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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 | Basics of Sets and Counting | Skim Front
Matter Read 0.1 (What is Discrete Math?) Read 0.3 (Sets) Read 1.1 (Additive and Multiplicative Principles) |
HW #1 | HWA |
F1 | Additive and Multiplicative
Principles, Binomial Coefficients |
Read 1.1 (Additive and
Multiplicative Principles)
Read 1.2 (Binomial Coefficients) |
HW #1 | |
M2 | MLK DAY No Class Meeting |
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W2 |
Topics from F1 (F1 was Snow Day)
Combinations and Permutations |
Read 1.3 (Combinations and Permutations) | Think about prompts for Reflection #1 due by end of day Sunday. | |
F2 | Unfinished topics from W2 | No new reading | Work on Reflection
#1
due by end of day Sunday
Start on HW #2 |
Reflection #1 (due by end of day Sunday) |
M3 | Combinatorial Proofs | Begin reading Section 1.4 (Combinatorial Proofs) | Keep working on HW #2 | |
W3 | Combinatorial Proofs | Finish reading Section 1.4 |
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Bring Binomial Coefficient worksheet from W2 to class. |
F3 | Stars and
Bars PIE |
Read sections 1.5 (Stars and Bars) and 1.6 (Principle of Inclusion/Exclusion) | Finish up HW 2 (Due Monday Week 4) | |
M4 | PIE | Make sure you've read Section
1.6
Read through this chapter on counting: Counting. Pay attention to the applications to CS. |
Start on HW 3 | HW 2 is due today |
W4 | Sequences | Read the Introduction to Chapter 2 and Section 2.1 | Keep working on HW 3 | |
F4 | Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences | Read Section 2.2 | ||
M5 | See Friday Week 4 | Read Section 2.2 |
Work on Exercises 2.1.1 (done in class), 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.6, 2.1.9, 2.2.1, and 2.2.2 for discussion in class on Wednesday | HW 3 |
W5 | Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences | Make sure you finished reading Section
2.2. (Optional Reading) Section 2.3 |
Start on HW 4 | |
F5 | Solving Recurrence Relations | Read
Section 2.4
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Work on Exercises 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.7 for class discsussion on Wednesday. | |
M6 | Induction | Read Section 2.5 | HW #4 is due today | |
W6 | More on Induction | Work on Exercises 2.5.4, 2.5.5, and 2.5.6 for discussion in class | Start on Mid-quarter assessment (link forthcoming!), due on Wednesday Week7. | |
F6 | Winter Break | Work on Mid-quarter Assessment | ||
M7 | Strong
Induction Mathematical Statements |
Read Section 0.2 | Start on HW #5 | |
W7 | Propositional Logic | Read Intro to Chapter 3 and Section 3.1 | ||
F7 | Proofs | Read Section 3.2 | HW 5 is due today | |
M8 | Proofs | Make sure you've read Sections
3.1 and 3.2 Work problems 0.2.15, 0.2.16, 0.2.17 for discussion in class |
Start on HW #6 | |
W8 | Proofs | Work on HW #6. Start on HW #7 | Keep working on homework | |
F8 | Introduction to Number Theory | Read Section 5.2 | In-class
activity/worksheet Start on Cipher Project |
HW #6 is due M9 HW #7 is due F9 |
M9 | Continuing Number Theory | Keep reading Section 5.2 | Keep working on Cipher project | HW 6 is due Monday Week 9 |
W9 | Modular exponentiation | Finish in-class worksheet, Work on projects | ||
F9 | Intro to Graph Theory, Isomorphisms, Bipartite Graphs, Coloring and Connectivity | Begin reading Sections 4.1 and 4.2 | Start working on in-class worksheet | |
M10 | More on Graph Theory Definitions, Trees, etc | Read Sections 4.2 and
4.3 Work on graph theory exercises in class |
Keep working on project | |
W10 | Planar Graphs, Coloring, Euler Paths and Circuits | Read Sections 4.4, 4.5
In-class Worksheet |
Graph Theory Worksheets are due | |
F10 | Graph Theory
Applications Course Wrap-up and review Evaluations |
Work on Final Reflection | Graph Theory Application group discussion summary | |
M11 | Cipher Project Due | |||
T11 | Final Reflection due Tuesday, March 19 BY 12:00 NOON. Assignments submitted after that time will incur a late penalty. | All
work is due. Last day for submitting any late work |