The Course

Textbook

A Discrete Transition to Advanced Mathematics, by B. Richmond and T. Richmond.

Grades

Honor Code

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(Very) Tentative Schedule

Week 1 (August 24 - August 28). Introduction, set theory

Week 2 (August 31 - September 4). Set theory, quantifiers, and proofs

Week 3 (September 7 - September 11). Proofs and induction

Week 4 (September 14 - September 18). Induction

Week 5 (September 21 - September 25). Number theory

Week 6 (September 28 - October 2). MIDTERM 1

Week 7 (October 5 - October 9). Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

Week 8 (October 12 - October 16). Counting

Week 9 (October 19 - October 23). Counting

Week 10 (October 26 - October 30). Counting

Week 11 (November 2 - November 6). Partitions and Relations

Week 12 (November 9 - November 13). Functions

Week -- (November 16 - November 20). MIDTERM 2

Week 13 (November 23 - November 27). Fall Break

Week 14 (November 30 - December 4). ???

Week 15 (December 7 - December 11).

Finals Week (December 12 - December 17). ???