MA215A: Set Theory (Fall 2020)

Jan. 15, 2020

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Calendar Description

Equivalence relations and partitions; countable and uncountable sets; ordered sets; development of number systems.

Prerequisites

MA121.

Instructor

Ping Zhang
Office hours:Wednesdays 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; Fridays: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. with Zoom
Meetings on MyLS or by appointment.
E: pzhang@wlu.ca

Lectures

Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 – 5:20 p.m. Although the lectures are
asynchronous, these hours must be reserved by students for this course only because some
synchronous activities, such as midterm tests, the welcome Zoom meeting, additional office hours
and special sessions for FAQ’s, will be scheduled or announced on short notice in these time slots.

Textbook

Seymour Lipschutz, Set Theory and Related Topics, 2^nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1998.

MyLearningSpace

Materials related to this course and the full course outline will be posted on the MA215 MyLearningSpace website. You are responsible for checking here on a regular basis for important announcements.

Evaluation

A final mark out of 100 will be calculated as follows:

Assignments: 20%
Midterm Tests (25% of the higher mark + 10% of the lower) : 5%
Test 1 – Thursday, Oct 22, 4:00 – 5:20 p.m. (class time)
Test 2 – Thursday, Nov 19, 4:00 – 5:20 p.m. (class time)
Final Examination (2.5 hours – date and time TBA): 45%

Students must achieve a score of at least 40% of the marks available on the final examination to be eligible to pass the course. The final mark will be reported as a letter grade in accordance with the conversion table of the current undergraduate calendar.

This document is a summary of the course outline for MA215 and is provided for the convenience of students.