The first midterm will cover the content from Lecture 1 until Lecture 12. Please see the lecture notes here.
This corresponds to the following chapters and sections of the book
This corresponds to the following chapters and sections of the book
D’Angelo/West, Mathematical Thinking, Second Edition
Chapter 1: Numbers, Sets, and Functions
– Set-theoretic concepts and operations
– Functions: Formal definition and basic concepts (graph, image set, bounded function, decreasing/increasing function)
– Triangle and AGM inequalities
Chapter 2: Language and Proof
– Logical statements, conditionals, quantifiers
– Methods of proof (direct, contraposition, contradiction)
Chapter 3: Induction
– Induction and strong induction
– Well-ordering principle
– Applications
For the part of ‘Language and Proof’, you can also check the first chapter of the book
Kenneth H. Rosen: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, McGraw-Hill, 7th edition