Class 5

Friday, January 16

Today’s Discussion Topics

  • Go over discussion topic and homework from last time

Today’s New Topics

  • Set Notation and the Real Numbers
  • Prove: If n^2 is even, then so is n
  • Prove: The square root of 2 is irrational

Tonight’s Homework

  • Read Appendix E
  • Prove that the square root of 3 is irrational
  • Discussion topic for next class: Compare and contrast the undefined terms for the 5 axiom systems in Appendix B.