2011-spring

MATH 2310 -- Spring 2011

News

04/26: Solutions to the final with point assignment here
04/23: Solutions to review sheet 3 here
04/22: Solutions to the last part of review sheet 2 here and here
04/14: Solutions to part of today's review sheet Here The remaining exercises will be discussed in our last class.
04/11: Solutions to today's review sheet Here
04/04: Extra office hours available every day after 4:30 in 543NI by professor Sadaka
03/31: Here is a collection of solutions to problems you were assigned for homework. You should consider it as an help to decide if you need to drop this class. You should try to solve them and see if your solutions matches up with mine. Pay attention to possible typos.
02/20: Next homework-set is due this Thursday; bring question for Wednesday: there will be a review section.
02/08: New policy: I will drop your worst 2 quizzes if we will have at least 8 quizzes; otherwise I'll drop only one.
02/08: New policy: I will collect a copy of your homework each Thursday (keep a copy for your own record)
02/02: Class canceled again, quiz moved to tomorrow
01/28: Final: April 25th 8-10am
01/28: Next quiz moved to Wed
01/23: Just discovered an English typo in the notes on knights and knaves; fixed.
01/20: First quiz next Monday, it will cover up to union, intersection and difference of two sets
01/19: Revised version of syllabus on-line. Quiz next Monday.
01/13: more explanations on today's class here
01/11: Office hours moved from Jan 17th to Jan 20th 10-11:30

Syllabus

Topics

This is an approximate list of topic that will be covered in this course, when completed each topic will be green (the numbers refer to sections in Rosen's book):
1.1 Propositional logic
1.2 Propositional equivalences
2.1 Sets
2.2 Set operations
2.3 Functions
11.1 Boolean functions
11.2 Representing Boolean functions
11.3 Logic gates
2.4 Sequences and summations
4.1 Mathematical induction
4.3 Recursive definitions and structural induction
5.1 The basics of counting
5.3 Permutations and combinations
5.4 Binomial coefficients
7.1 Recurrence relations
7.2 Solving linear recurrence relations
7.5 Inclusion-exclusion
7.6 Applications of inclusion-exclusion
9.1 Graphs and graph models
9.2 Graph terminology
9.3 Representing graphs and graph isomorphism
9.4 Connectivity
10.1 Introduction to trees
10.4 Spanning trees

Homeworks

01/10 pp. 16-18, #2 (e,f), 3 (c,d), 5 (a,b,c,h), 7 (b,d,f), 17, 23, 27;
01/19 pp. 28 #9, 15; prove as many equivalences as you can from tables on page 24 and 25.
01/20 pp. 119-120, #1, 4, 12, 24, 29; pp. 130-132, #1-3, 18, 19, 29, 30
01/26 pp. 146-147, #1, 2, 7, 10-13, 15, 16, 17, 19 (a-c), 29-32, 35. Some of the exercises are hard, I will try to explain some of them in class tomorrow; read chapter 2.3 in the book to have a list of synonyms to the concept defined in class today.
01/31: p. 756, #1, 2, 5(a,b), 9, 10, 13
02/03: p. 760, #1, 3, 12, 13. pp. 765-766, #1, 3, 6, 7, 8.
02/08: p. 161, #3, 7, 10
02/21: p. 280, #10, 19, 21, 13, 16, 23, 25, 20, 22; p. 308, #12, 13, 15, 16
03/09: pp. 344-345, #1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 21, 27, 31-33; pp. 360-361, #2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 17,19, 20, 27, 30, 31
03/10: p. 369, #3, 4, 7, 9, 13-15. I will discuss more chapter 5.4 next Monday.
03/20: pp. 456-459, #1 (a,b), 5 (a-e), 9 (a, c, e, g),25, 27, 29, 40, 41, 42. pp. 471, #3(c,d,e,f), 4(a,b,c,d,e,f), 7,8 ,11.
03/28: pp. 596-597, #13, 15, 21. pp. 608-610, #1, 5, 13, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31-33, 34-37.
03/31: pp. 618-620, #5, 9, 34-37, 39, 41, 57, 67
04/11: pp. 693-694, #1, 11a, 12a, 17-19. pp. 630-631, #6, 29-32.

Grades

Grades are now expressed /100.
Best 5 quizzes is the average of your quizzes having dropped your worst two.
Course grade is the best between 20%M 40%Q 40%F and 10%M 30%Q 60%F.
IDQuiz-1Quiz-2Quiz-3Quiz-4Quiz-5Quiz-6Quiz-7MidtermBest 5 quizzesFinal20%M 40%Q 40%F10%M 30%Q 60%FCourse gradeLetter
180402010093.3386.6710090.91928890.1889.4990.18A-
26073.3353.3366.6746.6786.6710045.4577.337570.0272.7572.75C
36053.3310026.6766.6740050646561.663.263.2D
4100100100408053.3386.6790.9193.3310095.5297.0997.09A
566.674086.676046.676010077.2774.677575.3275.1375.32C+
686.6766.6766.6786.6710093.3310086.3693.339492.2193.0493.04A
866.6753.3310086.6710086.6793.3310093.339595.339595.33A
910093.3310086.676093.3310010097.338994.5392.694.53A
10100010086.6773.3373.3393.3386.3690.678587.5486.8487.54B+
1166.6746.6793.3366.6746.6773.3310054.55807171.3172.0572.05C
128004046.676086.67063.6462.679575.7982.1682.16B
1373.33004046.6793.3310045.4570.679173.7680.3580.35B
141008010086.6710093.3310010098.679999.079999.07A
151004086.674066.6766.6710045.45847572.6974.7574.75C
1610053.3380408073.3386.6740.91848776.5881.4981.49B
1793.33801006066.6793.33090.9186.676277.6572.2977.65C+
1866.6746.6793.336.6746.6760805269.336865.3366.866.8D+
1910093.3310066.6793.338010095.4597.3310098.0298.7598.75A
211008010033.3373.33801001009210096.897.697.6A
221008010086.6710066.6710090.9197.339494.7294.6994.72A
2386.6773.33100407073.336059.0980.6710084.0890.1190.11A-
2473.33608026.672080405066.676763.4765.265.2D
2593.3333.33100093.33010064847877.678.478.4B-
2693.3366.6766.6726.670801005281.338677.3381.281.2B
2773.3373.331001008086.6710010093.339996.9397.497.4A
2866.6746.6753.3333.3366.67608059.0965.337567.9570.5170.51C-
2966.67406046.676066.6773.3372.7365.336165.0863.4765.08D
30602053.3366.6746.6746.6704054.675752.6754.654.6D-
3193.3333.33100066.6793.3310086.3690.678286.3485.0486.34B+
3273.3346.670208053.3366.6745.45647966.2971.1571.15C-
3386.6726.678053.3386.6773.331004885.337071.7372.472.4C
3402046.6726.6733.3353.3333.332038.675240.2744.844.8F

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