M192 - First Year Seminar in Mathematics
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106 Weber Building
(970) 491-6452
tavener@math.colostate.edu
News
Interested in joining the Join the CSU Putnam Team? Please contact Justin Sawon
I will be unable to hold office hours during the week of Sept 3-7
Office Hours
Wednesday 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Schedule
08/21 Statements, sentences, logical connectives 08/23 Truth tables. Not, and, or, implication, equivalence Assignment One 08/28 The contrapositive 08/30 Elementary set theory Assignment Two 09/04 Colleen Webb 09/06 Jennifer Mueller 09/11 Proofs with conditionals and quantifiers 09/13 Vakhtang Putkaradze 09/18 Dan Rudolph Drafts due 09/20 Proof by induction Assignment Three 09/25 Don Estep 09/27 Strong induction 10/02 Justin Sawon 10/04 Judy Brobst Term paper due 10/09 Michael Kirby 10/11 Poster session Posters due
Syllabus
Please review the course syllabus (PDF).
Textbook
None
Homework
Here are the teams for the term paper and poster session
Due Date Assignment 08/30 Assignment One 09/11 Assignment Two 09/18 Drafts of term papers 10/04 Assignment Three 10/04 Term paper (see syllabus) 10/11 Poster session (see syllabus)
Useful Links
- CNS tutorial hall
- Misconceptions about learning mathematics according to Professor Steven Zucker of Johns Hopkins University.
- Career fair at CSU career center Sept 18-20.