Mathematics 3283W: Sequences, Series and Foundations: Writing Intensive
Welcome to the Math 3283W homepage. This page, which is subject to revision once the semester begins, is designed to give some basic information on Math 3283W, Sequences, Series, and Foundations. This course is taught by Prof. Wayne Richter during Fall Semester, 2005. For further questions, please consult the Department of Mathematics .
Fall 2005
- Lecturer : Wayne Richter
- Office : 235 Vincent Hall
- Phone : 625-1858
- E-mail : richter@math.umn.edu
- Office hours : Monday and Wednesday 10:10-11:00 and by appointment. Do not hesitate to make an appointment for a different time if necessary.
- URL for this page: http://www.math.umn.edu/~richter/math3283homepage.shtml
You may also ask questions by e-mail at any time.
Math 3283W is intended as a gentle introduction to the type of
mathematical reasoning that is used in more advanced mathematics
courses. The mathematical content of this course is identical to that
of Math 2283. There is an additional writing intensive component to
Math 3283W.
It is strongly recommended that students have the equivalent of
at least three semesters
of calculus before taking this course.
Topics covered include:
- Truth tables
- Universal and existential quantification
- Mathematical induction
- Completeness of the real numbers
- Sequences
- Series
- Taylor series
- Power series solutions of differential equations
The course is based on notes. These required notes are
available at Alpha Print in Dinkytown.
The notes are meant to be read carefully ( including all of the footnotes
). Do not worry if parts of the notes are difficult to understand.
Everyone else will also find some parts difficult. Working hard on the
exercises is very important. You are strongly encouraged to
attempt every exercise in the notes. Some of the exercises (
or very slight variations of them) are likely to appear on quizzes,
midterms, or the final exam. so the more exercises you do, the better.
Lecture and recitation time may be used to cover both homework and new material. When material for a given section has been covered in class (lecture or recitation), you should have the exercises for that section done by the next class meeting (unless told otherwise). You should ask the instructor to go over in class (or during office hours if time is not available in class) those exercises that you find difficult.
Grade information:
Your grade for Math 3283 will be determined by your performance
on both the writing intensive component and that the mathematics component.
1. To pass Math 3283 it is necessary to have a satisfactory
performance (i.e. C- or better) on the writing intensive component.
2. If there is satisfactory performance on the writing intensive
component then the grade will be determined as follows
( percentages are approximate):
Approximate class schedule and homework list for the non-writing part.
Some old tests.
(These are available in .dvi, .ps, and .pdf form.)
Writing Assignments.
Links to Math Library On-Line.
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This page was originally created in September, 1996 by Doris Chiang.
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