Home page for Math 165

Set Theory - Spring 1999

Instructor: Sam Buss

                       

Textbook: Elements of Set Theory, by H. Enderton.

Office Hours:   Sam Buss, APM 6210, sbuss@ucsd.edu
        Wednesday 1:30-2:20  and  Friday 10:00-11:00  (priority to Math 166)
        Monday 10:00-11:00 (General office hours)
        Monday 1:30-2:30 and Wednesday 10:00-11:00 (but Math 15A has priority)
Exam week office hours:
        Tuesday: 1:30-3:00.
        Wednesday: 11:00-12:00 and 1:00-2:30.
        Thursday: 1:00-2:00.
        Friday: 9:00-10:00.  (Rescheduled.)

T.A.: Jennifer Wagner, APM 2226, jwagner@math.ucsd.edu
        Preexam week office hours: Thursday, 3:00-5:00.   Priority for Math 165.
                Also available Mon, 3:30-4:30 & Wed 1:30-2:30 but other class has priority
        Exam week office hours: Wed. 3:00-4:30 and Thursday 1:00-2:30.
                Also: Wed 1:00-2:30 and Thurs 2:30-4:00 but other class has priority.

Midterm: Wednesday, May 5th, in class.

Exam:  Friday, June 11.    Time: 11:30-2:30.

Homework Assignments:

Homework #1: due Wednesday, April 7.
        Pages 6-7: 1, 2, 4,
        Page 9: 5, 7.
        Translate the following expressions into the formal language of set theory:
            i)  " z  and  y  have empty intersection "
            ii) " z  is a subset of the powerset of y "
            iii)" There is no set which contains all sets"

Homework #2: due Friday, April 9.
        Page 26:  2, 4, 6, 7.

Homework #3: due Friday, April 16.
        Page 26:  8,
        Page 32-33:  14, 15, 17, 24, 25,
        Page 38:  1, 3.

Homework #4: due Monday, April 26.  From Chapter 3.
        Pages 52-54:  12, 15, 18, 22, 23, 29.

Homework #5: due Monday, May 3.
        Page 61:   32, 33, 34.
        Page 64:   43, 45.
        Page 172:  1.

Homework #6: due Wednesday, May 19.
        Page 83: 13.
        Page 88-89: 19, 22, 23, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37.

Homework #7: due Wednesday, June 2.
        From Chapter 6:
            Page 133: 2, 3, 4.
            Page 138: 7.
            Page 151. 15.
            Page 158: 20, 21.