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• Grade histogram

• Times: MWF 10:30-11:20
• Location: EE1 125

Quiz

• AA: Th 01:30-02:20, Location: GUG 410. TA: Gidon Shavit
• AB: Th 02:30-03:20, Location: LOW 117. TA: Gidon Shavit
• AC: Th 01:30-02:20, Location: LOW 116. TA: Nick Deibel
• AD: Th 02:30-03:20, Location: MEB 242. TA: Nick Deibel

Homework is intended to be a major portion of the course. Assignments will be due approximately weekly, usually on Wednesday. It is expected that homework solutions represent original work.

Assignment	Due Date	PDF
Homework 1	Oct 10	hw1.pdf
Homework 2	Oct 17	hw2.pdf
Homework 3	Oct 24	hw3.pdf
Homework 4	Oct 31	hw4.pdf
Homework 5	Nov 14	hw5.pdf
Homework 6	Nov 21	hw6.pdf, hw6.ps
Homework 7	Nov 28	hw7.pdf
Homework 8	Dec 5	hw8.pdf
Homework 9	Dec 12	hw9.pdf

• Week 1:
  • Logic: pdf
  • Sets: pdf
• Week 2:
  • Functions: pdf
  • Integers: pdf
• Week 3:
  • Proofs: pdf
  • Inference example: ps
• Week 4/5:
  • Counting: pdf, pdf-4
• Week 6/7:
  • Probability: pdf, pdf-4
  • Bayes rule: pdf
• Week 8:
  • Relations: pdf, pdf-4
• Week 9 / 10:
  • Graphs: pdf, pdf-4

Grading

The course grade will be based on homework, class participation, a midterm, and a final exam. The approximate weighting of the components is 45-55% homework, 15-20% midterm and 30-35% final exam.

Exams

• Midterm: Friday, November 2, in class
  
• Final: 08:30-10:20, Friday, December 14
  

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Text Book and Topics

• The text for the course is Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (fourth edition).

• Syllabus

• Chapters 1-7 will be covered. The main topics will be logic (1.1-1.3), the integers (2.3), methods of proof (3.1-3.3), counting and probability (4.1-4.5), relations (6.1-6.4), and graph theory (7.1-7.5,7.7-7.8).

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