Math 2300, Spring 2013   Class Schedule, Lecture Notes
Note: Schedule is subject to change, please check frequently

WK

Class/Date

Topic                                     

Book Chapter

Assignments                          

Reading                                                                                   

1

M 1/28

Introduction and syllabus
1

Syllabus, Chapter 1

W 1/30

Logical Form and Logical Equivalence
1.1
HW1 Assigned

F 2/1

Logical Form and Logical Equivalence 1.1


2

M 2/4

Conditional Statements 1.2
HW1 Due,  HW2 Assigned

W 2/6

Valid and Invalid Arguments 1.3
HW2 Due,  HW3Assigned

F 2/8

Claude Shannon - Father of the Information Age
1.4
Watch video and answer:
1. What is the difference between a Shannon bit and a Tukey bit?
2. Who wrote "Beat the Dealer"?
Turn in your answers on Monday, February 11th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Whj_nL-x8

3

M 2/11

Digital Logic Circuits, Predicates 1.4
2.1
HW3 Due,  HW4 Assigned Chapter 2

W 2/13

Predicates and Quantified Statements 2.1, 2.2
HW5 Assigned

F 2/15

Statements with Multiple Quantifiers 2.3
HW4 Due, HW6 Assigned

4

M  2/18

Arguments with Quantified Statements
2.4
HW5 Due, HW7 Assigned Chapter 3

W 2/20

Direct Proof and Counterexample  3.1
HW6 Due, HW8 Assigned

F 2/22

Direct Proof and Counterexample  3.1 HW7 Due

5

M 2/25

Direct Proof and Counterexample  3.2, 3.3
HW8 Due, HW9 Assigned

W 2/27

Direct Proof and Counterexample  3.4, 3.5

F 3/1

 Direct Proof and Counterexample 3.4, 3.5 HW9 Due 

6

M 3/4

Direct Proof and Counterexample
Contradiction and Contrapositive
3.5, 3.6 HW10 Assigned Chapter 4

W 3/6

Review for Quiz 1
Sequences
4.1
HW11 Assigned

F 3/8

Sequences
4.1
HW10 Due

7

M  3/11

PMI
4.2
HW11 Due

W 3/13

Quiz 1
1,2,3.1-4


F 3/15

PMI
4.2
HW12 Assigned

8

M 3/18

PMI
4.3 HW12 Due, HW13 Assigned

W 3/20

PMI and Strong PMI 4.3, 4.4

Chapter 8

F 3/22

Quiz 1 and Recursion 8.1
HW13 Due, HW14 Assigned

9

M 3/25

Recursion
8.1
HW14 Due
Homework Extra Credit:
Towers of Hanoi program to estimate time (in years) to move 64 disks (must be recursive)
Assume 31,557,600 seconds per year
Due April 10th

W 3/27

Solving Recurrence Relations by Iteration 8.2
HW15 Assigned

F 3/29

Solving Recurrence Relations by Iteration 8.2
Quiz 1 Optional Part 2 Due
HW15 Due, HW16 Assigned



Spring Break April 1-5


10

M 4/8

Second-Order Linear Homogenous Recurrence Relations with Constant Coefficients 8.3

HW16 Due, HW17 Assigned

W 4/10

Solving Recurrences
Handout
HW18 Assigned Towers of Hanoi Extra Credit Due
Upload to: https://hopper.csustan.edu/cshomework/

F 4/12

Solving Recurrences Handout
HW17 Due Master Theorem annimation

11

M 4/15

Structural Induction 8.4
HW18 Due, HW19 Assigned

W 4/17

Structural Induction
Sets
8.4
5.1

HW20 Assigned

F 4/19

Sets
5.1, 5.2
HW19 Due, HW21 Assigned

12

M 4/22

Review for Quiz
4, 8, Handout
HW20 Due

W 4/24

Sets
5.2, 5.3
HW22 Assigned

F 4/26

Sets
5.3
HW21 Due
13
M 4/29
Quiz 2
4, 8, Handout

W 5/1
Relations
5.1
HW22 Due, HW23 Assigned
F 5/3
Relations
5.2
HW24 Assigned
14 M 5/6
Relations
5.3
HW23 Due
W 5/8
Go Over Quiz 2
4, 8, Handout

F 5/10
Pigeon Hole Principle 7.3
HW24 Due, HW25 Assigned
15
M 5/13
Graphs
11


W 5/15
Review
All
HW25 Due
Material covered since Quiz 2
F 5/17 Graphs
11



Monday 5/20


Final
11:15 am to 1:15 am


Anmesty Homework Due
(See announcements)