Notes on Cauchy sequences (2 pages)

Final exam: Same rules as previous midterms. Monday, June 9, 8am - 11am in WLH 2115.

Amanda Beeson will have extra office hours:
Wednesday June 4 at 1-2 pm
Thursday June 5 at 1-2 pm
Sunday June 8 at 12-2 pm

Ben Chow will have extra office hours:
Friday June 6 at 2-3 pm

*** Homeworks now due on Friday (May 30 and June 6). ***

Second Midterm First Page -- includes a list of 4 of the numerous facts that you may use

Ben Chow will have office hours at 11am on Tuesday May 20.

Second midterm in class on Wednesday May 21. Will cover Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5.
8 problems, 12 points each (4 points for your name); total of 100 points.
Two problems on induction (3.2, 3.3). 6 problems on mostly number theory (3.4, 3.5, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5).
A good way to study for the midterm is to go over homeowork problems (and some similar problems), read simpler proofs in book and lecture (a number of these are homework problems). The notes I posted on the class webpage should be useful. You are not responsible for memorizing the trickiest proofs, such as the proof of Fermat's Little Theorem.

Amanda Beeson will have extra office hours on Tuesday, May 20 starting at 4pm.

*** See changes to schedule and homework pages (5/12/08). ***

Notes on number theory from Chapters 3 and 4 (5/18/08: Corrected answer to Exer 30abc on p. 10)

Two more pages on Number Theory

First midterm in class on Friday April 25. Will cover up to Section 3.1. Will NOT cover 3.2. NO bluebook necessary, there will be plenty of room to write on the exam.
Closed notes, closed book, and no calculators.

Amanda Beeson will have extra office hours on Thursday, April 24 from 12-1:30pm.

Ben Chow wil have extra office hours on Thursday, April 24 from 1:30pm-2:30pm.

Sample Midterm

Solutions to selected homework problems (sets #1 and 3) are on The homework page

1 page introduction to groups This is background for Exercise 43 (but you do not need to know this to do the exercise). We will cover groups later in the course (Chapter 8).

1 page introduction to sequences This is background for Exercise 47 (but you do not need to know this to do the exercise). We will cover sequencs later in the course (Chapter 9).

Instructor: Bennett Chow

benchow@math.ucsd.edu , AP&M 7438, 534-7690

Office hours: Monday and Friday 11am - 11:50am, Wednesday 2 - 2:50pm

Lecture: MWF 10am - 10:50am WLH 2115

Discussions:

A01 Tue 3pm - 3:50pm WLH 2115

A02 Tue 1pm - 1:50pm WLH 2110

TA and office hours: Amanda Beeson

TBA Monday 1-2 in AP&M 6452
Tuesday 2-3 in Warren College near the section room.

Texts:

Foundations of Higher Mathematics, by Peter Fletcher and C. Wayne Patty, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., 3rd edition, 1996.

Exams:

1st midterm: Friday, April 25 (in class).

2nd midterm: Wednesday, May 21 (in class).

Final (comprehensive): June 9, 8am - 11am

All exams are closed book and notes and no calculators. No make-up exams save for exceptional cases with valid excuse.

Written homeworks: Due at the beginning of class each Wednesday except for the first week of class.
link: http://math.ucsd.edu/~benchow/Math109-2008/homework.html

Grading: Midterms: 20% each. Final: 40%. Homeworks: 20% total.

Schedule: (Tentative, quite possible will change) http://math.ucsd.edu/~benchow/Math109-2008/schedule.html

Calendar:

Holiday: Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, Last day of classes: Friday, June 6