Set Theory

MTH 511
Fall 2015
Department of Mathematics, LIU Post

Class Dates Material Homework Comments
9/14 Sets (§1.1 - §1.4)
Functions (§4)
Homework 1  
9/21 Inverse functions (§4) Homework 2  
9/28 Set operations (§1) § 1: 1.56, 1.58, 1.61, 1.63
Draw VD for distributive
and de Morgan laws
 
10/5 Logic § 10: 10.23, 10.24, 10.26, 10.30
Handout: p. 48: 12abd and p. 57: 4a*bf
 
10/13 Induction
Relations
  Test 1 Review
10/19 Test 1
Test 1 Solutions
§1: 1.74, 1.76, 1.77
§3: 3.48, 3.50
(HW due 11/2)
10/26 Equivalence relations (§3) Homework 6  
11/2 Equivalence relations (§3) Homework 7 (first 3 problems)  
11/9 Equivalence relations
Cardinality (§6)
Homework 8 Hilbert's Hotel:
article, video
11/16 Cardinality Homework 9 Another video
11/23 Cardinality
  Test 2 Review
Solutions
11/30 Test 2    
12/7 Orderings (§7)    
12/14 Review
(Optional class)
   
12/21 Final exam