Instructor: Kunjakanan Nath (knath [at] illinois [dot] edu).
Lectures:
Section E1: MWF 1:00-1:50 pm in 143 Altgeld Hall.
Office Hours: Wednesday (2-2:50 pm) and Friday (2-3 pm) in 165 Altgeld Hall or by appointment.
Moodle:
Students can check the Moodle course page for most of the course information. This includes schedule, lecture notes, homework assignments/solutions, exam dates, and other details.
Course contents:
This course is an introduction to rigorous mathematical reasoning and writing, fundamental structures, and methods of proof. Topics to be covered: Logic, set theory, induction, equivalence relations, functions, number theory, cardinality, and convergence.
Textbook:
An Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (Neil Donaldson and Alessandra Pantano).
Homework assignments:
Weekly homework assignments will be given, details on Moodle.
Exams:
There will be three midterm exams and one three-hour final exam. The midterm will take place in class. For more information, check Moodle.
Grading:
Your final grades will be computed based on the following percentages:
Homework: 20%,
Three midterm exams: 10% for the lowest one and the other two will be 20% each,
Final exam: 30%.