Splash Biography
NOAH LEE, ESP Teacher
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Major: Mathematics College/Employer: UChicago Year of Graduation: 2016 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)M1205: Your Math Teacher Didn't Lie To You - Here's Proof in Splash! Fall 2013 (Oct. 05, 2013)
The square root of two is irrational. Yes. But why? 0.9999999999...=1. OK. But why? The Pythagorean Theorem is lovely, but why is it true?
Proofs are the basis for higher level mathematics. Want to take a sneak peek at how to approach these proofs? Then this is the class for you!
Direct proofs, proofs by contradiction, proofs by contrapositive, proofs by induction...This class will let you in on the secrets to mathematical proofs - to prove the obvious, the abstract, and even the absurd.
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