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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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W 7/30 | Inclusion-exclusion Applications of inclusion-exclusion |
8.5 8.6 |
8.5 #6, 14 8.6 #3, 6, 10, 18 |
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Th 7/31 | 7.4 to 8.2 | Midterm review | |||
F 8/1 | Midterm 1, 2:00pm (to cover 4.4 through 8.2) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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.