CMSC203 Discrete Structures, Sections 0201 & 0301, Spring 2006

Course Syllabus

Updated May 11, 2006.

The original syllabus is still available here.



We will follow the textbook Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (fifth edition) by Kenneth H. Rosen. The following schedule outlines the material to be covered during the semester and specifies the corresponding sections in the textbook. The topic schedule is approximate and is subject to change.

  Homework
Date Topic Quizzes Reading Assign Due
Tue 01/31 Introduction 1.1-1.2 HW1
Thu 02/02 Logic notation 1.3-1.4
Tue 02/07 Methods of Proof 1.5 HW2 HW1
Thu 02/09 Methods of Proof
Tue 02/14 Sets and Functions 1.6-1.8 HW3 HW2
Thu 02/16 Alternating Quantifiers: Big-Oh 2.1-2.2
Tue 02/21 Elementary Number Theory 2.3 HW4 HW3
Thu 02/23 Elementary Number Theory Quiz 1 2.4
Tue 02/28 Elementary Number Theory 2.5 HW5 HW4
Thu 03/02 Elementary Number Theory 2.6
Tue 03/07 Proof by Induction 3.1, 3.3 HW6 HW5
Thu 03/09 Proof by Induction Quiz 2 3.4
Tue 03/14 Proof by Induction 3.5 HW6
Thu 03/16 Proof by Induction 3.6
Tue 03/21 Spring Break
Thu 03/23 Spring Break
Tue 03/28 Counting 4.1-4.2 HW7
Thu 03/30 Counting Quiz 3 4.3
Tue 04/04 Counting 4.5-4.6 HW8 HW7
Thu 04/06 Discrete Probability 5.1-5.2
Tue 04/11 Discrete Probability HW9 HW8
Thu 04/13 Discrete Probability Quiz 4 5.3
Tue 04/18 Relations 7.1-7.3 HW10 HW9
Thu 04/20 Relations 7.4-7.6
Tue 04/25 Graph Theory 8.1-8.2 HW11 HW10
Thu 04/27 Graph Theory Quiz 5 8.3
Tue 05/02 Graph Theory 8.4-8.5 HW12 HW11
Thu 05/04 Graph Theory 8.7
Tue 05/09 Trees 9.1-9.2 HW13 HW12
Thu 05/11 Boolean Algebra Quiz 6 10.1-10.2
Tue 05/16 Review HW13
Tue 05/23 Final Exam


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