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 LGRC A203. There are two midterm exams held during the regular class period as indicated.
PART I: Mathematical Language and Argument Wed 03 Sep L01 Course Overview (1.1) Fri 05 Sep L02 First Examples (1.1) Mon 08 Sep L03 Number Puzzles and Sequences (1.2) Wed 10 Sep L04 More Puzzles and Sequences (1.2) Fri 12 Sep L05 Truth-tellers, Liars, and Propositional Logic (1.3) Mon 15 Sep L06 More Propositional Logic (1.3) (END OF ADD/DROP) Wed 17 Sep L07 Predicates (1.4) Fri 19 Sep L08 Implications (1.5) Mon 22 Sep L09 Translating Propositional Statements (1.3) Wed 24 Sep L10 Reasoning About Propositions (1.6) Fri 26 Sep L11 Translating Predicates (1.4) Mon 29 Sep L12 Mathematical Writing (2.1) Wed 01 Oct L13 More Mathematical Writing (2.1) Fri 03 Oct L14 Proofs About Numbers (2.2) Mon 06 Oct L15 More Proofs About Numbers (2.2) Wed 08 Oct L16 Mathematical Induction (2.3) Fri 10 Oct L17 Mathematical Induction (2.3) Mon 13 Oct --- NO CLASS (Columbus Day Holiday) Tue 14 Oct L18 (MONDAY SCHEDULE) Mathematical Induction (2.3) Wed 15 Oct L19 Review for Midterm (2.3) Thu 16 Oct --- Last Day to Drop With W or Elect Pass/Fail Fri 17 Oct X01 MIDTERM EXAM (on chapters 1, 2) PART II: Applications of Mathematical Reasoning Mon 20 Oct L20 Contradiction and the Pigeonhole Principle (2.5) Wed 22 Oct L21 Set Definitions and Operators (3.1) Fri 24 Oct L22 Proving Set Properties (3.3) Mon 27 Oct L23 Function Definitions, Diagrams, and Inverses (4.1) Wed 29 Oct L24 The Composition Operation (4.2) Fri 31 Oct L25 Properties of Functions and Set Cardinality (4.3) Mon 03 Nov L26 Relations and Equivalence Relations (4.4, 4.5) Wed 05 Nov L27 Introduction to Combinatorics (5.1) Fri 07 Nov L29 Basic Rules for Counting (5.2) Mon 10 Nov L29 Combinations and the Binomial Theorem (5.3) Wed 12 Nov --- NO CLASS (TUESDAY SCHEDULE) Fri 14 Nov L30 Binary Sequences (5.4) Mon 17 Nov L31 Introduction to Probability (6.1) Wed 19 Nov L32 Sum and Product Rules for Probability (6.2) Fri 21 Nov L33 Probability in Games of Chance (6.3) Mon 24 Nov L34 Expected Value in Games of Chance (6.4) Wed 26 Nov L35 Matrices and Their Operations (Appendix B) Fri 28 Nov --- NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Holiday) Mon 01 Dec L36 Matrices and Markov Chains (6.6) Wed 03 Dec L37 More on Matrices and Markov (6.6) Fri 05 Dec L38 Course Review and Evaluations Final Exam (cumulative) Mon 8 Dec, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LGRC A203Last modified 22 October 2014