Reading assignments are from Ensley and Crawley, Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical Reasoning and Proof with Puzzles, Patterns, and Games, presumably available at the Textbook Annex.
Class meetings are MWF 10:10-11:00 in LGRT 143. There are two midterm exams held during the regular class period as indicated.
PART I: Mathematical Language and Argument Wed 04 Sep L01 Course Overview (1.1) Fri 06 Sep L02 First Examples (1.1) Mon 09 Sep L03 Number Puzzles and Sequences (1.2) Wed 11 Sep L04 More Puzzles and Sequences (1.2) Fri 13 Sep L05 Truth-tellers, Liars, and Propositional Logic (1.3) Mon 16 Sep L06 Predicates (1.4) (END OF ADD/DROP) Wed 18 Sep L07 Implications (1.5) Fri 20 Sep L08 Validity of Arguments (1.6) Mon 23 Sep L09 Mathematical Writing (2.1) Wed 25 Sep L10 Proofs About Numbers (2.2) Fri 27 Sep L11 More Proof About Numbers (2.2) Mon 30 Sep L12 Mathematical Induction (2.3) Wed 02 Oct L13 More Mathematical Induction (2.3) Fri 04 Oct L14 Review for exam Mon 06 Oct X01 MIDTERM EXAM #1 (in-class) on Chapters 1, 2 Wed 09 Oct L15 Review for exam Fri 11 Oct L16 Review for exam Mon 14 Oct --- NO CLASS (Columbus Day Holiday) Tue 15 Oct L17 (MONDAY SCHEDULE) Review for exam Wed 16 Oct M01 MAKEUP MIDTERM #1 (in-class) on 1, 2.1-2.3 PART II: Sets, Functions, and Counting Thu 17 Oct --- Last Day to Drop With W or Elect Pass/Fail Fri 18 Oct L18 Set Definitions and Operations (3.1) Mon 21 Oct L19 Proving Set Properties (3.3) Wed 23 Oct L20 Function Definitions, Diagrams, and Inverses (4.1) Fri 25 Oct L21 The Composition Operation (4.2) Mon 28 Oct L22 Properties of Functions and Set Cardinality (4.3) Wed 30 Oct L23 Relations and Equivalence Relations (4.4, 4.5) Fri 01 Nov L24 Introduction to Combinatorics (5.1) Mon 04 Nov L25 Basic Rules for Counting (5.2) Wed 06 Nov L26 Combinations and the Binomial Theorem (5.3) Fri 08 Nov L27 MIDTERM EXAM #2 (in-class) on Chapters 3, 4, and 5 PART III: Probability, Graphs, and Matrices Mon 11 Nov --- NO CLASS (Veteran's Day Holiday) Wed 13 Nov L28 (MONDAY SCHEDULE) Introduction to Probability (6.1) Fri 15 Nov L29 Sum and Product Rules for Probability (6.2) Mon 18 Nov L30 Probability in Games of Chance (6.3) Wed 20 Nov L31 Expected Value in Games of Chance (6.4) Fri 22 Nov L32 Matrices and Their Operations (Appendix B) Mon 25 Nov L33 Matrices and Markov Chains (6.6) Wed 27 Nov L34 Graph Theory (7.1) Fri 29 Nov --- NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Holiday) Mon 02 Dec L35 Connections to Matrices and Relations (7.4) Wed 04 Dec L36 Graphs in Puzzles and Games (7.5) Fri 06 Dec L37 Course Review and Evaluations Final Exam (cumulative) To be arranged by the UniversityLast modified 23 October 2013