MHF 4102 - AXIOMATIC SET THEORY  FLORIDA INT'L UNIV

INFORMATION SHEET   (Jan 5th) SPRING 2009

INSTRUCTOR:    Dr. Ram                       Office:       DM 419 E

OFFICE HOURS:  1:00-1:55pm Tue., Thu     Office Tel.: 348-2929

3:20-6:30  Tue. (only) Math. Dept.: 348-2743

And at other times by appointment. e-mail: ramsamuj@fiu.edu

PREREQUISITE:  MAA 3200 or Permission of Instructor. A student who does not

            have a good working knowledge of proofs has little chance of succeeding in this course.
TEXTBOOK:  Introduction to Set Theory (3rd edition) by Karel Hrbacek & Thomas Jech

SYLLABUS:     Below are the relevant sections for 90% of the course. 

                                     The starred sections may be omitted because of lack of time.

Naive Set Theory:    Ch.1 Sec 1, 2, 4;     Ch.2 Sec 1, 2, 3, 4

The ZFC Axioms:    Ch.3 Sec 5;         Ch.15 Sec 1

Ordinal Numbers:    Ch.2 Sec 5;          Ch.6 Sec 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Cardinal Numbers:   Ch.4 Sec 1, 2, 3, 6;   Ch.5 Sec 1, 2;     Ch.7 Sec 1, 2

Choice & Foundat:   Ch.8 Sec1, 2*;     Ch.9 Sec 1, 2*;    Ch.14 Sec 3

               EXAM & ATTENDANCE POLICIES:
          1.  For each Exam you will be required to bring your student ID and a blue exam booklet
               (SIZE: 8"x11" - available from the F.I.U. bookstore).
          2.  A make-up test for Exam #1 will be given only there is a verifiable case of illness or
               emergency.  If you miss Exam  #2  for a legitimate reasons that test will be discounted.
          3.  Religious holidays may be accommodated if I am notified in the first 2 weeks of classes.
          4.  Any misconduct will be reported and dealt with according to the Code of Student
               Conduct in the Student Handbook.  Please familiarize yourself with it.
          5.  All cell phones and beepers must be silenced in class.  (Vibrate mode is allowed.)
6. Attendance is mandatory - if you attend less than 60% of the classes you will get an “F”

            SCHEDULE OF EXAMS:
                     Project 1 (25 points) due 2/12/09  &  Project 2 (25 points) due  3/26/09
                     Exam #1    (100 points):       THURSDAY,      FEB.  19th,      11:00am-12:15pm
                     Exam #2    (100 points):       THURSDAY,      APR.    9th,      11:00am-12:15pm
                     Final Exam (150 points):       THURSDAY (?),    APR.  23rd(?), 9:45-11:45am (?)*
            *My best guess. (The exact final exam date & time is set by space & scheduling -  please
              check with them & note EARLIER time.)  The final exam will be comprehensive.

          GRADING SCHEME: The grades will be assigned as indicated below.
                F       D-       D      D+      C-     C      C+       B-       B        B+        A-        A
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          0%     48      52      56      60     64      68        72       76       80        85      90     100%

          HOLIDAYS:    Jan. 19 (Mon.) - MLK day,  March 16-21 (Mon.- Sat) - Spring Break.
          DEADLINE  for WI (Fri. Jan 30th), DEADLINE for DR grade (no refund):Fri. Feb 27th.