Math
347 - Fall 2018
Fundamental Mathematics
Instructor
Dominic Culver
(dculver at illinois dot edu)
230 Illini
Office hours: W 10-11, Th 3-4
Time and Place
Section B1 at MWF 9:00-9:50am in 241 Altgeld
Course
info
The goal of this class is develop the necessary tools and skills to read and write mathematical proofs and to effectively communicate mathematics.
The syllabus can be found here.
Exams
There will be two midterms and a final exam on the material covered
in the lectures. Our midterm exams will be held in class.
Our final exam will be scheduled by the registrar's office and I will
let you know once it is scheduled. If you make travel arrangements
before the final exam is scheduled, you should assume that the final
will be held
on the last day of the final exam period.
Exam 1: October 5
Exam 2: November 9
Exam 3: December 7
Final Exam: December 18, 1:30-4:30, 241 Altgeld Hall
Homework Guidelines
Mathematics (and problem solving in general) is a collaborative
discipline. You are strongly encouraged to work in groups and to discuss homework problems with your classmates. However, you
must write-up the solution on
your own and it
must be
in your own words. Anything else is plagiarism and will be treated as
such.
Your solution needs to be complete and correct (of
course!), but to recieve full credit your write-up should also meet the
following criteria.
-
All of the important logical steps in the proof should be present and fully explained.
- All assumptions should be clearly identified.
- Your write-up should be clear and concise. (I.e., if a sentence or
paragraph does not advance the reader's understanding of the solution,
it does not belong in the write-up.)
- Use full and complete English sentences. Symbols should be used
only as a tool to distill a complex mathematical relationship into
a readable format.
I highly suggest that you write up your solution sets using the typsetting program LaTeX. If you are a newbie to LaTeX, you may find the following resources compiled by Agnes Beaudry useful:
LaTeX resources
Assignments
Homework is due at the beginning of class. Late homework will not be accepted under any circumstances, however your lowest homework score will be dropped.
Homework 1 (due 9/07)
Homework 2 (due 9/14)
Homework 3 (due 9/21)
Homework 4 (due 9/28)
Homework 5 (due Oct 12)
Homework 6 (due Oct 19)
Homework 7 (due Oct 26)
Homework 8 (due Nov 2)
Homework 9 (due Nov 9)
Homework 10 (due Nov 16)
Homework 11 (due Dec 7)
Homework 12 (DO NOT NEED TO TURN IN)
Reading assignments
In chronological order:
[8/27-8/31] Chapter 1, pgs 1-10
[9/5-9/7] Chapter 2, pgs 25-44
[9/17-9/21] Chapter 3, pgs 50-57
[10/7-10/12] Chapter 4, 76-92
[10/12-10/19] Chapter 13, 256-263
[9/19-9/23] Chapter 14, 271-279
Practice Problems
Exam 1 Practice Problems
Exam 2 Practice Problems