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IMPORTANT NOTE: The following schedule represents my current best guess concerning due dates (and everything else). I am providing this information to give you a general idea of the pace and timing of the class. THESE DATES AND ASSIGNMENTS MAY CHANGE. Please do not depend upon this schedule in purchasing airline tickets or making other irrevocable scheduling decisions without consulting me first.
Skip directly to Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10| Week 11
| DAY | TOPIC | READING (Do before class) |
Start On | Turn In | |
| M1 | Intros, Syllabus, Intro to Discrete Math | HW A | |||
| W1 | Propositional Logic and its Applications | Read Chapter 0 (Motivation) (In
Cusack book) Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2 (Propositional Logic and Equivalence) |
HW #1 | HWA | |
| F1 | Predicates, Quantifiers, Normal Forms | Read Sections 1.3 - 1.5 (Predicates and Quatifiers, Normal Forms, Reading Comprehension Questions) | |||
| M2 | Predicates, Quantifiers, Normal Forms | Finish any reading you still have left from F1 (Chapter 1) | Keep working on HW #1 | HW #1 is due on Wednesday | |
| W2 | Direct Proofs | Read Section 2.1 (Direct Proofs) | TBD | HW #1 | |
| F2 | Quiz and HW work time | No new reading
QUIZ 1 (On Chapter 1) (To be done individually, in class) |
Start on HW 2 (from
Chapter 2) Work on Reflection #1 due by end of day Sunday/before class Monday. |
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| M3 | More on Implication | Read Section 2.2 | Keep working on HW #2 | ||
| W3 | Proof by Contradiction, Contraposition, Other Techniques | Read Sections 2.3, 2.4, Skim Sections 2.5, 2.6 | Keep working on HW #2 | ||
| F3 | Intro to Sets | Read Section 3.1 | Finish up HW #2 (It is due today!)
Set theory worksheet (to be handed out in class) |
HW #2 | |
| M4 | Set Proofs | Finish reading Section 3.1 Start reading Section 3.2 |
Start on HW #3 | ||
| W4 | Modular Arithmetic, GCD, Rounding | Make sure you've read Section 3.2. | Keep working on HW 3 | Set
Concept Check should be completed individually
before Friday Set worksheets (from F3) are due by today if not already submitted |
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| F4 | Functions | Read Section 3.3 | Corrections from Quiz 1 are due today. Submit corrections on separate paper, attached to quiz. | ||
| M5 | See Friday Week 4 | Keep working on HW #3 | |||
| W5 | Functions, continued | Make sure you've finished reading Section 3.3 | Finish HW 3 Start on HW 4 |
HW 3 | |
| F5 | Partitions, Equivalence Relations | Read Section 3.4 | Keep working on HW 4 | ||
| M6 | Sum and Product Rules, Pigeonhole Principle | Read Sections 8.1 and 8.2 | Keep working on HW
4 Start on Modular Arithmetic Project (due Mon 8) |
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| W6 | Permutations and Combinations | Read Section 8.3 | Finish HW 4 (due today) Start on HW 5 |
HW 4 Start on Mid-quarter assessment, due on Friday Week7. |
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| F6 | Continue with Permutations and Combinations from W6 | ||||
| M7 | DOGL | No new reading | No class. Keep working on HW #5 | ||
| W7 | Pigeonhole Principle, Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion | Read Sections 8.2 and 8.5 | HW 5 is due | ||
| F7 | Binomial Theorem | Read Section 8.4 | Finish and submit in-class problems | ||
| M8 | Asymptotic Notation | Read and work through exercises in Section 6.1 | Work on in-class problems | Work through the Asymptotic notation lessons on Khan Academy | |
| W8 | Asymptotic Notation | Continue working through 6.1 and 6.2. | Finish in-class problems from M8 | ||
| F8 | Algorithm Analysis | Read and work exercises in Section 6.3 | Work on and submit in-class problems | ||
| M9 | Memorial Day | NO CLASS | Keep working on assignments! | ||
| W9 | Mathematical Induction | Read and work exercises in Section 7.1 | Work on and submit in-class problems | ||
| F9 | Induction and Recursion | Read and work exercises in Section 7.2 | Work on and submit in-class problems | ||
| M10 | Recurrence Relations | Read and work exercises in Section 7.3 | Work on and submit in-class problems | ||
| W10 | Intro to Graph Theory | Read Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 | Work on problems in class | ||
| F10 | More on Graph Theory | Read Sections 9.4 and 9.5 | Student presentations of problems | Submit a reflection of the presentations before class on Friday. | |
| F10 | Graph Theory
Applications Course Wrap-up and review Evaluations |
Read Section 9.6 | Student problem presentations | Submit a reflection of the presentations before Monday. | |
| T11 | Final Reflection due Tuesday, November 26 BY 12:00 NOON. Reflections submitted after that time will incur a late penalty. |