LECTURER
Dr. Andrew D. Loveless
aloveles@math.washington.edu
Office: Padelford C-339
Office hours: Click Here
EXAM DATES
Midterm 1: Wednesday, Feb. 2
Midterm 2: Friday, Feb. 25
Final Exam: Wednesday, March 16
Final Time: 2:30-4:20pm
Final Locale: CMU 326
OLD EXAMS
The following link will take you to an archive of past exams and solutions:
Exam Archive
Welcome!
Most course materials can be found at the right of the page. If you have a question, please contact me, directly or by e-mail.
Announcements:
- Announced 3/7/2011: Note the following postings:
- Announced 2/18/2011: Note the following postings:
- Announced 2/7/2011: Note the following postings:
- A detailed overview of Chapter 4. This review has more information than the basic Ch. 4 review I handed out with the homework.
- Homework 4 is in the homework page (and I handed it out on Monday).
- If you missed the discussion the of exam, you can pick up your exam from me before or after class (I will have it with me). And here is the exam information:
- The exam and the solutions have been added to my exam archive.
- The exam statistics are:
- MEDIAN: 66 out of 80 (82.5 percent).
- QUARTILES: 57, 66, 71.5 out of 80 (71.3, 82.5 and 89.4 percent), so a fourth of the class got at or above 89.4 percent!
- ROUGHLY A FEW BULLET POINTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING GRADES ARE:
72 out of 80 --> 3.5
66 out of 80 --> 2.8
57 out of 80 --> 2.0
You can see your grade here.
- Remember that we have not complete very many points, so you can still greatly impact your grade (it is very possible to go from a 1.5 now to a 3.7 at the end of the quarter), but you will need to make sure to do well on the homework, do some challenge problems, and do well on the other exams. For many people new to proofs, the first exam in this class is a shock because they are used to getting higher grades on math exams, but don't despair. Often these people did study the exams in the archive, but they didn't get the significance of various steps as they read through the posted solutions. The good news is now you know how an exam goes and you will have a better idea of what you need to do to succeed. It is fairly typical for there to be good improvement on the second exam from those that are currently in the lower end of the gradescale who adjust their approach to the class.
- Announced 1/26/2011: Note some new postings:
- Announced 1/21/2011: Homework 2 solutions can be found on the Math 300 C Shared Space. Also note that you can download homework 3 from the homework page, in case you missed me handing it out today.
- Announced 1/14/2011: Here are a couple of more postings to help you out:
- Announced 1/12/2011: Homework solutions can be found on the Math 300 C Shared Space. You will be required to login using your UWNetID.
- Announced 1/10/2011: Please check out all the postings at the right of this page including:
- Announced 12/29/2010: If you are struggling or just want some more examples, please, please, please come to office hours. In addition, for those of you looking for supplemental reading on proofs or want a few more examples to look at, I encourage you to try the following other books:
- An introduction to mathematical reasoning - Eccles, Peter J. ; Odegaard Reserve QA9.54.E23.1997
- How to read and do proofs - Solow, Daniel ; Math Stacks QA9.54.S65.2005
- Proofs and fundamentals - Bloch, Ethan ; Math Stacks QA9.54.B57.2000
- An introduction to mathematical thinking - Gilbert, William ; Math Stacks QA10.G55.2005
- And you can find many more by searching for "Proof Theory" in the library catalog.
Also, here are a few websites (a word of caution: I have not carefully reviewed every part of all of the sites or books listed, so use them only as a secondary reference):
- Announced 12/29/2010: Welcome to Math 300.
Your first task is to get the textbook at the bookstore. Then I suggest you explore the links at the right of the page. I will be posting several helpful review sheets and homework hints throughout the quarter, so check back frequently.