MATH 3200, Introduction to Higher Mathematics, Spring 2012
MWF 11:15-12:05
  Boyd Graduate Studies Building, room 323

Practice Problems for First Exam

Practice Problem hints

Dr. Mitchell Rothstein, Room 404, Boyd. (706) 542-2567, rothstei@math.uga.edu

Office hours: MWF 1 - 2 pm, and by appointment

Text: Mathematical Proofs, 2nd Edition, by Gary Chartrand, Albert D. Polimeni, and Ping Zhang, Pearson/Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,   2008.  ISBN#0321390539;

Prerequisite:    Integral Calculus (MATH 2260 or MATH 2310H or MATH 2410 or MATH 2410H or MATH 2210)

Course Objectives: To gain fluency with the language of mathematics,  to understand the notion of mathematical proof and various methods thereof,  to develop mathematical intuition and to gain experience with turning intuition into proof.

Topics:
Mathematical language and sets 
Logic
Proof methods 
Induction and discovery
Equivalence relations and functions
Infinite Sets


Grades: There will be three in-class exams during the semester,   Monday quizzes,  homework collected on Fridays, and a three-hour comprehensive final exam.  The quizzes will focus mainly on definitions.   Your grade will be determined as follows:

In-class exams:  55%
Quizzes:       10%
Homework: 15%
Final exam:       20%

Exams dates (tentative):  Wednesday February 1,  Wednesday March 7, Wednesday April 18

Final Exam:    Friday, May 4, Noon - 3pm

Other key dates:

Drop dates: Jan. 9 – Jan. 12    Monday - Thursday
Add dates:   Jan. 9 – Jan. 13    Monday - Friday
Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day:    Jan. 16    Monday
Last Day of Classes Prior to Spring Break:    March 9    Friday
Spring Break:    March 12 - 16    Monday – Friday
Classes Resume:    March 19    Monday
Withdrawal Deadline:    March 22    Thursday
Classes End:    April 30    Monday
Reading Day    May 1    Tuesday


Disclaimer: The course syllabus is a general plan for the course; deviations announced to the class by the instructor may be necessary.