Discrete Mathematics
Course Information for Math 221, Section 3, Winter 2007
Instructor: Eric Schmutz, Korman 266. Old-fashioned hours will be announced.
However you are welcome to drop by anytime, with or without an appointment. The
advantage of making an appointment is that you won’t come at a time when I am not in.
To make an appointment, email me at Eric.Jonathan.Schmutz@drexel.edu.
Syllabus: The syllabus below is a first approximation Some modifications may be
necessary during the quarter. The suggested reading and problems are from the textbook
Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction, 2nd ed. by Edward A. Scheinerman. ISBN
0534398987.
Week
Topic
Reading
Suggested Problems
Other
1:Jan 8-12
Sets
Chapter 2,
sections 7-11
(skip proofs)
p.43:1,3,6,9,10,12,15;
p.48:1,4,7;
p57:1,2,3;
p.63:4,5;
p. 74:1;
Quiz 1
Friday
2: Jan 15-19
Sets and
Relations
p.83-99
p. 81:1-14,16,17
p.87: 1,6,7,13
p.96:1,2,3,4,6,11,12
Quiz 2
Friday
3: Jan 22-26
Combinatorics
p.100--122
p.103:2,11,12,13,14
p.113:1,2,3,4,10,11,12,28
p.122: 1,2,5,6
Quiz 3
Friday
4: Jan 29-Feb
2
Combinatorics
p.123-153
p132:1,3,4,5,6
p.133:1-7,10-20
p.153:2,3,7
Quiz 4
Friday
5: Feb 5-9
Induction
p.155-178
p168:3,4,5,6,7,8
p.188:1,2,6
p.190:2,3,5,6,11,13,15
Exam Feb
8
8:00
Thurs
6: Feb 12-16
Graph Theory
p.389-412
p.397:1a,5,9,18d,18e
p.404:1a,1d,1g,2,3,4,10f
p.412: 1,10
Quiz 5
Friday
7: Feb 19-23
Graph Theory
p.413-435
p. 420: 1,3,9,11,13
p.434:1,10d,14
Quiz 6
Friday
8: Feb 26-Mar
2
Functions
p.193-210, 236242
p203:1,2,5,9,14
p.210:2,3,4,10
Exam Mar
1 8:00
Thurs
9: Mar 5-9
Number Theory
p.293-318, 362363
p297:1,2,9a
p.307:1,2,10,19,20
p.318:1,2,3,12
p.324:1,3,4,7
Quiz 7
Friday
10: Mar 12-16
Cryptography
p.370-373,380387
p.384:1,3,4a
Assignment
due Friday
in class
Week
Topic
1:Jan 8-12
Statistics and their Sec.5.3-5.5
distributions,
simulation
5.3:37,40
5.4: 46,47,52,54
5.5: 59,61,68,69
2: Jan 15-19
Point estimation
6.1:3,9,12,17,19
3: Jan 22-26
4: Jan 29-Feb 2
Reading
Sec.6.1,6.2,7.1
Suggested Problems* Other
Grading: The tentative grading
scheme is:
6.2:25,37
7.1:1,3,7
Quizzes:
20%
ConfHour
idence Exams
Sec.7.2-7.4
7.2: 13,19,25
40%
intervals
7.3: 29,30,31,32
Final Exam: 35%
7.4:43,45
Cryptography assignment: 5%
Hypothesis testing Sec.8.1-8.3
Quiz 1 Mon.
Quiz 2 Mon.
8.1: 5,7,9,11,13
8.2: 15,19,21,25,27
8.3:35,37,39,41
Exam 1
Monday.
10.1: 1,3,5,7,9
10.2: 11,15,19
Quiz 4 Wed
5: Feb 5-9
Policies:
The default
policy for exams
and quizzes is that they
“closed book” exams, with no
Comparing
tw o
Sec.8.4,9.1,9.2
8.4:45,49,53,57
Quiz are
3 Wed
populations
9.1:
1,5,9,13
electronic devices permitted and no collaboration permitted. Exceptions to this policy
9.2:17,21,25,33
may be announced.
6: Feb 12-16
ANOVA
7: Feb 19-23
Sec. 10.1-10.3
There is no grade for attendance. However you are responsible for both the assigned
readings and
any additional12.1:1,5,9
material discussed in class. There are no “make-ups” for
Regression
Sec.12.1-12.3
missed quizzes and exams. 12.2: 13,17,21
12.3: 31,35,39
I will use your Drexel email address for course communications.
8: Feb 26-Mar 2 Regression, cont. Sec.12.4-12.5,
9: Mar 5-9
Goodness of Fit
Sec.14.1-14.3
10: Mar 12-16
Non-parametric
statistics
Sec. 15.1-15.2.
12.5,13.2
12.4:49,53
12.5: 59,67
14.1:1,5,9
14.2: 1,17
15.1: 1,3,5,7
15.2: 11,13,15
Exam 2
Monday.
Quiz 5 Wed.
Quiz 6 Wed.