Math 103b Spring 2014
Homework Assignments
Homework 1
Due Friday, April 4 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 12: #2, 6, 7, 18, 22, 24, 26, 40, 42
Homework 2
Due Friday, April 11 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 13: #10, 15, 18, 20, 28, 30, 54; Chapter 14: #12, 14, 16
Comments: For Chap. 13 #30, you may use without proof that the square root of d is irrational when d is not a perfect square.
Homework 3
Due Friday, April 18 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 14: #18, 22, 36, 38, 56; Chapter 15: #14, 16, 18, 46, 66
Homework 4
Due Friday, May 2 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 16: #8, 20, 24, 26, 44, 46, 48, 60; Chapter 17: #14, 16, 18
Homework 5
Due Friday, May 9 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 17: #8, 10, 12, 20, 34; Chapter 18: #2, 4, 10
Homework 6
Due Friday, May 16 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 18: #8, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 34, 36
Homework 7
Due Friday, June 6 by 2pm in HW box
Chapter 23: #4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22
Note: "quadrupling the cube" as in #20 means finding a cube with four times the volume of a given cube. So say the initial cube has volume 1, we want a cube with volume 4, which has side length a 3rd root of 4. So the problem amounts to the question of whether the 3rd root of 4 is constructible.
Department of Mathematics
Math 103b Spring 2014