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Math 135: Discrete Math
Spring 2010

Erin Chambers
Contact Info: echambe5 - at - slu.edu
Office: 011 Ritter Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 10-11:30am, Thursday 1-2pm


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)
Jan 11 Truth tables, propositions, logical equivalences, implications Sections 1.1, 1.2 Lecture 1  
Jan 13 Truth tellers and liars, predicates, quantifiers Section 1.3, 1.4 Lecture 2  
Jan 15 Direct Proof, Proof by Cases, Proof by Contradiction Section 1.5 Lecture 3 Worksheet
Jan 18 No class - MLK day  
Jan 20 Proof by cases, proof by contradiction Section 1.5 Lecture 4  
Jan 22 Induction proofs Section 4.1 Lecture 5 Worksheet
Jan 25 Induction proofs part 2 Section 4.1 Lecture 6
Jan 27 Strong Induction Section 4.1 Lecture 7 Worksheet
Jan 29 Sets Section 2.1 Lecture 8
Feb. 1 Sets part 2 Section 2.1-2.2 Lecture 9
Feb 3 Sets part 3 Section 2.2 Lecture 10 Worksheet
Feb 5 Functions Section 2.3 Lecture 11
Feb. 8 More functions Section 2.3 Lecture 12 Worksheet
Feb 10 Infinite Sets Section 2.4 Lecture 13 Worksheet 5 revisited
Feb 12 Big-Oh Notation Section 3.2 Lecture 14
Feb. 15 Review session
Feb 17 Midterm 1
Feb 19 Big-Oh Notation part 2 Section 3.2 Lecture 15
Feb. 22 Big-Omega and Big-Theta notation Section 3.2 Lecture 16 Worksheet
Feb 24 Pseudocode Section 3.1 Lecture 17
Feb 26 Complexity of Algorithms Section 3.3 Lecture 18
March 1 Halting Problem Section 3.1 Lecture 19 Worksheet
March 3 Recurrence relations Section 4.3 Lecture 20
March 5 More recurrences Section 4.3 Lecture 21
March 15 Recursive Algorithms Section 4.4 Lecture 22 Worksheet
March 17 Recurrence relations Section 7.2 Lecture 23
March 19 More recurrences Section 7.3
Lecture notes on recurrences
Lecture 24
March 22 Recursion Trees Section 7.4
Lecture notes on recurrences
Lecture 25
March 24 Master Theorem Section 7.4
Lecture notes on recurrences
Lecture 26 Worksheet
March 26 Recursion tree recap
Intro to counting
Chapter 5.1 Lecture 27
March 29 Review Session
March 31 Midterm 2
April 2 No class Off for Good Friday
April 5 No class Off for Easter Monday
April 7 Counting and Pigenhole Chapter 5.1, 5.2 Lecture 28
April 9 Permutations and Combinations Chapter 5.3, 5.4 Lecture 29
April 12 Binomial Theorem Chapter 5.4 Lecture 30 Worksheet
April 14 Generalized Permutations and Combinations Chapter 5.5 Lecture 31
April 16 Generalized Permutations and Combinations Chapter 5.5 Lecture 32 Worksheet
April 19 Graphs Chapter 9 Lecture 33
April 21 Graphs Chapter 9 Lecture 34
April 23 Graphs: Hamiltonian Paths and cycles Chapter 9 Worksheet