MCS 261: Discrete Mathematics

Syllabus


The information on this and related pages applies only to John Baldwin's lecture of MCS 261.


.

Week Dates Sections for Discussion Topics
1 8/26 - 8/30 1.2 ,1.1-1.3 Proofs
Proofs
Compound Statements/Truth Tables
2 9/2 - 9/6 Labor Day
1.3
1.4
Holiday
Truth Tables
Propositions
3 9/9 - 9/13 1.4
1.5
2.1
Propositions
Logical Arguments
Sets
4 9/16 - 9/20 2.2 - 2.4 Sets and Relations
5 9/23 - 9/27 2.5
3.1 - 3.2
Equivalence Relations
Functions and Inverse Functions
6 9/30 - 10/4 3.3
3.3
Hour Exam I: ch 1, 2.1-2.4, 3
Cardinality of a Set
Cardinality
Friday, October 4
7 10/7 - 10/11 3.3/4.1
3.3
Cardinality / divisibility
Cardinality
8 10/14 - 10/18 4.1/4.2
4.3/4.4
5.1
omit 4.2.6
through 4.4.5; 4.3 is fun
9 10/21 - 10/25 5.1-5.2 induction and recursion
10 10/28 - 11/1 5.2-5.3
6.1
induction and recursion
counting
11 11/4 - 11/8 6.1-6.3, 7.1 Counting
12 11/11 -11/15 7.1, review, exam Counting and exam
13 11/18-11/22 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 permutations
14 11/15-11/27 7.5, 9.1 binomial theorem, graphs
15 12/2-12/6 9.2, 9.3 graphs, counting, review


Return to the Discrete Mathematics main page.