Day 16: Heart of Mathematics

Last time: one-to-one correspondences. It turns out that the odd natural numbers are as numerous as the natural numbers themselves! (Now that's odd! - ooh, sorry)
Today:
- Reminder:
  - Homework assignment #2: For Friday, fix assignment 1!
    Remember: Hand in your assignment 1 with assignment 2! I want to see improvement, of course!
  - Project Assignment 2 (due 10/4): let me know what your topic is, and some preliminary details about what your poster will cover.
- Project idea: The meaning of infinity in literature
- What is Cardinality?
- Infinity, or infinities?
- Let's look at these curious problems:
  - I.9
  - I.11
  - I.12
  - I.13
Next time: More of the same: stuck on Infinity!

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