\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{3} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{x{1.14471 cm} x{3.83229 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{DEFINITIONS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Even Integer & An integer x is even if there is an integer k such that x = 2k. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Odd Integer & An integer x is odd if there is an integer k such that x = 2k+1. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Parity & Whether the number is odd or even \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Divides & An integer x divides an integer y if and only if x ≠ 0 and y = kx, for some integer k. Denoted x|y. If x does not divide y, then that fact is denoted x ∤ y. If x divides y, then y is said to be a {\bf{multiple}} of x, and x is a {\bf{factor}} or {\bf{divisor}} of y. \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 9) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Prime & An integer n is prime if and only if n \textgreater{} 1, and the only positive integers that divide n are 1 and n. \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 4) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Composite} & An integer n is composite if and only if n \textgreater{} 1, and there is an integer m such that 1 \textless{} m \textless{} n and m divides n. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 4) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rational & A number r is rational if there exist integers x and y such that y ≠ 0 and r = x/y. \tn % Row Count 28 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{ZERO}} & 0 is rational. For example if x = 0 and y = 1, then y ≠ 0 and x/y = 0/1 = 0. \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{METHOD DEFINITIONS}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{constructive proof of existence} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}A proof that shows that an existential statement is true.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{proof by exhaustion} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Allowed assumptions in proofs}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The rules of algebra.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}For example if x, y, and z are real numbers and x = y, then x+z = y+z.} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The set of integers is closed under addition, multiplication, and subtraction.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}n other words, sums, products, and differences of integers are also integers.} \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 4) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Every integer is either even or odd.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}This fact is proven elsewhere in the material.} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{If x is an integer, there is no integer between x and x+1.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}In particular, there is no integer between 0 and 1.} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 4) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The relative order of any two real numbers.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}For example 1/2 \textless{} 1 or 4.2 ≥ 3.7.} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{The square of any real number is greater than or equal to 0.} \tn \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\hspace*{6 px}\rule{2px}{6px}\hspace*{6 px}This fact is proven in a later exercise.} \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Choosing a Method}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/mkenny_1676063732_undergrad_non-math-majors_resources_proof-method_0.JPG}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Common keywords and phrases in proofs}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{Thus, therefore then, hence, it follows that}} \newline % Row Count 1 (+ 1) A statement that follows from the previous statement(s) \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 2) {\emph{ex. n and m are integers. Therefore, n+m is also an integer.}} \newline % Row Count 5 (+ 2) {\bf{Let, suppose}} \newline % Row Count 6 (+ 1) Introduce a new variable \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 1) {\emph{ex. "Let x be a positive integer" "Suppose that x is a positive integer"}} \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 2) {\bf{Since}} \newline % Row Count 10 (+ 1) If a statement depends on a fact that appeared earlier in the proof or in the assumptions of the theorem, it can be helpful to remind the reader of that fact before the statement. \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 4) {\emph{ex. "Since x \textgreater{} 0 and y \textgreater{} z, then xy \textgreater{} xz."}} \newline % Row Count 15 (+ 1) {\bf{By definition}} \newline % Row Count 16 (+ 1) A fact that is known because of a definition \newline % Row Count 17 (+ 1) {\emph{ex. "The integer m is even. By definition, m = 2k for some integer k."}} \newline % Row Count 19 (+ 2) {\bf{By assumption}} \newline % Row Count 20 (+ 1) A fact that is known because of an assumption \newline % Row Count 21 (+ 1) {\emph{ex. "By assumption, x is positive. Therefore x \textgreater{} 0."}} \newline % Row Count 23 (+ 2) {\bf{"gives" and "yields" }} \newline % Row Count 24 (+ 1) useful to say that one equation or inequality follows from another \newline % Row Count 26 (+ 2) provides clarity to justify algebraic steps \newline % Row Count 27 (+ 1) *ex. Multiplying both sides of the inequality x \textgreater{} y by 2 gives 2x \textgreater{} 2y. \newline % Row Count 29 (+ 2) Substituting m = 2k into m2 yields (2k)2* \newline % Row Count 30 (+ 1) } \tn \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{5.377cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Common keywords and phrases in proofs (cont)}} \tn \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{Since z \textgreater{} 0, we can multiply both sides of the inequality x \textgreater{} y by z to get xz \textgreater{} yz.% Row Count 2 (+ 2) } \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}