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Lesson Keys

Use keys to evaluate reasoning, not merely final statements. Accept equivalent valid proofs.

U01 L01

Statements, Open Sentences and Mathematical Claims

U01 L02

Definitions as Mathematical Contracts

U01 L03

Examples, Nonexamples and Boundary Cases

U01 L04

Necessary, Sufficient and Equivalent Conditions

U01 L05

Theorems, Lemmas, Corollaries and Conjectures

U01 L06

Counterexamples and the Limits of Evidence

U01 L07

Well-Defined Objects and Ambiguous Notation

U02 L01

Propositions and Logical Connectives

U02 L02

Truth Tables and Logical Equivalence

U02 L03

Implication, Converse, Inverse and Contrapositive

U02 L04

Predicates, Domains and Quantifier Scope

U02 L05

Negating Quantified Statements

U02 L06

Nested Quantifiers and Order Dependence

U02 L07

Rules of Inference and Invalid Argument Forms

U03 L01

Set Equality, Inclusion and Extensional Reasoning

U03 L02

Set Operations and De Morgan Laws

U03 L03

Power Sets, Products and Indexed Families

U03 L04

Functions, Images and Preimages

U03 L05

Injective, Surjective and Bijective Maps

U03 L06

Relations, Equivalence Classes and Partitions

U03 L07

Partial Orders, Maximality and Comparability

U04 L01

Anatomy of a Direct Proof

U04 L02

Parity and Divisibility Proofs

U04 L03

Proving Set Inclusion and Equality

U04 L04

Inequalities and Order Arguments

U04 L05

Function Properties by Direct Argument

U04 L06

Algebraic Identities and Structural Closure

U04 L07

Proof Planning, Backward Analysis and Final Presentation

U05 L01

Proof by Contraposition

U05 L02

Proof by Contradiction

U05 L03

Irrationality and Divisibility Contradictions

U05 L04

Infinitude and Existence by Contradiction

U05 L05

Minimal Counterexamples and Infinite Descent

U05 L06

Contradiction versus Contraposition

U05 L07

Debugging Circular and Hidden-Assumption Proofs

U06 L01

Proof by Exhaustive Cases

U06 L02

Parity, Sign and Congruence Case Splits

U06 L03

Constructive Existence Proofs

U06 L04

Nonconstructive Existence Proofs

U06 L05

Uniqueness Proofs

U06 L06

Existence and Uniqueness Together

U06 L07

Classification Theorems and Edge Cases

U07 L01

Ordinary Mathematical Induction

U07 L02

Summation and Product Identities

U07 L03

Inductive Inequalities and Thresholds

U07 L04

Divisibility and Congruence by Induction

U07 L05

Strong Induction

U07 L06

Well-Ordering and Minimal Counterexample Arguments

U07 L07

Structural Induction on Recursively Defined Objects

U08 L01

Recursive Definitions and Recursive Proofs

U08 L02

Structural Recursion on Strings and Trees

U08 L03

Loop Invariants: Initialization

U08 L04

Loop Invariants: Maintenance and Use

U08 L05

Termination and Well-Founded Measures

U08 L06

Recursive Algorithm Correctness

U08 L07

Proof Obligations, Testing and Formal Verification

U09 L01

The Division Algorithm and Quotient–Remainder Proofs

U09 L02

Greatest Common Divisors and Bézout Identity

U09 L03

Prime Divisibility and Euclid’s Lemma

U09 L04

Unique Factorization Arguments

U09 L05

Congruence Proofs and Modular Arithmetic

U09 L06

Linear Diophantine Equations and Modular Inverses

U09 L07

Infinitely Many Primes and Related Constructions

U10 L01

Absolute Value and Inequality Proofs

U10 L02

Bounds, Suprema and Infima

U10 L03

Sequence Convergence from the Definition

U10 L04

Limit Laws for Sequences

U10 L05

Cauchy Sequences and Completeness

U10 L06

Epsilon–Delta Limits

U10 L07

Continuity and Sequential Characterizations

U11 L01

Proofs from Algebraic Axioms

U11 L02

Substructures and Closure Tests

U11 L03

Bijections and Combinatorial Proofs

U11 L04

Pigeonhole and Extremal Arguments

U11 L05

Double Counting and Inclusion–Exclusion

U11 L06

Graph Proofs with Degrees and Paths

U11 L07

Trees, Cycles and Inductive Graph Proofs

U12 L01

Writing Definitions and Theorem Statements

U12 L02

Proof Architecture and Paragraph-Level Logic

U12 L03

Notation, Display Mathematics and LaTeX Practice

U12 L04

Citations, Attribution and Source Verification

U12 L05

Peer Review and Constructive Referee Reports

U12 L06

Revision from Mathematical Feedback

U12 L07

Research Ethics, AI Use and Reproducibility

U13 L01

Selecting a Feasible Theorem-Level Question

U13 L02

Literature Search and Mathematical Source Map

U13 L03

Definitions, Examples and Conjecture Refinement

U13 L04

Lemma Design and Dependency Planning

U13 L05

Proof Construction and Counterexample Search

U13 L06

Peer Review, Gap Repair and Exposition Revision

U13 L07

Research Paper, Reproducible Appendix and Limitations

U13 L08

Oral Defense and Advanced Analysis Bridge