Math 310---Foundations for Higher Mathematics,  Fall 2020

Instructors

• Xiang Tang, Cupples I, 112B, xtang@math.wustl.edu

Text

• A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics (4th Edition) by M. Liebeck
  

Office Hours

• Monday 1-2 p.m., Tuesday 5-6 p.m., and Wednesday 3-4 p.m.  or by appointment.
  

Course Webpage

• http://www.math.wustl.edu/~xtang/Fall2020-foundations.html
  

Prerequisite

• Math 233
  

Lectures

• We will have synchronous zoom lectures at the scheduled class time. You are strongly suggested to attend the lectures. Information about materials covered and homework assigned every week will be updated on the course website. The zoom lectures will be recorded and available to watch on Canvas.
  

Homework

• You will have graded homework turned in every Wednesday by 4 p.m.  Late homework will not be accepted! The homework collected is to be considered a bare minimum of homework that you should do. "A" students will generally do nearly every problem in the exercise sections.

• We will use an online system called CrowdMark to collect and distribute homework, https://app.crowdmark.com/sign-in/wustl, which you can sign in with your Canvas account. Only PDF and JPEG format files will be accepted by CrowdMark. You will need to upload your work for each problem separately. Simply drag and drop your files to the upload areas under the questions or browse to locate them. You can drag between questions, and add or delete pages under each question. Please make sure your pictures are sharp enough to be graded. And please ensure the uploaded pages are in order and rotated correctly if  your solution is written on several pages.
  

• Homework is graded according to the following distribution. Each homework set consists of 5 problems. Each problem counts for 10 points and the total score of a homework  is 50 points. 
  

Exams

• There will be one midterm and one final exam. The following is the schedule

Midterm exam	November 4th, 2020	Take home exam
Final exam	January 6th, 2021	Take home exam

Grading scale

• Homework: 50%, Midterm: 25%, Final: 25%. The grades are assigned according the percentage you are in the class. 
• You are expected to take the exams at their scheduled times. If you are away because of a  university sporting event or field trip, then you may arrange for your coach or professor to administer the exam. Excused absences may be granted in the case of illness or bereavement. All excused absences must be granted before the exam is taken. The final exam date cannot be changed for reasons of traveling convenience.
• Letter grades will be given based on your overall score. The cutoffs for the various letter grades will be no higher than the following:

A-	85
B-	75
C-	60
D	50

• In total, we will collect 10 homework sets. You are allowed to drop the lowest homework score.

Calculator

• You are NOT allowed to use a graphing calculator on the exams.  You will be allowed to use a scientific calculator, (for example, a TI30X, generally available for $13 or less).  Be sure the calculator you choose can handle logarithmic, exponential, and trigonometric calculations.  It would be wise to use this calculator when you work your homework problems so you will be comfortable with it when you take the exams.
  

Homework assignments

Week 1(due 09/30) Ch.1. 2,4,6(b)(c),8,10.
Week 2 (due 10/7) Ch. 2 2(a),(c), 3 (a),(b), 4, 5, 6.
Week 3 (due 10/14) Ch.2 7, Ch.3 2, 3, 4, 5.
Week 4 (due 10/21) Ch.4 2, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Week 5 (due 10/28) Ch.5 2, 4, 6, 7 (ii), 11.
Week 6 (due 11/04) Ch.6 3, 5, 7, 9, 10.
Week 7 Midterm
Week 8 (due 11/18) Ch.8 2, 3, 4, 6, 10.
Week 9 (due 12/2) Ch.10 2, 4, 5, 6, 8.
Week 10 (due 12/9) Ch.11 2, 3, 4, 8(a),(c); Ch.13 2.
Week 11 (due 12/16) Ch.13 4, 5, 6; Ch.14 2, 3.
Week 12 (suggested exercises) Ch.14 4, 7; Ch.16 5, 6, 7; Ch.17 2, 4, 5; Ch.18 1, 2.
Office hours, 12/21 11-12 a.m., 12/22 5-6 p.m., 12/23 9-10 a.m., 1/4 11-12 a.m., 1/5 3-5 p.m.