MAT320 LECTURE 1 (8/26/2020): Intro, Sets, Fields





Announcements: Welcome! Please watch the videos below in order, and remember to pause as needed if you do not understand something. If you are not able to work it out on your own, send me an email and I will be happy to discuss the details with you. Please note that HW0 (Mock Homework) is due by next Monday via Blackboard!


• Video 1: Hello!
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• Video 2: Numbers
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• Video 3: ``Gaps'' between rational numbers
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• Video 4: Least upper bound (sup), largest lower bound (inf)
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• Video 5: Ordered sets
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• Video 6: Examples of inf and sup, definition of least upper bound property
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• Video 7: Least upper bound property implies largest lower bound property
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• Video 8: Definition of Field and Ordered Field
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• Lecture Notes (static file from above videos): PDF file






Last updated: Aug 24, 2020, 4:45pm EDT