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Math 135: Discrete Math
Fall 2010
12-12:50 MWF in RH 30

Erin Chambers
Contact Info: echambe5 - at - slu.edu
Office: 011 Ritter Hall
Office Hours: Monday 1-2pm, Thursday 11:30-12:30


Here is this semester's tentative schedule; we will update it as the semester progresses. The listed sections refer to the course textbook by Rosen (although sections may be numbered differently in different editions).

Date Topic Reading Notes Worksheet (if any)
Monday, Aug. 23 Course syllabus
Truth tables, propositions, logical equivalences, implications
Sections 1.1, 1.2 Lecture 1
Wednesday, Aug. 25 Truth tellers and liars Sections 1.1, 1.2 Lecture 2 Worksheet 1
Friday, Aug. 27 Predicates and Quantifiers Sections 1.3, 1.4 Lecture 3
Monday, Aug. 30 Proofs Section 1.6 Lecture 4
Wednesday, Sept. 1 Proofs, Induction Sections 1.7 and 4.1 Lecture 5
Friday, Sept. 3 Induction Sections 4.1, 4.2 Worksheet 2
Wednesday, Sept. 8 Induction Sections 4.1, 4.2 Lecture 6
Friday, Sept. 10 Induction Sections 4.1, 4.2 Lecture 7
Monday, Sept. 13 Set Theory
Recap of induction worksheet
Sections 2.1, 2.2 Lecture 8
Wednesday, Sept. 15 Set Theory Sections 2.1, 2.2 Lecture 9
Friday, Sept. 17 Set Theory
Functions
Sections 2.2, 2.3 Lecture 10 Worksheet
Monday, Sept. 20 Class canceled
Wednesday, Sept. 22 Functions Section 2.3 Lecture 11
Friday, Sept. 24 More Functions Section 2.3 Lecture 12 Worksheet
Monday, Sept. 27 Infinite Sets Section 2.4, 3.2 Lecture 13
Wednesday, Sept. 29 Big-O Notation Section 3.2 Lecture 14
Friday, Oct. 1 Review for midterm 1
Monday, Oct. 4 Midterm 1
Wednesday, Oct. 6 Big-O Notation Section 3.2 Lecture 15
Friday, Oct. 8 Big-Omega
Big-Theta
Section 3.2 Lecture 16 Worksheet
Monday, Oct. 11 Pseudocode Section 3.1 Lecture 17
Wednesday, Oct. 13 Complexity of Algorithms Section 3.3 Lecture 18
Friday, Oct. 15 Complexity Section 3.3 Lecture 19 Worksheet
Wednesday, Oct. 20 The Halting Problem
Intro to Recurrences
Section 3.1, 7.1 Lecture 20
Friday, Oct. 22 Recurrences Section 7.1 Lecture 21
Monday, Oct. 25 Recurrences Section 7.1 Lecture 22 Worksheet
Wednesday, Oct. 27 Solving Linear Recurrences Section 7.2 Lecture 23
Friday, Oct. 29 Solving Linear Recurrences part 2 Section 7.2 Lecture 24
Wednesday, Nov. 3 Recursion Trees Section 7.3 Lecture 25 Worksheet
Friday, Nov. 5 Master Theorem Section 7.3 Lecture 26
Monday, Nov. 8 Recursive Algorithms Section 7.3 Lecture 27
Wednesday, Nov. 10 Counting Section 5.1 Lecture 28
Friday, Nov. 12 Counting
Pigeonhole Principle
Section 5.2 Lecture 29
Monday, Nov. 15 Review Session
Wednesday, Nov. 17 Exam II
Friday, Nov. 19 No class
Monday, Nov. 22 Counting Section 5.3 Lecture 30
Monday, Nov. 29 Graphs part 1 Chapter 9 Lecture 31
Wednesday, Dec. 1 Graphs part 2 Chapter 9 Lecture 32
Friday, Dec. 3 Graphs part 3 Chapter 9 Lecture 33 Worksheet
Monday, Dec. 6 Graphs part 4 Chapter 9 Lecture 34