Math 2300, Spring 2023   Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change, please check frequently

WK

Class/Date

Topic

Book Chapter
4th Edition

Assignments

Reading

1
F 1/27
Syllabus and Class Web Page

Syllabus

2

M 1/30

Logical Form and Logical Equivalence 2.1
HW1 Assigned Section 2.1 Handout

W 2/1

Logical Form and Logical Equivalence 2.1

See modules on Canvas

F 2/3

Logical Form and Logical Equivalence 2.1



3
M 2/6
Logic: Conditional Statements 2.2
HW1 Due
HW2 Assigned

W 2/8
Logic: Valid and Invalid Arguments 2.3



F 2/10
Logic: Valid and Invalid Arguments 2.3
HW2 Due
HW3 Assigned


4
M 2/13
Logic: Digital Logic Circuits 2.4
HW4 Assigned
W 2/15
Predicates and Quantified Statements I 3.1
HW3 Due
HW5 Assigned

F 2/17
Predicates and Quantified Statements I 3.1
HW4 Due
HW6 Assigned

5

M 2/20

Predicates and Quantified Statements II 3.2
HW7 Assigned

W 2/22

Predicates and Quantified Statements II 3.2
HW5 Due
HW8 Assigned

F 2/24

Statements with Multiple Quantifiers 3.3

Quiz Review in Canvas

6

M 2/27

Arguments with Quantified Statements 3.4
HW6 Due

W 3/1

Direct Proof and Counterexample I: Introduction 4.1
HW7 Due

F 3/3

Direct Proof and Counterexample I: Introduction
Direct Proof and Counterexample II: Writing Advice
4.1, 4.2
HW8 Due

7

M 3/6

Hand back homework and review for Quiz 1
CH 2


W 3/8

Direct Proof and Counterexample III: Rationals 4.3


F 3/10

Direct Proof and Counterexample IV: Divisibility 4.4


8

M 3/13

Quiz 1 in person
CH 2


W 3/15

Direct Proof and Counterexample IV: Divisibility
Direct Proof and Counterexample V: Q-R and Cases
4.4
4.5
HW10 Assigned
HW11 Assigned

F 3/17

Direct Proof and Counterexample V: Q-R and Cases 4.5
Turn in Chapter 3 HW by 11:59 pm

9

M 3/20

Direct Proof and Counterexample VI: Floor and Ceiling 4.6
HW9 Due

W 3/22

Indirect Proof: Contradiction and Contraposition
4.7
HW10 Due
HW12 Assigned

F 3/24

Quiz 2 Review
Ch 3
HW11 Due Quiz Review in Canvas

10

M 3/27

Famous Proofs and Chapter 4 Summary
4.8


W 3/29

Quiz 2
Ch 2
HW12 Due

F 3/31

Cesar Chavez Day: No Class




Spring Break: April 3-7


11

M 4/10

Return Quizzes, Sequences
5.1


W 4/12

Sequences
5.1


F 4/14

Sequences and Mathematical Induction: Proving Formulas
5.1, 5.2


12

M 4/17

Mathematical Induction: Proving Formulas 5.2
HW13 Assigned

W 4/19

Mathematical Induction: Applications 5.3
HW14 Assigned

F 4/21

Watch: Claude Shannon - Father of the Information Age
No Class meeting


Watch video and answer:
1. What is the difference between a Shannon bit and a Tukey bit?
2. Who wrote "Beat the Dealer"?
3. What did you find most interesting?
4. What is you find most confusing or what do you want to learn more about?
Due April 24th - upload to Canvas
HW13 Due
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Whj_nL-x8

13

M 4/24

Mathematical Induction
5.3


W 4/26

Mathematical Induction: Strong 5.4
HW15 Assigned
HW14 Due

F 4/28

Review for Quiz 3
Chapter 4


14

M 5/1

Defining Sequences Recursively 5.6
HW15 Due

W 5/3

Solving Recurrence Relations by Iteration 5.7 HW16 Assigned

F 5/5

Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relations with Constant Coefficients 5.8


15
M 5/8
Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Recurrence Relations with Constant Coefficients
Go over Quiz Reviews
5.8
HW16 Due
W 5/10 Sets
6
HW17 Assigned
Quiz 4, 5, 6 in Canvas

F 5/12
Sets
6


16
M 5/15
Sets and Pigeon Hole Principle
6 and 9.4


W 5/17
Reading Day

HW 17 Due
Quizzes 4, 5, 6 Due


Friday 5/19

FINAL EXAM
11:15 am - 1:15 pm


In Person Make-up Quizzes