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Lectures (Updated January 3, 2025)
January 7: An abridged version of 1.1-1.2, 1.3
January 9: root 2 is irrational and related results.
January 14: 1.3,2.1
January 16: Technology evaluation, 2.2-2.3.
January 21: 2.2-2.3,3.1.
January 23: 3.1-3.2.
January 28: 3.2.
January 30: 3.2-3.3.
February 4: part of 3.4, part of 4.1, abridged version of Chapter 4, Euclidean algorithm, gcd and related topics.
February 6: Euclidean algorithm, gcd and related topics, a quick introduction of Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion, with more details given later in 7.4.
February 11: Catch up.
February 13: 5.3
February 18: Quiz 1 (due at 9:00 am), Discussion of Quiz 1, Questions and Answers.
February 20: 6.1.
February 25: Winter break, no class.
February 27: Winter break, no class.
March 4: Q&A, 6.1-6.2.
March 11: Test 1.
March 13: 6.2-6.3.
March 18: 6.3,7.1.
March 20: 7.1-7,4.
March 25: Catch up, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
March 27: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
April 1: Quiz 2 (due at 9:00 am), Discussion of Quiz 2, Q&A, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
April 3: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
April 8: Test 2.
April 10: Discussion of Test 2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
April 15: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
April 17: Q&A, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 (material may be presented in a different ordering).
The relevant exercises are NOT homework. However it is recommended that you work on at least some of them. These exercises do not include the most challenging exercises from the problem set in the text.
1.3: 1-17,19,20,21,24.
2.1: 1-26.
2.2: 1-15,21,22,24.
2.3: 1-11,13-17,23-24.
3.1: 1-26.
3.2: 1-16,18,28.
3.3: 1,17,19,20,22,24.
3.4: 28,35.
4.1: 7-10,16-17
4.3: 3-4, 8,11-12
5.3: 1-19.
6.1: 1-3,6-9,12-24.
6.2: 1-15,17-24.
6.3: 1,3,5-8,10-16,18.
7.1: 1-24.
7.4: 1-9,12-14.
8.1: 1-18.
8.2: 7-12,18,19,21.
8.4: 1-18.
8.5: 9-18.