Math 301 Discrete Mathematics


Spring 2019

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Course Syllabus

DATE ASSIGNMENT  [Sections, pages, and problem numbers reference the textbook Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 5th Edition by Susanna S. Epp]
02/04
Read p. 40-42 with the formal definitions of negation, conjunction (and), and disjunction (or).
Section 2.1, p. 51:  #1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 15
02/06
Read Example 2.1.11 A Cautionary Example, p. 47-48.
Section 2.1, p. 51:  #21, 24, 25, 28, 30,  8, 40, 42, 45, 46, 48, 50, 54, 34, 36, 44
02/08
Conditional Statements
Section 2.2, p. 63:  #1, 3, 5, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 26, 34, 40, 43, 45, 37
02/11
Section 2.3, p. 76:  #1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12b, 13, 18, 21, 23
Sections 2.1 & 2.2 due Wednesday 2/13 Friday 2/15 [If you turn it in after class on Friday it must be turned in electronically]
02/13
Section 2.4, p. 91:  #1-15(odd)
02/15
Predicates and Quantified Statements Examples
Section 3.1, p. 119:  #1(a,b,e), 3-11(odd), 13, 14, 16(a, b, c, e), 17(a), 18(a, b, d), 19, 21(a,c), 22(a), 23(a), 24(a), 25(a, c, e)
02/18
Section 3.1, p. 119:  32, 33
Read p. 125 The Relation among "for all", "there exists", "and", & "or"
Section 3.2, p. 129:  #1, 3(a,d), 4(b,c), 7-13(odd), 15(a, c, e) 16&26, 17&27, 18&28, 21&31
Quiz on Wednesday over Sections 2.3, 2.4, and 3.1(partial:  2/15 assignment)
02/20
Quiz 1  Solutions
Section 3.2, p. 129:  #39, 41, 45
Section 3.3, p. 143:  #2, 4, 10, 11(a,c,e)
02/22
Section 3.3, p. 143:  #12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 31, 33, 34, 38, 44
02/25
Read p. 155-156, "Remark on the Converse and Inverse Errors."
Section 3.4, p. 156:  #2, 4, 5, 7-10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25
Sections 3.2-3.3 due Wednesday 2/27
02/27
Section 4.1, p. 171:  #3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 21
03/01
Section 4.1, p. 171:  #23, 25, 27
Section 4.2, p. 173:  #1, 6, 8, 12, 15, 16, 18
03/04
Section 4.2, p. 173:  #20, 24, 35, 36 [Done in class]
Section 4.3, p. 187:  #8 [Note:  The problem starts on p. 187 and finishes on p. 188]
Read pages 183-185 until Theorem 4.3.1
Quiz on Wednesday over Sections 3.4 and 4.1
03/06
Quiz 2  Solutions
Section 4.3, p. 187:  #12, 13, 15, 16, 18
03/08
Divisibility Theorems
Read p. 192 Caution! paragraph.
Section 4.4:  p. 197:  #4, 8, 14, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25.
03/11
Review for Exam 1
03/13
Exam 1   Solutions
03/15
Section 4.4, p. 197:  #26, 28
Section 4.5, p. 209:  #1, 5, 7, 17, 20
03/18
Section 4.5, p. 209:  #29, 37, 41, 42
Homework from 3/15 and 3/18 is due on Friday 3/22
03/20
Section 4.7 p. 225:  #1, 3, 5, 10, 16, 25, 26, 29
3/22
5 Algorithms and their 5 Flowcharts
Section 4.10, p. 225:  #3, 4, 6, 7, 27(b,c) and the additional problems found on this handout.

Spring Break!!
04/01
Section 5.1, p. 273:  #1, 3, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 26, 31, 33, 34, 43, 45, 47, 51, 53, 55, 59, 61, 63, 66, 69
No Quiz this week.  Instead turn in Sections 4.7 and 4.10(including the additional problems)
04/03
Section 5.2, p. 286:  #5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 15
Section 5.3, p. 297:  #8, 13, 16, 19
04/05
Work on previous homework - No new homework.
04/08
Section 5.6, p. 337:  #1-7(odd)
Section 5.4, p. 310:  #1, 3, 5, 9
Sections 5.1-5.3 due Wednesday 4/10
04/10
Section 5.7, p. 350:  #3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 18, 21, 28
04/12
Section 1.2, p. 14:  #1, 8, 9
Section 6.1, p. 388:  #3, 6c, 10, 11
04/15
Section 6.1, p. 388:  #10, 11, 17, 18, 27, 31(a-c), 21, 22, 24, 34, 35
Quiz Wednesday over Sections 5.6, 5.4, & 5.7
04/17
Section 6.2, p. 404:  #1, 3, 6, 9, 19, 30, 34
Quiz 3  Solutions
04/19
Holiday - No Class
04/22
Section 1.3, p. 22:  #1, 7, 9, 13, 15
Section 7.1, p. 435:  #1, 4, 7, 10, 27, 29, 51(a, b, c)
Sections 1.2, 6.1, & 6.2 due Wednesday 4/24
04/24
Section 7.2, p. 457:  #5-9(all), 10, 11, 15, 16, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 45
04/26
Section 8.1, p. 493:  #2, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17
04/29
Review for Exam 2
05/01
Exam 2  Solutions
05/03
Go over exam (partial)
Section 8.2, p. xxx:  #1, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 20, 23
05/06
Section 8.2, p. xxx:  #51, 53
Section 8.3, p. 520:  #1, 2, 3,5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 25, 29
05/08
Section 9.1, p. 571:  #3-13(odd), 19, 22, 26, 29, 31
05/10
Section 9.2, p. 585:  #1, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 27, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41
05/13
Section 9.3, p. 599:  #1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 13, 19, 20, 23, 34(See Example 9.3.7)
05/15
Section 9.4, p. 614:  #1-9(odd), 12, 17, 20, 22, 25-29(all)
Take-Home Quiz 4 [Due Thursday by 2:45pm.  Late submissions not accepted.]
05/17
Review Day

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05/20
Monday Reading Day
Office Hours 9:30am-10:30am
Optional Review Session 12:00am-1:00pm
05/21
Tuesday
Office Hours 1:30 - 2:30pm
05/22
Wednesday
Final Exam 1:00 - 3:00pm

Note:  The Final Exam covers material from the entire semester

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