Date | Tentative class plan: |
Thu, Aug 27 | Welcome! Begin discussion Chapter 1 of Mathematical Proofs: Sets Covered § 1.1-1.2 on Sets and Subsets |
Tue, Sep 1 | Covered § 1.3-1.4: Operations on sets and indexed collections of sets. We Began discussing Chapter 2: Logic. Covered § 2.1-2.3. |
Thu, Sep 3 | Discuss § 2.1-2.6. Began discussion of Python: Arithmetic, the While Statement, and the interpreter (or shell) compared to the programming window. |
Tue, Sep 8 | Discuss § 2.7-2.9. Discuss the if statement, functions (important!) and the math module following the Basic Mathematics page. |
Thu, Sep 10 | No class (Classes follow a Monday Schedule) |
Tue, Sep 15 | No classes scheduled (College Open) |
Thu, Sep 17 | Finish Chapter 2. Discuss Chapter 3. |
Tue, Sep 22 | No classes scheduled (College Open) |
Thu, Sep 24 | Finish Chapter 3. |
Fri, Sep 25 | Classes follow a Tuesday Schedule Discuss Chapter 4. |
Tue, Sep 29 | Finish Chapter 4. Discuss logic in Python following Logic. |
Thu, Oct 1 | Discuss Chapter 5 through § 5.2. |
Tue, Oct 6 | Discussed the homework. Covered tuples in Python following the page Tuples and Sets |
Thu, Oct 8 | Midterm 1. |
Tue, Oct 13 | Finish chapter 5. Covered sets in Python following the page Tuples and Sets |
Thu, Oct 15 | Discussed § 6.1-6.2 of Mathematical Proofs and § 1.1 of Ross' Elementary Analysis. Both cover induction. |
Tue, Oct 20 | Further discussion of Induction concentrating on the fact that the natural numbers are well-ordered. Discussion of § 6.3-6.4 of Mathematical Proofs. |
Thu, Oct 22 | Discuss Chapter 7. |
Tue, Oct 27 | Finish Chapter 7. Covered lists in Python. |
Thu, Oct 29 | Discuss Chapter 8: Equivalence Relations. |
Tue, Nov 3 | Discuss Chapter 8: Equivalence Relations. |
Thu, Nov 5 | Start Chapter 9: Functions. Covered recursion in Python. |
Tue, Nov 10 | Discuss Chapter 9. |
Thu, Nov 12 | Finish Chapter 9, Start Chapter 10. |
Tue, Nov 17 | Discuss Chapter 10. |
Thu, Nov 19 | Finish Chapter 10. |
Tue, Nov 24 | Presentation on Careers (from the Career & Professional Development Institute) |
Thu, Nov 26 | College Closed – No Classes (Happy Thanksgiving!) |
Tue, Dec 1 | Midterm 2. |
Thu, Dec 3 | Discuss Ross' Chapter 1. |
Tue, Dec 8 | Finish Ross' Chapter 1. |
Thu, Dec 10 | Review. |