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Topics Covered
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Homework Assignment
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Week
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Wednesday,
January 22
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Course
Introduction; Syllabus Review
Section 1.3: Introduction to Logic (Deductive Reasoning and Inductive Reasoning) |
None
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Friday,
January 24
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Section
1.3: Symbolic Logic
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pg.
38: 5-9 (a-c for each problem)
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Week
2
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Monday,
January 27
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Section
1.3: Truth Tables |
pg.
38-39: 11(a-e), 14, 15,16, 17
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Wednesday,
January 29
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Section
1.3: DeMorgan's Law, |
Handout
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Friday,
January 31
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Section
1.5: Implications (The Conditional)
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pg.
65-67: 4, 20
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Week
3
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Monday,
February 3
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Section
1.5: Implications (Continued) Converse, Inverse and Contrapositive
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Wednesday,
February 5
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Section
1.6: Validity of Arguments
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pg.
76: 1, 2, 6, 9 (a)
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Friday,
February 7
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Section
1.6: Validity of Arguments (Continued)
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Handout
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Week
4
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Monday,
February 10
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Wednesday,
February 12
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Friday, February 14 |
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Week
5
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Monday,
February 17
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Section
1.4: Predicates and Quantifiers
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pg.
51-52: 5, 7, 8
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Wednesday,
February 19
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Section
1.4: Quantifiers and Venn Diagrams
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Handout
Given in Class |
Friday,
February 21
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Review for Test #1
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Practice
Test #1 Problems Here |
Week #6
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Monday, February 24
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Test #1
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Wednesday, February 26
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Return
Test #1 |
Review
Test #1
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Friday,
February 28
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Section
3.1: Introduction to Sets and Set Notation |
pg.
193-195: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12(a, c)
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Week
#7
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Monday,
March 3
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Class Canceled (Snow) |
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Wednesday,
March 5
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Section
3.1: Cardinality and Venn Diagrams (Con't)
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pg. 195-197: 15 (a, c),16 (a, c), 17 (a, c) |
Friday,
March 7
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Section
3.1: Cardinality and Venn Diagrams (Con't)
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Handout
Given in Class |
Week
#8
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Monday,
March 17
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Section
2.1: Introduction to Proofs
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pg.
96: 1 (a, c, e, g), 2 (a-d), 5 (a, b) |
Wednesday,
March 19
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Section
2.1: Introduction to Proofs (Con't)
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pg.
97: 9 (a-c)
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Friday,
March 21
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Section
2.2: Indirect Proofs and Proving by Cases
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Prove each statement: 1. If is even, then n is even. (HINT: Use an indirect proof). 2. For any integer n, is even. |
Week
#9
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Monday,
March 24
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Section
2.2: Proving by Cases and Mod Notation
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Prove: If n is an integer not divisible by 5, then n has a square in the form either of 5k + 1 or 5k + 4 where k is also an integer |
Wednesday, March 26
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Review of Proofs and Proof Types |
Handout
of Proofs Given in Class |
Friday,
March 28
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Section
2.3: Proofs by Induction
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Handout
Given in Class |
Week
#10
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Monday,
March 31
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Section
2.3:
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Handout Given in Class |
Wednesday,
April 2
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Begin Review
for Test #2 (Sets)
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Practice
Test #2 Problems Here |
Friday,
April 4
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Finish Review
for Test #2 (Proofs)
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Practice
Test #2 Proofs Given in Class |
Week #11
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Monday, April 7
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Test #2
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Wednesday,
April 9
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Section
7.1: Graph Theory |
Review Test #2
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Friday,
April 11
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Class Canceled
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Week
#12
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Monday,
April 14
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Section 7.2: Graph Theory (Con’t): Hamilton Circuits, Spanning Trees, Minimum Spanning Trees |
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Wednesday,
April 16
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Section
5.2: The Counting Principle
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pg.
395: 1, 2 (a, c), 3, 9, 11
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Friday,
April 18
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Section
6.1: Basic Probability
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Pg.
446-447: 1 (a,c), 2 (a), 3 (a,c),
4 (a), 7 (a, c, e)
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Week
#13
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Monday,
April 21
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Section 5.2: Permutations and Combinations |
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Wednesday,
April 23
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Begin Review for Test #3 |
Practice Problems for Test #3 Passed Out in Class
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Friday,
April 25
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Finish Review for Test #3
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Week #14
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Monday, April 28
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Test #3
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Wednesday,
April 30
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Review for Final Exam |
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Monday, May 5
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Final Exam (12:30pm-2:30pm)
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