Pickup portfolios between 11-noon M16.
Pickup portfolios between 11-noon M16.
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Professor George Francis
10:00 am MTWF
143 Altgeld Hall
contact: gfrancis@uiuc.edu, 102 Altgeld Hall, 333-4794
Text: Martin Liebeck, A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics,
2nd PB edition, Chapman&Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, 2006.
Prerequisites: Calculus II (Math 130 or 135 or the equivalent) and completion of the campus Composition I general education requirement.
Goals: This course prepares students for work in upper division mathematics courses by teaching selected fundamental topics from discrete and continuous mathematics, problem solving, techniques of proof, and clear mathematical exposition. Central goals of the course are to help students learn to read, construct and write mathematical proofs and to help students understand the structure and conventions of written mathematical arguments. Clear mathematical writing and clear mathematical thinking reinforce one another; for this reason, much attention will be given to the writing of mathematics in LaTeX.
Policies: Additional information will be added to this website periodically, and linked at the top of this page.
Essential Information: The course can be taken for a plus/minus letter grade or an S/U grade, for either 3 or 4 credits. The three hourlies are scheduled for TBA, and may be taken at DRES. Please do not schedule an absence from class on these dates. Officially excused absences from scheduled tests can be made up by taking an oral examination on the subject missed. There is a written three hour final examination at the time scheduled on the non-combined finals schedule. The final is at 8-11am, Tuesday, 11dec06.
Since this is a limited enrollment, single section course no conflict final is required. Please resolve all conflicts with your other course instructors.