Math 1200: Problems, Conjectures and Proofs - Fall 2018/Winter 2019 - Section D - Zabrocki

Note there are two sections for this course. This page is for Section D which is held Thursdays from 8:30am-9:45am in ACW 305. Tutorials are Wednesday (Ross S101) and Friday (Vari Hall 1152) from 10:30am-11:20am. Starting September 24, we will split the tutorials into 4 groups w, x, y, z and you should only attend every other week (schedule listed below).



Schedule (Thursdays during the Fall and Winter term):

Date
Topic
Remarks
Sept 6
About the class, introductory problem
first assignment - due Sept 21
Sept 13
Telescoping sums, notes
Follow academic tutorial
Sept 20
Some sums, logic and language
Video about if then
Sept 27
Logic and proofs, a proof by contradiction

Oct 4
inequalities, direct and contradiction

Oct 11
Reading week - no class

Oct 18
assignment 3, quantifiers, exponents and logs

Oct 25
trig and complex numbers

Nov 1
roots of polynomials, roots of complex numbers

Nov 8
proof by induction
sample problem worked out completely
Nov 15
more induction problems

Nov 22
Fibbonaci numbers, binomial coefficeints, induction

Nov 29
Practice for the midterm

Thursday, Dec 6
Midterm!
7-10pm, Location Aviva Centre
Jan 3
Go over midterm
Proof that $\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}$ is irrational
Jan 10
solutions to midterm, division

Jan 17
integers, division and g.c.d.

Jan 24
modulo arithmetic

Jan 31
modulo arithmetic and solving equations

Feb 7
more solving modular equations

Feb 14
combinatorial proofs, example

Feb 21
Reading Week - no classes

Feb 28
combinatorial proof, summation notation

Mar 7
multinomial theorem, summation notatoin, Hilbert's hotel

Mar 14
Infinity

Mar 21
Infinity and dense, quantifiers

Mar 28
quantifiers, practice for final




Schedule (Tutorials Wednesday or Friday during the Fall and Winter term):

Tutorial 01 is in Ross S101 on Wednesdays at 10:30-11:20am
Tutorial 02 is in Vari Hall 1152 on Fridays at 10:30-11:20am
Date
Topic
Remarks
Sept 5 and 7
No class- we will start the following week

Sept 12 and 14
assignment 2 (due Oct 2 or 4)

Sept 19 and 21
expectations on 2nd assignment, Some sums?

Sept 26 and 28
A logic puzzle
group x and z
Oct 3 and 5
A logic puzzle
group w and y
Oct 10 and 12
Reading week - no class

Oct 17 and 19
assignment 3 (due Oct 31)
group x and z
Oct 24 and 26
assignment 3 (due Oct 31)
group w and y
Oct 31 and Nov 2
assignment 4 (due Nov 13)
group x and z
Nov 7 and 9
assignment 4 (due Nov 13)
group w and y
Nov 14 and 16
assignment 5 (due Nov 27)
group x and z
Nov 21 and 23
assignment 5 (due Nov 27)
group w and y
Nov 28 and 30
Practice for the midterm
group x and z
Jan 2 and 4
No class

Jan 9 and 11
sixth assignment (Due Jan 20)
group w and y
Jan 16 and 18
sixth assignment (Due Jan 20)
group x and z
Jan 23 and 25
seventh assignment (Due Feb 3)
group w and y
Jan 30 and Feb 1
seventh assignment (Due Feb 3)
group x and z
Feb 6 and 8
eighth assignment (Due Mar 3)
group w and y
Feb 13 and 15
eighth assignment (Due Mar 3)
group x and z
Feb 20 and 22
Reading Week - no classes

Feb 27 and Mar 1
eighth assignment and ninth assignment to be presented
group w and y
Mar 6 and 8
ninth assignment to be presented
group x and z
Mar 13 and 15
ninth assignment to be presented
group w and y
Mar 20 and 22
ninth assignment to be presented
group x and z
Mar 27 and 29
ninth assignment to be presented, final practice problems
group w and y