34001 Class Notes
1/14/08 Formulas and expression manipulation
1/16/08 Deriving the quadratic formula; Discriminant
1/22/08 Problems on the quadratic formula and discriminant - Detailed solutions; Vieta's formulas
1/24/08 Problems on Vieta's formulas (no solutions)
1/29/08 Solving inequalities (with detailed examples)
1/31/08 Problems on solving inequalities (no solutions)
2/05/08 Proving inequalities; Inequalities involving absolute values
2/07/08 Cauchy-Bunyakovsky-Schwarz inequality
2/12/08 Inequalities involving absolute values; Number theory: integers and divisibility
2/14/08 Integers and divisibility: Ulrike's notes p. 95-98, up to Ex. 15; Mathematical Induction: Ulrike's notes, Chapter 6
2/25/08 A few examples on induction. Use them as a template for your hw assignment.
week of 3/3/08 Greatest Common Divisor
3/13/08 GCD and The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
3/25/08 Congruences and The Binomial Theorem
4/10/08 How to Solve Congruences - Chinese Remainder Theorem