CSCI 250 Spring 2013
Discrete Structures
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Reading Assignments and Suggested Exercises

Book:Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, 7th edition
Author: Kenneth Rosen
SectionTopicReadingExercises
1.1Propositional LogicAll1,3,5,9,11,13,15,17,21,25,27,29,33,37
1.2Applications of Propositional LogicAll1,3,5,7,9,17,39,41,43
1.3Propositional EquivalencesAll (skim 32-33)1,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,21,29,41,59,61
1.4Predicates and Quantifiers36-431,3,5,11,13,35,43,51
1.6Rules of InferenceAll3,7,15
1.7Introduction to ProofsAll1,3,5,9,15,17,23,31
2.1SetsAll1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,27,29,35,37
2.2Set OperationsAll1,3,9,13,15,17,19,25,27,29,47,53,55, 57
2.4Sequences and SummationsAll1,3,5,7,9,13,15,17,19,21,25,31,33,35,39
2.6MatricesAll1,3,11,15,27,29
4.1Divisibility and Modular Arithemtic237-2421,9,21,29,31,33
4.2Integer Representation and Algrothms245-249, 253-254 (Modular Exponentiation)1,3,25,27
4.3Primes and Greatest Common Divisors257-261 (top 3 lines), 265-269 (stop at gcd as Linear Combination)1,3,25,29,33
4.5Applications of CongruencesAll1,3,5,17,19,25
4.6CryptographyAll1,3,5,9,24
5.1Mathematical InductionAll3,5,11,13,19,31,49,50,51
5.3Recursive Definitions and Structural Induction344-347 (skip Lame's Theorem/Proof), 349-3531,3,5,7,9,13,15,23,25
6.1The Basics of CountingAll1,3,7,11,13,17,25,29,31,41,47,49,55,57,61
6.2The Pigeonhole PrincipleAll1,3,9,15,17,19,27,31,35,37
6.3Permutations and CombinationsAll1,3,5,6,11,13,19,21,23,25,31,37
6.4Binomial Coefficients and IdentitiesAll1,5,7,9,15,19,29
6.6Generating Permutations and CombinationsAll1, 5, 7, 9