Math 39 Homework #2

The things taught in colleges are not an education, but the means of education.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reading

Read what we will cover in the next class: 1.5, 1.6.

When reading 1.5 pay special attention to the following concepts:

  • adequate set of connectives, note the many different examples of adequate sets of connectives which are given in this section.
When reading 1.6 pay special attention to the following concepts:
  • argument form, valid argument vs. invalid argument, test for valid argument, Proposition 1.3.2, and make sure that you understand proof by contradiction.

Problems

The following problems are due by the beginning of class on Wednesday 9/30.
  • 1.2: 6a,b.
  • 1.3: 8d, 9a, 10, 11a,b.
  • 1.4: 2b,c.