Math 113: Discrete Structures, Spring 2018

MWF 10:00-10:50am, Chem 301

Office Hours: MWF 1:30-2:30pm in Lib 306

Drop-in tutoring: SuMTWTh 7-9pm, Lib 387

Text: Discrete Mathematics: Elementary and Beyond

113syllabus.pdf / 113syllabus.tex

Math 113 F02 on Piazza

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Week 1: January 22 - 26

• M: Welcome and warmup. Handout.
• W: Syllabus, §1.1. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §1.2. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 2: January 29 - February 2

• M: Video lecture distributed via email and these notes. RQ, Handout, HW
• W:§1.3. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §§1.5, 1.6. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 3: February 5 - 9

• M: Equivalence Relations. Handout, RQ, HW
• W:§§1.7, 1.8. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §3.1. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 4: February 12 - 16

• M: §§3.5, 3.6 (ignore the proof of equation (3.5) if you have not seen induction before). RQ, Handout, HW
• W: §2.1. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §2.3. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 5: February 19 - 23

• M: §2.4. RQ, Handout, HW
• W: The hatcheck lady & co (Euler function section optional). RQ, Handout, HW
• F: Review session. Two-hour take-home exam distributed, due at the start of class on Monday, February 26. Review problems.

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Week 6: February 26 - March 2

• M: §4.1. No RQ or HW. Handout
• W: §4.2. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §4.3. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 7: March 5 - 9

• M: §7.1. RQ, Handout, HW
• W: §7.2. RQ, HW
• F: §7.3. RQ, Handout, HW

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Spring break: March 12 - 16

Spring break does not count towards revision deadlines. Make sure to complete HW7F and RQ8M.

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Week 8: March 18 - 22

• M: Todos Cuentan. RQ, no HW
• W: Probability video lecture 1. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: Probability video lecture 2. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 9: March 25 - 29

• M: Probability video lecture 3. RQ, Handout, HW
• W: Probability video lecture 4. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: Probability video lecture 5. Read the supplement to lecture 4. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 10: April 2 - 6

• M: §§6.1-6.3. RQ, Handout, HW
• W: §6.4. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: Review session AND DONUTS 🍩. Two-hour take-home exam distributed, due at the start of class on Monday, April 9. Review questions.

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Week 11: April 9 - 13

• M: No RQ, Handout, HW
• W: §6.6. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: §6.7. RQ, Handout, HW

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Week 12: April 16 - 20

• M: §6.8. RQ, Handout, HW
• W: §6.9. RQ, Handout, HW
• F: Read this handout and answer the questions in it. Handout, HW

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Week 13: April 23 - 27

• M: §12.1, course evaluations. HW
• W: §12.2. Handout, HW
• F: §12.3. Handout

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Reading Period: April 30 - May 4

Office hours MWF 3-4pm.

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Final Exam: Monday, May 7

Three-hour comprehensive take-home exam with an emphasis on more recent material. Retrieve exam from the box outside my office at or after 9am on Monday, May 7. Return the exam under my office door by 9am on Tuesday, May 8. The only external resource permitted is a single 8.5"x11" or A4 sheet of notes (two-sided).

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• $\LaTeX$ at Reed.
• A short guide [pdf] to writing mathematics with $\LaTeX$.
• Sample $\LaTeX$ input / output: sample.tex / sample.pdf.
• Change .pdf to .tex on (nearly) any file accessed from this page to get the $\LaTeX$ source code.

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Kyle M. Ormsby