Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Sec. 7, due April 11, 2012

Of the theorems and proof techniques from this semester I would place as the most important induction, those  theorems dealing with the cardinality of sets.  What I need to work on most for this exam are those things covered earlier in the semester that I've probably began to forget.  A problem I would like to see is on dealing with a proof by minimum counterexample.  The most important thing I've learned from this course are the techniques to creating a proof, and the way of thinking that goes with it.  If I go further in mathematics these will certainly be helpful in later classes.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Sec. 7, 12.4-12.5, due April 9, 2012

Continuity is something familiar from calculus classes of the past.  However section 12.4 offered some new properties of limits that I've not seen before.  They make sense though and should offer as little trouble as the sections preceding it did.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Sec. 7, 12.3, due April 6, 2012

When I was in calculus epsilon delta proofs were the bane of my existence.  Hopefully this time around I can understand them more.  Just reading the chapter seems to have already helped with that.  The proofs seem fairly similar to what we were doing in the last section, the main difference being defining some delta.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sec. 7 12.1, Due April 4

This section is somewhat more familiar.  The trouble will come from not being able to simply take the limit of the sequence as has been taught in calculus classes.  Instead I'll have to prove that the limit is indeed what i find it to be.  It doesn't appear overly difficult though.