Introduction to the mathematical approach

Teacher(s)

Caprace Pierre-Emmanuel; Van Schaftingen Jean;

Language

French

Content

Teaching methods

Evaluation methods

In this course, students are evaluated in a continuous manner :

1. in-class and take-home assignments : evaluation by the teachers of the quality of writing and reasoning, for two thirds of the final grade,
2. individual written and oral presentation of a portfolio based on the work during the academic year, for one third of the final grade.

The grade of the first exam session (in January) relies only on the part 1.  It will be taken into account for 50% of that part in the final grade of the course, provided this is beneficial to the student.
The grade of the second exam session (in June) relies on the parts 1. and 2. according to the ratios described above. That grade is final, and  fixed for all subsequent exam sessions of the academic year.

Online resources

Course material and exercise sheets available on Moodle.

Bibliography

Daniel J. Velleman, How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Kevin Houston, How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics, Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Teaching materials

• Support de cours et énoncés d'exercices sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

MATH