Math 2300, Spring
2009
Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change,
please
check frequently
WK |
Class/Date |
Topic
|
Book Chapter |
Assignments
|
Reading
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1 |
M 2/16 |
Introduction
and syllabus |
1.1 |
HW
1 Assigned |
Syllabus, Chapter 1 |
W 2/18 |
Logic |
1.1 |
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F 2/20 |
Conditional Statements |
1.2 |
HW1 Due, HW2 Assigned |
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2 |
M 2/23 |
Valid Arguments |
1.3 |
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W 2/25 |
Digital Logic Circuits,
Predicates |
1.4, 2.1 |
HW2 Due,
HW3 Assigned |
Chapter 2 |
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F 2/27 |
Quantified Statements |
2.1, 2.2 |
HW4 Assigned |
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3 |
M 3/2 |
Statements with Multiple Quantifiers |
2.3, 2.4 |
HW3 Due |
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W 3/4 |
Arguments
with Quantified Statements Direct Proof and Counterexample |
2.4 3.1 |
HW4 Due, HW5 Assigned | Chapter
3 |
|
F 3/6 |
Direct Proof and Counterexample |
3.2 |
HW6 Assigned |
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4 |
M 3/9 |
Direct Proof and Counterexample | 3.2, 3.3 |
HW5 Due, HW7 Assigned |
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W 3/11 |
Q-R Theorem, Cases,
Floor and Ceiling |
3.4, 3.5 |
HW6 Due,
HW8 Assigned |
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F 3/13 |
Contradiction and Contrapositive |
3.6 |
HW7 Due |
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5 |
M 3/16 |
Review |
1-3 |
HW8 due |
Chapter 4 |
W 3/18 |
Sequences |
4.1 |
HW9
Assigned |
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F 3/20 |
QUIZ |
1, 2, 3 |
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6 |
M 3/23 |
Mathematical Induction |
4.2 |
HW10 Assigned |
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W 3/25 |
Mathematical
Induction |
4.2, 4.3 |
HW9 Due |
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F 3/27 |
More induction and Recursive Sequences | 4.3 |
HW10 Due |
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7 |
M 3/30 |
Strong Induction Recursively Defined Sequences |
4.4, 8.1 |
Quiz rewrite due, HW12 Assigned Towers_of_Hanoi Program |
Chapter 8 |
W 4/1 |
Recursively Defined Sequences | 8.1 |
HW11 Due, HW13 and HW14 Assigned |
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F 4/3 |
Solving Recurrence Relations by Iteration | 8.2 |
HW12 Due |
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8 |
M 4/6 |
Second-Order Linear Homogenous Recurrence Relations with Constant Coefficients | 8.2, 8.3 |
HW13 Due - extended Towers_of_Hanoi Program Due HW15 Assigned |
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W 4/8 |
Second-Order Linear Homogenous Recurrence Relations with Constant Coefficients | 8.3 |
HW13 and14 Due, HW16 Assigned |
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F 4/10 |
General Recursive
Definitions More on Solving Recurrences |
8.4 |
HW15 Due, HW17 Assigned |
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SPRING BREAK: April
13-17 |
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9 |
M 4/20 |
More on Solving Recurrences | Handout |
HW16 Due |
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W 4/22 |
Master Theorem, Sets |
5.1 |
HW17 Due,
HW18 Assigned |
Chapter 5 |
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F 4/24 |
Review and more Sets |
5.1 |
HW19 Assigned |
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Sets |
5.2 |
HW18 Due |
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W 4/29 |
Quiz |
4, 8 Handout |
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F 5/1 |
Proofs with sets |
5.3 |
HW20 Assigned |
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11 |
|
Relations | 10.1 |
HW19 Due, HW21 Assigned | Chapter 10 |
W 5/6 |
Equivalence Relations | 10.2 |
HW20 Due, HW22 Assigned | ||
F 5/8 |
Equivalence Relations | 10.3 |
HW21 Due | ||
12 |
|
Partial Order Relations | 10.5 |
HW22
Due, HW23 Assigned |
Chapter 7 |
W 5/13 |
Pigeonhole Principle | 7.3 |
HW23 Due, HW24 Assigned | Chapter 11 |
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F 5/15 |
Graphs |
11.1 |
HW24 Due, HW25 Assigned | ||
13 |
|
Quiz |
5, 10.1-3 |
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W 5/20 |
Graphs |
11.2, 11.3 |
HW25 Due, HW26 Assigned | ||
F 5/22 |
Review | HW26 Assigned |
Missionaries and Cannibals http://www.learn4good.com/games/puzzle/boat.htm |
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Wednesday 5/27 |
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