CSCI 250 Fall 2009
Discrete Structures
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Charles Cusack
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Hope College
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Schedule for weeks 1 through 16

Wk Day Date TopicResourcesEvents

1MonAug 31No classes yetNo class

WedSep 02
  • Introduction to the course
  • Propositional Logic
  • Rosen 1.1
  • Truth Table Applet
  • Truth Table Quiz Applet

  • 2MonSep 07
  • Propositional Logic
  • Propositional Equivalences
  • Rosen 1.1-1.2
  • Intro to Logic
  • Logical Equivalence List
  • Logical Equivalence Applet
  • Logical Equivalence Quiz

  • WedSep 09
  • Predicates and Quantifiers
  • Rosen 1.3
  • Predicates and Quantifiers
  • HW 1 due

    3MonSep 14
  • Rules of Inference
  • Proofs
  • Rosen 1.5
  • Proofs Notes
  • Rules of Inference List

  • WedSep 16Proofs
  • Rosen 1.6
  • Proof Examples
  • Proofs Notes (Continued)
  • Rules of Inference List
  • HW 2 due

    4MonSep 21More Proofs!
  • Rosen 1.7
  • Guide to Writing Proofs
  • HW 3 due

    WedSep 23Sets
  • Rosen 2.1
  • HW 4 due

    5MonSep 28Set Operations
  • Rosen 2.2
  • Set Operations Applet
  • Venn Diagram Applet

  • WedSep 30Functions
  • Rosen 2.3
  • HW 5 due

    6MonOct 05Sequences and Summations
  • Rosen 2.4

  • WedOct 07CISNo classes

    7MonOct 12Mathematical Induction
  • Rosen 4.1
  • Induction Notes
  • HW 6 due

    WedOct 14
  • Recursive Definitions
  • More Induction
  • Rosen 4.3

  • 8MonOct 19Fall RecessNo Class

    WedOct 21Catch-up/ReviewHW 7 due

    9MonOct 26Rosen Chapters 1, 2, and 4
  • Paper
  • Brain
  • Midterm Exam

    WedOct 28Counting
  • Rosen 5.1

  • 10MonNov 02Pigeonhole Principle
  • Rosen 5.2

  • WedNov 04
  • Permutations
  • Combinations
  • Rosen 5.3
  • HW 8 due

    11MonNov 09Recurrence Relations
  • Rosen 7.1
  • Recurrence Relations Notes

  • WedNov 11Catch upHW 9 due

    12MonNov 16
  • Big-O Notation
  • Master Method
  • Rosen 3.2
  • Rosen 7.3
  • Asymptotic Notation Notes
  • Asymptotic Notation Handout

  • WedNov 18
  • Relations
  • Representing Relations
  • Rosen 8.1, 8.3

  • 13MonNov 23Equivalence Relations
  • Rosen 8.5
  • HW 10 due

    WedNov 25
  • Boolean Functions
  • Representing Boolean Functions
  • Rosen 11.1-11.2
  • HW 11 due

    14MonNov 30Logic Gates
  • Rosen 11.3

  • WedDec 02Minimization of Circuits
  • Rosen 11.4
  • HW 12 due

    15MonDec 07?HW 13 due

    WedDec 09Review

    ExThuDec 17Final Exam 3:00-5:00pm