Course Schedule, Discrete Structures, Spring 2009

(This schedule is tentative and may change slightly as the course progresses.)
Day Date Topic(s) Section of Book Homework (5th ed) Homework (6th ed)
Wed Jan 21 Introduction
Sets and Subsets
Operations on Sets

1.1
1.2

1, 3, 7-19 odd, 23, 27
1-19 odd

1, 3, 7-19 odd, 23, 27
1-19 odd
MON Jan 26 Sequences
Division in the Integers
LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS
WITHOUT RECEIVING A "W"
1.3
1.4


1-21 odd, 39
1-21 odd, 39, 41


1-21 odd, 39
1-21 odd, 41, 43


TUE Jan 27 LAST DAY TO ADD A CLASS
Wed Jan 28 The Euclidean Algorithm
Matrices
Quiz 1
1.4
1.5
1.1 - 1.4

1-13 odd, 31, 33


1-13 odd, 31, 39

Mon Feb 2 Matrices
Mathematical Structures
1.5
1.6

1-23 odd

1-23 odd
Wed Feb 4 Truth Tables
Implication
Mathematical Induction
Quiz 2
2.1
2.2
2.4
1.5, 1.6
7, 9, 23-31 odd
11, 17
1-13 odd, 17, 21, 23, 27

7, 9, 27-35 odd
11, 21
1-13 odd, 17, 21, 23, 27

Mon Feb 9 Mathematical Induction
Permutations
2.4
3.1

1-5 odd, 9-15 odd

1-5 odd, 9-15 odd
Wed Feb 11 Combinations
Elements of Probabability
Quiz 3
3.2
3.4
2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1
1-15 odd
7-15 odd, 31-35 odd

1-15 odd
7-15 odd, 31-35 odd

Mon Feb 16 Recurrence Relations
Product Sets
3.5
4.1
1-17 odd
1-17 odd
1-17 odd
1-17 odd
Wed Feb 18 Relations and Digraphs
Paths in Relations and Digraphs
Quiz 4
4.2
4.3
3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.1
1-25 odd
1-19 odd, 27

1-25 odd
1-19 odd, 27

Mon Feb 23 Properties of Relations
Partitions
Equivalence Relations
4.4
4.1
4.5
1-25 odd
23, 29
1-13 odd
1-25 odd
23, 31
1-13 odd
Wed Feb 25 Computer Representations of Relations and Digraphs
Operations on Relations
4.6
4.7
5-9 odd
1-23 odd
5-9 odd
1-23 odd
MON Mar 2 EXAM 1 On the material
covered to date
Wed Mar 4 Transitive Closure and Warshall's Algorithm
Functions
4.8
5.1
1-15 odd
1-17 odd
1-15 odd
1-17 odd
Mon Mar 9 Functions for Computer Science
Growth of Functions
5.2
5.3
1-11 odd
1-21 odd
1-11 odd
1-21 odd
Wed Mar 11 Partially Ordered Sets 6.11-17 odd1-17 odd
Mon,Wed Mar 16,18 SPRING BREAK
Mon Mar 23 Extremal Elements of Partially Ordered Sets
Quiz 5
6.2
4.8, 5.1 - 5.3
1-17 odd, 21-31 odd

1-17 odd, 21-31 odd

Wed Mar 25 Lattices 6.31-7 odd, 171-7 odd, 17
MON Mar 30 Finite Boolean Algebras
Quiz 6
LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS
AND RECEIVE A "W"
6.4
6.1 - 6.3


1-11 odd, 27-31 odd



1-11 odd, 27-31 odd



Wed Apr 1 Functions on Boolean Algebras
Circuit Designs
6.5
6.6
1-13 odd
1-23 odd
1-13 odd
1-23 odd
MON Apr 6 EXAM 2 On the material
covered since Exam 1
Wed Apr 8 Trees 7.11-21 odd1-21 odd
Mon Apr 13 Labeled Trees
Quiz 7
7.2
7.1
1-23 odd

1-23 odd

Wed Apr 15 Tree Searching 7.31-25 odd1-25 odd
Mon Apr 20 Languages
Quiz 8
10.1
7.2, 7.3
1-25 odd

1-25 odd

Wed Apr 22 Representation of Special Grammars
Regular Expressions
10.2
1.3
1-17 odd
31,33,35
1-17 odd
31,33,35
Mon Apr 27 Finite-State Machines
Monoids, Machines and Languages
Quiz 9
10.3
10.4
10.1, 10.2, 1.3
1-13 odd
1-19 odd

1-13 odd
1-19 odd

Wed Apr 29 Machines and Regular Languages 10.51-23 odd1-23 odd
Mon May 4 Review for the Final Exam
Quiz 10
-
10.3 - 10.5
MON 3-6pm,
May 11
FINAL EXAM The final is
comprehensive, but
will emphasize the
material since Exam 2


John Loftin 2009-01-06