Math 4303 Fundamentals of Math from an Advanced Standpoint
Homework
Fall 2014
Reading assignment
For Tuesday, December 2, read Section 4.2.3.
For Thursday, December 4, read Section 4.3.1. On Thursday, I will also give you time to fill out the end-of-semester course evaluations ("bring your own device").
Chapter 4 Homework (in-class)
4.1.1: 4, 7, 8.
4.1.2: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11.
4.2.1: the two following things:
- Review group properties from Chapter 1 (at the bottom of page 10)
- Problems 3acd, 4bc (from Section 4.2.1)
4.2.2: 1abd, 3, 6, 7a.
4.2.3: 1 (using Viete's Theorem), 3b, discussed Tuesday, December 2.
4.3.1: 1ab, 2abc, 3, discussed Thursday, December 4.
In-class homework presentations
2.1.1: 4ab, 9a, 12a.
2.1.2: 2, 4, 6.
2.1.3: 1, 5, 6, 8.
2.1.4: 1, 3, 4, 5ab, 8a.
2.2.1: 1.
2.2.2: 1abc, 2.
3.1.1: 2abc, 3ab.
3.1.2: 1, 3.
3.1.3: 1ab, 2b.
3.1.3: 6, 8.
3.2.1: 1, 3ab.
3.2.1: 5, 9, 12a.
3.2.2: 1.
3.2.2: 8.
3.2.3: 1, 2, 3, 11.
3.2.4: 1bdfgh.
3.2.4: 6, 7.
3.3.1: 6.
3.3.2: 1.
3.3.3: (a) graph equation (1), pointing out interesting features of the graph, including those that are interesting for the box problem; (b) solve the box problem for a 13'' by 21'' sheet of paper.
3.3.3: 1, 2.
Written homework assignments
2.1.1: 4c, 6, 8, 9bc, due Thursday, September 4.
2.1.2: Find the first three decimal places of the cube root of 5, using only multiplication, and then use your calculations to describe the first three intervals I_k in the construction of the decimal for the cube root of 5, due Thursday, September 11.
2.1.3: 4, 7, 9, due Thursday, September 11.
2.1.4: 2, 5cd, 8a, 9, due Thursday, September 18.
2.2.1: 3, due Thursday, September 18.
2.2.2: 4, 9, 12 (typo: 1 + sqrt(3)i), due Thursday, September 25.
3.1.1: 3cde, 7, due Thursday, September 25.
3.1.2: 6, 7, due Thursday, October 2.
3.1.3: 2a (using 2b), 3, 9, 13ab, due Thursday, October 9.
3.2.1: 2, 3c, 4, 11, 12c, due Thursday, October 16.
3.2.2: 2, 7, due Thursday, October 23.
3.2.3: 4, 5, 7a due Thursday, October 23.
3.2.4: 2, 5, 8, 10, 12 due Thursday, October 30.
3.3.1: 3, 7, 9, due Thursday, November 6.
3.3.2: 2, due Thursday, November 6.
3.3.3: 3, 6, due Thursday, November 13.