Autumn 2015
Math 220: Foundations of Mathematics

Homework


Twelfth (and last) Homework (Due Tuesday 24 November):
Section 5.3 #6(d)(e), 12, D2, D3

Eleventh Homework (Due Tuesday 17 November):
Section 5.1 # 10
Section 5.2 # 1(c), 8, 26, D2(a),(d)

Tenth Homework (Due Tuesday 10 November):
Section 4.2 #s 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, D1,

Ninth Homework (Due Tuesday 27 October):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 3.3 #s 21, 22.
Section 4.1 #s 2(a),(c),(d),(f),(g) 4, 7 (only the ones you did in #2), 10 (same as #7), 12, 15, 21, 22, 31.

Eighth Homework (Due Tuesday 20 October):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 3.2 #s 9, 10, 12(a),(d),(f), 17, 21, 23.
Section 3.3 #s 1(a), 10(b),(c),(d),(k), 11(a),(b),(c), 13, 20.

Seventh Homework (Due Tuesday 13 October):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 3.1 #s 8, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, 23, D3, D4.
Section 3.2 #s 1(a),(b),(d),(j),(k), and 3.

Sixth Homework (Due Tuesday 6 October):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 3.1 #s 2, 3, 4, 6, 7.

Fifth Homework (Due Tuesday 29 September):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 2.2 #s 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, D1.
Section 2.3 #s 5, 6, 8, 22.

Fourth Homework (Due Tuesday 22 September):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 2.1 #s 1(f)—(i), 2(d),(f),(g), 3(a),(b), 6, 9, 14, 18, 21, D1, D3.
Section 2.2 #s 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19.

Third Homework (Due Tuesday 15 September):
    Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 1.3 #s 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18.
Section 1.4 #s 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, D1, D5, D7.

Second Homework (Due Tuesday 8 September): In PDF.
Section 1.1 #s 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, and D1.     Write neatly, leaving plenty of white space for comments.
Section 1.2 #s 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, D1, D2, D3.

First homework : (Due first day of class, Tuesday 1 September 2015)
I will accept this on Thursday, for some students had trouble getting started
  (1) Read the preface for the student in our book.
  (2) Watch the Numberphile video on 1+2+3+....
  (3) Look up some more web resources related to this (explore)
  (4) Hand in at least a paragraph (not a short one) about numbers (1)–(3); what you think of them, or what is wrong/right with these outrageous sums, or what you learned from this, or ....

Zeroeth Assignment : Read the course web page, and send Frank text-only email that you have read and understood the course descriptions and policies.
Please also answer the following questions:
    (1) Why are you taking this course?
    (2) What do you hope to get out of this course?
    (3) Is there anything else that you want to tell me (that is relevant to the course)?