CSCI 250 Spring 2011
Discrete Structures
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Reading Assignments and Suggested Exercises

Book:Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, 6th edition
Author: Kenneth Rosen
SectionTopicReadingExercises
1REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 3,4,6,7,9,10,11,13,14
Supplementary Exercises: 11
1.1Propositional Logic1-161,3,5,9,11,13,15,17,21,25,27,29,33,37,45,49,51
1.2Propositional Equivalences21-271,5,9,11,13,15,17,21,41
1.3Predicates and Quantifiers30-461,3,5,9,11,13,19,21,25,35,39,59,61
1.5Rules of Inference63-721,3,5,7,9,13,17,19,23
1.6Introduction to Proofs75-851,3,5,15,21,27
1.7Proof Methods and Strategy86-1021,3,7,9,17,25,27,29,31
2REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11
Supplementary Questions: 298
2.1Sets111-1191,3,5,7,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,29
2.2Set Operations121-1301,3,9,11,15,17,19,25,27,29,47
2.3Functions133-1461,3,7,9,12,13,15,17,19,32,33,55,57
2.4Sequences and Summations149-1601,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,19,23,27
3REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 10,11,12,13
3.1Algorithms167-177None
3.2The Growth of Functions180-184None
3.3Complexity of Algorithms193-1991, 3, 7, 9, 10
3.4The Integers and Division200-2081, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 17, 21, 31b
3.5Primes and Greatest Common Divisors210-2171, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 21, 33
3.7Applications of Number Theory231-2441, 3, 5, 11, 19, 25
3.8Matrices246-252 (Stop at "Zero-One Matrices")1, 3, 5, 11, 15, 25
4REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsSupplementary Exercises: 1,7,17,41,43
4.1Mathematical Induction263-2793,5,11,13,19,21,31,47,48,49
4.3Recursive Definitions and Structural Induction294-3031,3,5,7,9,25,37
5REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 6,8
5.1The Basics of Counting335-3441,3,7,11,13,17,29,31,39,43,49
5.2The Pigeonhole Principle347-3531,3,9,15,17,19,24,33
5.3Permutations and Combinations355-3601,3,5,6,11,13,19,21,25,31,41
5.4Binomial Coefficients363-3681, 5, 7, 9, 15
6REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 1,2
Supplementary Exercises: 1,3
7.1Recurrence Relations449-4561,3,5,9,11,17,35,49,50,51,52
7.3Divide-and-Conquer Algorithms and Recurrence Relations474-4821,7,9,11,13,15
8REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 1,2,3,6,7,10,13
Supplementary Exercises: 14
8.1Relations and Their Properties519-5271,3,5,7,13,15,33,35,39,47
8.3Representing Relations537-5421,3,5,6,7,9,11,13,14,15,19,21,27,31
8.5Equivalence Relations555-5621,3,4,9,11,17,21,23,27,35,41,43
11REVIEWKey Terms and ResultsReview Questions: 5,6,9,10
Supplementary Exercises: 18
11.1Boolean Functions749-7551,3,5,9,15,19,21,27
11.2Representing Boolean Functions757-7591,3,5,13,15
11.3Logic Gates760-7651,3,5,7,9,15
11.4Minimization of Circuits766-7751,3,5,6,7,17