The seminars offer challenging and interesting mathematical topics that require only high school mathematics.
Ongoing course
Section I
Time: TR 10:00 – 11:50
Location: Clarence M. Knudson Hall 101
Section 2
Time: MW 10:00 – 11:50
Location: Clarence M. Knudson Hall 101
Office hours: TBA
TA: Luke.Hetzel@du.edu
Grading
Homework: 60%
Participation in class: 20%
Final (TBA) : 20%
Homework sets
All problems refer to our textbook
Suggested Book
We won’t have a textbook because we will discuss several different topics in this course. But for the Parts II and III of the course, when we will be seeing the structure of mathematics and proving theorems, we will use the above. It is free to download.
Course notes
Venn diagrams and Applications of Set Theory – MATH 1150
Venn diagrams and applications of set theory.
The History of x and Sets – MATH 1150
Why do we need symbols in math? The language of sets.
What is Mathematics? – MATH 1150
What is math? Golden Ration and beautiful formulas!
Languages – MATH 1150
What is language? Types of languages and how to teach languages to a computer.
Rodrigo Ribeiro, Ph.D 