Calendar/HW

Updated August 7. All remaining readings and homework have been filled in.

Please read the sections associated with each class date before that class, and do the problems after.


Week 1 Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 6/23 Propositional logic
Propositional equivalences
1.1
1.3
1.1 #14, 16, 28, 31
1.3 #22, 30, 32, 40
Tu 6/24 Predicates and quantifiers 1.4 1.4 #8, 50, 60
W 6/25 Nested quantifiers
Rules of inference
1.5
1.6
1.5 #8, 28
1.6 #10, 35 (show your work)
Th 6/26 Assigned problems
from 1.1 to 1.6
Introduction to proofs 1.7 1.7 #8, 16, 26, 34
F 6/27 Proof methods and strategy
Sets
1.8
2.1
1.8 #4, 18, 26, 34
2.1 #7, 18, 22, 30, 38, 41, 46
Week 2 Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 6/30 1.7 to 2.1
except 2.1 #30, 38
Set operations 2.2 2.2 #2, 16, 40
Tu 7/1 Functions
Sequences and summations
2.3
2.4
2.3 #6, 20, 22, 24, 40, 70, 72
2.4 #12, 14, 34, 36
W 7/2 Cardinality of sets 2.5 2.5 #4, 20
Th 7/3 2.1 #30, 38
2.2 to 2.4
Divisibility and modular arithmetic 4.1 4.1 #6, 8, 14, 16, 20, 36, 40, 46
F 7/4 No class (Independence Day)
Week 3
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 7/7 2.5, 4.1 and
Supplement to HW 4
Integer representations
Primes
4.2
4.3 (to p. 264)
4.2 #2, 4, 8, 22(d), 32
Tu 7/8 Primes and GCDs 4.3 (the rest) 4.3 #6, 12, 15, 28, 32(c,d), 40(c,d), 49, 50
W 7/9 Solving congruences 4.4 4.4 #6, 8, 12, 20, 22, 26
Th 7/10 4.2 to 4.4 Applications of congruences
Midterm review
4.5
F 7/11 Midterm 1, 2:00-3:00pm
(to cover material through 4.4)
Week 4
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 7/14 None Fermat’s Little Theorem
Cryptography (RSA)
4.4
4.6
4.4 #17, 34, 35, 38
4.6 #26 (use Wolfram Alpha for computation)
Tu 7/15 Mathematical induction 5.1 5.1 #3, 6, 10, 20, 22, 32, 50
W 7/16 Strong induction and well-ordering 5.2 5.2 #4, 12, 14
Th 7/17 4.4 to 5.1 (starting with
M 7/14 problems)
Recursive definitions
The basics of counting
5.3
6.1
5.3 #12, 48-52
6.1 #16, 22, 32, 35, 50
F 7/18 The pigeonhole principle
Permutations and combinations
6.2
6.3
6.2 #8, 9, 16, 44
6.3 #16, 18, 24, 30, 36, 41
Week 5
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 7/21 5.2 to 6.2 Binomial coefficients and identities 6.4 6.4 #8, 10, 20, 22, 28, 33
Tu 7/22 Generalized permutations
and combinations
6.5 6.5 #4, 9, 14, 22, 30, 38, 64
W 7/23 Integer partitions Not in book.
Notes
Supplement to HW 9
Th 7/24 6.3 to 6.5 Intro to discrete probability
Probability theory
7.1
7.2
7.1 #10, 14, 36, 38
7.2 #10, 16, 18, 28, 38
F 7/25 Bayes’ Theorem
Expected value and variance
7.3
7.4
7.3 #4, 6, 16(b)
7.4 #5, 6, 10, 37
Week 6
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 7/28 Supplement to HW 9
and 7.1 to 7.3
Expected value and variance
(continued)
7.4 #12, 16, 21, 28, 29, 32, 38
Ch. 7 Supplementary Exercise #22
Tu 7/29 Applications of recurrence relations
Solving linear recurrence relations
8.1
8.2
8.1 #12, 28
8.2 #4(a,b,d,e), 7, 17
W 7/30 Inclusion-exclusion
Applications of inclusion-exclusion
8.5
8.6
8.5 #6, 14
8.6 #3, 6, 10, 18
Th 7/31 7.4 to 8.2 Midterm review
F 8/1 Midterm 1, 2:00pm
(to cover 4.4 through 8.2)

Week 7
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 8/4 None Expected value, revisited
Generating functions
8.4 7.4 #7, 25, 47-49
8.4 #4, 6, 9, 11
Tu 8/5 Generating functions (continued) 8.4 cont’d: #18, 22, 24, 33, 34, 42
W 8/6 Relations and their properties
Equivalence relations
9.1
9.5
9.1 #6, 49
9.5 #2, 8, 16, 40, 62
Th 8/7 Problems assigned from
W 7/30 through Tu 8/5
Graphs and graph models
Graph terminology
10.1
10.2
10.1 #28—make a graph model of BART
10.2 #5, 18, 24, 26, 60, 64
F 8/8 Graph representations; isomorphism
10.3 10.3 #28, 38, 40, 42, 44
Week 8
Date HW to be collected
Topics Reading
Problems
M 8/11 Connectivity
Euler and Hamilton paths
10.4
10.5
10.4 #21, 24, 28, 30
10.5 #28, 34 (recommended—see below)
Tu 8/12 9.1 to 10.4 Planar graphs 10.7 10.7 #6, 8, 16, 18 (recommended)
W 8/13 TBA
Th 8/14 Final exam review
F 8/15 Final exam, 2:00 to 4:00pm

The last homework will be collected on Tuesday, August 12. Problems from 10.5 and 10.7 will not be collected, but they are recommended as practice; solutions will be posted as usual.