Calculus • Series
Construction of our Basic Number Systems.
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Lucas S
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Series Details
About
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I plan for this to be a conversational series where we investigate how one actually goes about constructing the number systems we use throughout Calculus.
In this series, I plan to construct the natural numbers, integers, rational numbers and (possibly) the real numbers. The real numbers are fairly complicated to understand. Consequently, I will only cover this construction if there is any demand for it and how strong the audience is in mathematical maturity.
I expect that the audience has some familiarity with basic proof writing. Though if needed, I can quickly cover this at the beginning of the series. That's it, bye for now!
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Dates
July 10 - July 20
Learners
2 / 10
Total Sessions
5
About the Tutor
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Hello! I am Lucas, and I am a university student studying pure math.
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Upcoming Sessions
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Past Sessions
5
10
Jul
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Session 1
Orientation
Let's get to know each other! We will cover basic logic and proof writing needed for this series. If you feel okay with proof writing then this session can be skipped.
14
Jul
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Session 2
Other Topics
Now that we have a basic idea on how the natural numbers are made, we are in a position to discover some basic properties that the natural numbers have!
17
Jul
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Session 3
Other Topics
Here we talk about the need for such constructions and get some basic scaffolding built so we can get a footing on how the natural numbers are constructed! In order for this to happen, we must try to forget everything we know about numbers. This is rather a difficult task to do! Only allow our intuition to take over and not let any advanced tricks such as the rules of algebra take over our thinking!
19
Jul
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Session 4
Other Topics
We will continue looking at multiplication of natural numbers and look at exponentiation as well. From there, we will move on to the construction of the integers. This will be done by introducing subtraction as an operation on the integers.
20
Jul
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Session 5
Other Topics
We will finish our discussion of the integers and then move onto the rational numbers.