HÉCTOR J. SUSSMANN'S
MATHEMATICS 300 HOME PAGE
FALL 2009

Updated November 14, 2009

• the book A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (sixth edition), by Douglas Smith, Maurice Eggen, and Richard St. Andre ,
• the notes written by the instructor, which will be posted in this Web page and distributed to the students as they become available. .

• INSTRUCTOR'S OFFICE HOURS: My office hours will be:

• Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in my office, Hill 538
• any other time, by appointment in my office, Hill 538.

  (NOTE: this schedule is temporary, as of August 27, 2009, and will probably be changed later)

• LECTURES AND EXAMS:    We will have 26 lectures, on
  • September 1, 3, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29
  • October 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
  • November 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24
  • December 1, 8, 10
  and two midterm exams, on
  • Tuesday, October 20
        and
  • Thursday December 3.

Click here for the September 3 handout, which contains the list of problems of the first homework assignment, due on September 10.

Click here for the September 10 handout, which contains the list of problems of the second homework assignment, due on September 17.

Click here for the September 15 handout, which contains several examples of proofs.

Click here for the September 17 handout, which contains the list of problems of the third homework assignment, due on September 24.

Click here for the September 22 handout, on the precise definition of "propositional form."

Click here for the September 24 handout, which contains the list of problems of the fourth homework assignment, due on October 1.

Click here for the October 1 handout, which contains the list of problems of the fifth homework assignment, due on October 8.

Click here for the October 8 handout, which contains a list of basic principles for writing proofs. (The first part of this handout was distributed in class on October 8. The version posted here contains extra stuff added on October 11.)

Click here for the October 11 handout, which contains the list of problems of the sixth homework assignment, due on October 15.

Click here for the October 15 handout, which contains the list of problems of the seventh homework assignment, due on October 27.

Click here for the October 22 handout, which contains the list of problems of the eigth homework assignment, due on October 29.

Click here for the October 29 handout, which contains the list of problems of the ninth homework assignment, due on November 5.

Click here for the November 5 handout, which contains the list of problems of the ninth homework assignment, due on November 12.

Click here for the November 14 handout, which contains the list of problems of the tenth homework assignment, due on November 19.

Click here for the November 22 handout, which contains the list of problems of the eleventh homework assignment, due on December 1.