Here are the past and current reading and homework assignments, broken out by subject. The assignments for the first week appear at the bottom of the page. Assigned reading should be done for the given week but not necessarily by the beginning of the week (though, of course, Seminar Reading must be completed before seminar).
| Week | Algebra (due Mon morning) | Analysis (due Tues morning) | Workshop Reading (due by Workshop) | Seminar Reading (due Wed morning) | Set Theory (due Thurs morning) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see bottom of page | see bottom of page | see bottom of page | Davis & Hersh: Preface, Intro, Overture, Ch1 | see bottom of page |
| 2 | read Gallian Chs 1, 2; no homework due; no class on Monday morning | turn-in | Mason: Ch2; Cupillari: pp. 45-47, 68-76 | Davis & Hersh: Chs 2 & 3 | read Enderton Chs 1 & 2; do Ch1 exercise 1; do Ch2 exercises 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16, 19, 27, 31 Week 2 Set Theory Solutions |
| 3 | do Ch0 problems 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 27, 31 Week 3 Algebra Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch3; Cupillari: 35-44 | Davis & Hersh: Ch4 | read Enderton Ch3; do Ch3 exercises 1, 2, 4, 7, and 55 Week 3 Set Theory Solutions |
| 4 | read Gallian Ch3; do Ch1 problems 13, 16; do Ch2 problems 1, 6, 16, 22, 25, 29, 35 Week 4 Algebra Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch4; Cupillari: 78-81 | Davis & Hersh: Chs 5 & 6 | read Enderton Ch4; do Ch3 exercises 16, 18, 28, 31, 32, 36, and 40 Week 4 Set Theory Solutions |
| 5 | read Gallian Ch4; do Ch2 problems 17, 33; do Ch3 problems 2, 6, 15, 17, 20, 37; exam this Tuesday! Week 5 Algebra Solutions Algebra Midterm Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch5 | Davis & Hersh: Chs 7 & 8 | read Enderton Ch6 if you feel like it (we'll start talking about Ch6 on Thursday); do Ch3 exercises 29, 44, and 51; do Ch4 exercises 13, 14, and 15 Week 5 Set Theory Solutions |
| 6 | read Gallian Ch5; in honor of the Set Theory midterm occurring Monday afternoon, there's no Algebra homework for this week. | turn-in; exam this Thursday! Real Analysis Midterm Solutions | Mason: Ch6 | Hardy (the whole book) | exam this Monday! read Enderton Ch6 through p. 138; do Ch4 exercises 2, 3, 4, 20, 23, 34 Week 6 Set Theory Solutions Set Theory Midterm Solutions |
| 7 | read Gallian Ch6; do Ch4 problems 7, 14, 20, 23, 29, 31, 36, 37, 51 Week 7 Algebra Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch7 | These three articles: Wigner's The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences, Hamming's The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics, and Sarukkai's Revisiting the ‘unreasonable effectiveness’ of mathematics | read Enderton Ch6; do Ch5 exercises 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6; do Ch6 exercises 1, 3, and 4 Week 7 Set Theory Solutions |
| 8 | read Gallian Ch7; do Ch5 problems 4, 9, 10, 19, 26, 36; do Ch6 problems 1, 2, 6, 41 Week 8 Algebra Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch8 | The two readings posted on the program moodle; they'll be up by 5pm Thursday (Nov. 12). Please plan to come to all three hours (10-1) of the Week 9 seminar; please let me know in advance if you can't. | read the second half of Enderton Ch6 if you haven't already; do Ch6 exercises 8, 10, 13, 14 Week 8 Set Theory Solutions |
| 9 | read Gallian Chs 9 and 10; do Ch6 problems 14, 15, 16, 25, 35; do Ch7 problems 6, 11, 14, 15, 17, 22 Week 9 Algebra Solutions | turn-in | Mason: Ch9 | None (Essay due in class). Please bring 4 copies of your essay with you to seminar. Plan to come to all three hours (10-1) of this week's seminar. If you can't do that, please let me know in advance. | do Ch6 exercises 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 Week 9 Set Theory Solutions |
| 10 | None - but here are some recommended problems (all are odd, so you can find solutions in the back of the book): Ch9 problems 7, 27, 37, 39, 43 Final exam 10am-12pm this Thursday! | None - final exam 1-3pm this Tuesday! | None - no workshops this week | None - no seminar this week | None - take-home final due at 5pm this Monday! |
Here are the assignments for the first week:
-
For Tuesday: in Cupillari, read the Preface, pages 1-30, and pages 48-57; do the circled problems on the handout from Monday afternoon.
-
For the ESP Workshop: in Mason, read Ch1.
-
For Wednesday: in Davis & Hersh, read the Preface, Intro, Overture, and Ch1; bring a page of typed response writing to seminar.
-
For Thursday: do problems 1, 3, and 6 on pages 57-58 in Cupillari; in Gallian, read Ch0; print out the Analysis course guide and bring it to class.