formulas Apr. 12 - PMI Proof: Arithmetic formulas
HW #10 due by 4pm in my office
Apr. 15 - Function proofs: review Apr. 17 - Relation proofs: review Apr. 19 - PSI Proof
Apr. 22 - Exam #3
(Link opens Topics List, goes live 4-12)
Apr. 24 - Key Results: PMI=PSI=WOP Apr. 26 - Key Results: FTEqR
(Exam #3 take-home problem due by 4pm)
Apr. 29 - Last Day of Classes
(There MAY be an OPTIONAL HW #11
due Friday by 3pm. We'll discuss as a class.)
THURSDAY, May 2, 1:00-3:00 pm
Final Exam
(Link opens Topics List, goes live 4-24)
Final Exam dates are FIRM.
You MUST take the Final Exam
at the SRU-scheduled time.

         

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