MATH 302 – Discrete Mathematics – Section 501
— Fall 2014 —
– Week by Week Schedule –
This week by week schedule is a *tentative plan* . It is subject to change at
*any time without notice*
Week 1: September 1st - 7th
M 1st: Introduction
W 3rd: 3.1 Algorithms
F 5th: 3.2 The Growth of Functions
NOTE: Friday 5th, 5 p.m.: Last day for adding/dropping courses for the
fall semester.
Week 2: September 8th - 14th
M 8th: 1.1 Propositional Logic
W 10th: 1.2 Applications of Propositional Logic.
F 12th: 1.3 Propositional Equivalences
Week 3: September 15th - 21st
M 15th: 1.4 Predicates and Quantifiers
W 17th: 1.5 Nested Quantifiers
F 19th: 1.6 Rules of Inference
Week 4: September 22nd - 28th
M 22nd: 1.7 Introduction to Proofs
W 24th: 1.8 Proof Methods and Strategies
F 26th: 2.1 Sets
Week 5: September 29th - October 5th
M 29th: 2.2 Set Operations
W 1st: 2.3 Functions / Review
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F 3rd: FIRST EXAM
Week 6: October 6th - 12th
M 6th: 2.4 Sequences and Summation
W 8th: 5.1 Mathematical Induction
F 10th: 5.2 Strong Induction and Well-Ordering
Week 7: October 13th - 19th
M 13th: 5.3 Recursive Definitions and Structural Induction
W 15th: 4.1 Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic
F 17th: 4.3 Primes and Greatest Common Divisors
Week 8: October 20th - 26th
M 20th: 4.4 Solving Congruences (Euclidean Algorithm / Chinese Remainder Thm)
W 22nd: 6.1 The Basics of Counting
F 24th: 6.3 Permutations and Combinations
Week 9: October 27th - November 2nd
M 27th: 6.4 Binomials Coefficients and Identities
W 29th: 6.5 Generalized Permutations and Combinations
F 31st: 8.1 Applications of Relations
Week 10: November 3rd - 9th
M 3rd: 8.2 Solving Linear Recurrence Relations
W 5th: Review
F 7th: SECOND EXAM
Week 11: November 10th - 16th
M 10th: 8.3 Divide-and-Conquer Algorithms
W 12th: 8.5 Inclusion-Exclusion
F 14th: 9.1 Relations and their Properties
Week 12: November 17th - 23rd
M 17th: 9.2 n-ary Relations and their Applications / 9.3 Representing
Relations
W 19th: 9.4 Closures of Relations
F 21st: 9.5 Equivalence Relations
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NOTE: F 21st: 5p.m. Last day for all students to drop courses with no
penalty (Q-drop).
Week 13: November 24th - 30th
M 24th 9.6 Partial Orderings
W 26th Extra Topics – TBA
F 28th: Thanksgiving - no class
Week 14: December 1st - 7th
M 1st: Extra Topics – TBA
W 3rd: Extra Topics – TBA
F 5th: Extra Topics – TBA
Week 15: December 8th - 14th
M 8th: Review – Regular class
W 10th: Reading days - no class
F 12th: FINAL EXAMINATION WEEK – NO CLASS
Week 16: December 15th - 17th
M 15th: FINAL EXAM: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
W 17th: FINAL EXAMINATION WEEK – NO CLASS
F 19th: FINAL EXAMINATION WEEK – NO CLASS
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