MTH 311 (Spring 2014): Introduction to Higher Mathematics (section
T)
Instructor: Hanfeng Li
Office: 104 Mathematics Building. Phone:
645-8762.
Office Hours: T 11am-12pm, W 2-3pm.
Email: hfli@math.buffalo.edu
Course Page: http://www.math.buffalo.edu/~hfli/teaching/311/311spring14.html
Lectures: TR 9:30-10:50am
Room: Math 250
Textbook: The "311 Outline & Problem Sets" booklet,
available in UBLearns/Course Documents.
Required Supplement: Chartrand, Polimeni, and Zhang,
Mathematical Proofs, A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd
edition).
TA's Recitations (Starting from February 4) - T
4:00-4:50pm, Clemen 322.
- TA
- Gary Bolduc
- Math Help Center
- Graduate students will be at Rooms 110 of the mathematics
building to answer any math questions you might have. The Center
will open on Monday, February 10. Hours are 9am-4pm.
Course Description
- Proofs and how to "do" them presented in context of: integers,
real numbers, induction, sets, functions, cardinality,
sequences, Least Upper Bound axiom, and series, as time permits.
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- Learning Outcomes
- At the end of the course,
students should be able to define the terms and quote the
results in the "311 Outline & Problem Sets" booklet,
reproduce the proofs presented in lecture of these results,
assess
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correctness of proofs, and formulate their own correct proofs
for results similar to those done in class. For more detail, see
http://copper.math.buffalo.edu/ugs/syllabi/syllabus_mth311.pdf
Prerequisite
- MTH 241 Calculus III or equivalent.
- Groupwork
- There will be several 10-minute in-lecture groupwork. Everyone
must hand in his/her own solution, which counts towards the
final grade.
Homework
- Homework will be assigned every Thursday, except the last two
weeks, and will be due at the beginning of the Thursday lecture
one week later. There will be totally 12 homework
assignments.
- Each
homework assignment will consist of a number of problems, of
which only 3 problems (not specified beforehand) will be graded.
Each assignment is worth 30 points. You may work jointly on
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homework with your classmates, but should write up the solutions
on your own.
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Homework
Assignments
Exams
- 10-minute in-recitation quizzes will be given, except the
first and the last week. There will be totally 12 quizzes.
There will be three 80-min in-lecture term tests:
Term Test 1: Tuesday, February 25.
Term Test 2: Thursday, April 3.
Term Test 3: Tuesday, May 6.
No final exam. Calculators are not allowed in quizzes and term
tests.
Late Policy
- No late homework will be accepted. No make-up quizzes.
Grading Policy
- The 2 lowest homework grades and the 2 lowest quiz grade will
be dropped. In other words, we shall count only your best 10
homework and best 10 quizzes.
Your final grade will be determined by:
Groupwork: 5% Homework:
25% Quizzes: 10%
Term tests: each 20%
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- The final grade will be curved. The cureve is not
predetermined.
Disabilities
- If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning or
psychological) which will make it difficult to carry out the
course work as outlined, or requires accomodations such as
recruiting note takers, readers, or extended time on exams
and/or assignment, please advise me during the first two weeks
of the course so we may review possible arrangements for
reasonable accomodations.
Important Dates
- Monday, February 3
Last day to drop the course - no record appears on transcript.
Tuesday, March 4
Last day to file "Petition to make up an Incomplete" with the
math department.
Friday, April 11
Last day to RESIGN from the
course - an "R" appears on transcript.
Making Up Incompletes
- To make up an Incomplete in a math course you must:
1) Not re-register for the course -- you are making up an
incomplete in your original course.
2) Appear in person at the Mathematics Building, Room 233, ask
for Patti Wieclaw and ask her to initiate an incomplete petition
form for you.
3) Sign the petition.
4) a) If your original instructor determined that the work was
to be completed with him/her, take the approved petition form to
your original instructor for signature.
b) If your original instructor determined
that the work was to be completed by repeating the course, take
the approved petition form to me for signature.
5. Return the petition form to Patti Wieclaw in Rm. 233 Math
Bldg. by the last day to add - Monday, February 3.
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