Professor Alexandru I. Suciu

MTH 3001
Foundations in Mathematics

Fall 2001

Schedule and homework assignments, based on the old edition of the textbook.

* Schedule

Day Topic
September 27 Growth of Functions (Section 2.1)
October 4 Growth of Functions (Sections 2.1 and 2.2)
October 11 Summations (Section 3.1)
October 18 Summations (Section 3.2)
October 25 Recurrences (Sections 4.1 and 4.2)
November 1 Recurrences (Sections 4.3 and 4.4)
November 8 Sets (Sections 5.1 and 5.2)
November 15 Sets (Sections 5.3 and 5.4)
November 22 Sets (Section 5.5)
November 29 Counting and Probability (Sections 6.1 and 6.2)
December 6 Counting and Probability (Sections 6.3 and 6.4)
 

* Homework Assignments

Homework Problems Page
1. Exercises 2.1-1, 2.1-2 and 2.1-4 Page 31
Problems 2-2 a-f and 2-4 a-d Page 38
2. Exercises 3.1-1, 3.1-3, 3.1-4 and 3.1-7 Pages 45-46
Exercises 3.2-1 and 3.2-4; Problem 3-1a Page 52
3. Exercise 4.1-1 Page 57
Exercises 4.2-1 and 4.2-3 Pages 60-61
Exercises 4.3-1, 4.3-2 and 4.3-3 Page 64
4. Exercises 5.1-1 and 5.1-4 Pages 80-81
Exercises 5.2-2, 5.2-3 and 5.2-4 Page 83
Exercises 5.3-1 and 5.3-4 Page 86
Exercise 5.4-1 Page 90
5. Exercise 5.5-4 Page 96
Problems 5-1 a,b Page 97
Exercises 6.1-1 and 6.1-3 Page 103
 

 
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