MTH 301 - Introduction to Proof and Abstract Reasoning

Institution:

Adelphi University

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Description:

3 credits Prerequisites: MTH 142, CSC 156. Logic: truth tables, connectives, and quantifiers. Proof: formal and informal reasoning, strategies, proof by contradiction, existence, counterexamples. Set Theory: sets, operations on sets. Cartesian product, relations, functions, equivalence relations. Mathematical induction. Groups: modular arithmetic, permutation groups, isomorphism. Number systems: construction of the integers and rationals, ordered fields, the completeness axiom.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.ADELPHI.EDU

Phone Number:

(516) 877-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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