Class Info

  • Date: Thursday, 12/3/20, 4:05 – 5:45pm
  • Meeting Info: The class will meet live on zoom today (password is the same as last time – send me an email if you need a reminder).

To-Do Before Class

  • N/A

Topics

  • Topics in Number Theory #6: Equivalence Classes, equivalence relations, congruence mod n

Objectives

  • Understand and apply the notions of equivalence relation and equivalence classes.
  • Understand and apply the definition of congruence mod n, determine various properties of this relation.

Activities

Group Presentations Today (start of class):
Group 2 (Allison)
Group 1 (Jack, Jodel, Denyese)

Meeting recording

Lecture notes:

lesson-27_-equivalence-relationsDownload

To-Do After Class

Written work due Tuesday 12/15 (start of class): Section 11.1: 12, 13, 16. In addition, complete Example 11.8 at the top of p208 in the text.

Project Reflection due Tuesday 12/15 (start of class).

Group Presentations Schedule :
12/1: Group 4 (Chris, Ihn, Luis), Group 3 (Amy, Irina, Jared)
12/3: Group 2 (Allison), Group 1 (Jack, Jodel, Denyese)

Submitting written work (instructions)

  • Take a picture of each written page of your assignment, and combine the pictures into a single pdf document.
  • Give the document a name that will help me identify it, for example: “JRodriguez-Class1Homework.pdf”
  • Use this upload link to upload your pdf (this link connects to a Dropbox folder, but you do NOT need to have a Dropbox account to use it).