UMBC CMSC 203
UMBC CMSC 203 * CSEE

CMSC 203, Section 0401 - Fall 2004

Lecture Schedule

The dates shown are a general guideline for the class, modifications may take place throughout the semester due to snow days or the length of time it takes to cover a particular topic. If any dates change during the Semester, the "Lecture Schedule" will be updated on the class web page.

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Date

Lectures

Assignments

Readings & Notes

1

9/2

Course Overview and Propositional Logic

PS1 assigned

Ch. 1.1 - 1.2; Slides

2

9/7

LaTeX

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guest lecturer Eric Eaton; LaTeX resources

3

9/9

Proof Techniques

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Ch. 1.5; guest lecturer Marie desJardins; Slides

4

9/14

Predicates and Quantifiers; Review of Proof Techniques

PS1 due; PS2 assigned

Ch. 1.3-1.4; Ch 1.5

5

9/16

Sets and Functions

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Ch. 1.6-1.8

6

9/21

Algorithms I

PS2 due; PS3 assigned

Ch. 2.1-2.3; Slides

7

9/23

Algorithms II

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Ch. 2.1-2.3

8

9/28

Integers

PS3 due; PS4 assigned

Ch. 2.4-2.5; Slides

9

9/30

Number Theory and Matrices

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Ch. 2.6-2.7

10

10/5

Exam I

PS4 due

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11

10/7

Sequences and Summations

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Ch. 3.2

12

10/12

Proof and Induction

PS5 assigned

Ch. 3.1, 3.3

13

10/14

Recursion

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Ch 3.4-3.5

14

10/19

Correctness

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Ch. 3.6

15

10/21

Counting

PS5 due; PS6 assigned

Ch. 4.1-4.2

16

10/26

Permutations and Combinations

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Ch. 4.3-4.5

17

10/28

Probability I

PS6 due; PS7 assigned

Ch. 5.1-5.3

18

11/2

Probability II

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Ch. 5.1-5.3

19

11/4

Probability III

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Ch. 5.1-5.3

20

11/9

Recurrence Relations

PS7 due

Ch. 6.1-6.2

21

11/11

Exam II

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22

11/16

Generating Functions and
Inclusion Exclusion

PS8 assigned

Ch. 6.4-6.5

23

11/18

Relations (!)

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Ch. 7.1-7.6

24

11/23

Graphs I

PS8 due; PS9 assigned

Ch. 8.1-8.4

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11/25

Happy Thanksgiving!

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25

11/30

Graphs II

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Ch. 8.5-8.8

26

12/2

Languages and Grammars

PS9 due; PS10 assigned

Ch. 11.1

27

12/7

Finite-State Machines

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Ch. 11.2-11.3

28

12/9

Turing Machines

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11.5

29

12/14

FINAL EXAM REVIEW

PS10 due

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12/21

FINAL EXAM

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Exam will be held in SS113 from 1:00-3:00pm




Last Modified: Thursday, 02-Dec-2004 08:02:33 PM EST