dcernst / IBL-IntroToProof

A textbook for the transition to proof course for mathematics majors utilizing IBL.
http://dcernst.github.io/IBL-IntroToProof
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Add additional or convert existing problems to "prove/disprove" #100

Closed dcernst closed 3 years ago

dcernst commented 3 years ago

See comments from Reviewer 5.

dcernst commented 3 years ago

One example from Reviewer 5: Theorem 3.26/Problem 3.27: This is entirely personal preference, but perhaps an interesting suggestion to consider. How about make these two one problem – ask students to explore the relationship between P(S)∪P(T) and P(S∪T ), determine the relationship, and prove that they are precisely correct? Exploration is part of the goal here, and this is a fun problem for exploring and building a better understanding of power sets.

dcernst commented 3 years ago

Reviewer 5: Definition 3.39/Exercise 3.40/Exercise 3.41: Again, personal preference. Students benefit from playing around with infinite indexing sets. How about encourage that in Exercises 3.40 and 3.41? Possibly in the context of R, such as “provide an example of ...” with multiple parts, including

dcernst commented 3 years ago

Done.