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Class Date
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Topics Covered
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Homework Assignment
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Week
1
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Wednesday,
January 21
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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 23
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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 26
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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 28
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Section
1.3: DeMorgan's Law, |
Handout
Given in Class |
Friday,
January 30
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Section
1.5: Implications (The Conditional)
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pg.
65-67: 4, 7, 20
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Week
3
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Monday,
February 2
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Section
1.5: Implications (Continued) Converse, Inverse and Contrapositive
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Wednesday,
February 4
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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 6
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Section
1.6: Validity of Arguments (Continued)
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Handout
Given in Class |
Week
4
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Monday,
February 9
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Wednesday,
February 11
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Section
1.4: Predicates and Quantifiers
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pg.
51-52: 5, 7, 8
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Friday,
February 13
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Section 1.4: Quantifiers and Venn Diagrams
Begin Review for Test #1 |
Handout
Given in Class
Practice
Test #1 Problems Here |
Week
5
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Monday,
February 16
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Wednesday,
February 18
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Review for Test #1
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Practice
Test #1 Problems Here |
Friday,
February 20
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Class Canceled |
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Week
6
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Monday, February 23
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Wednesday, February 25
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Return
Test #1 |
Review
Test #1
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Friday,
February 27
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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 2
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Section
3.1: Cardinality of Sets and Venn Diagrams
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Handout
Given in Class |
Wednesday,
March 4
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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) |
Friday,
March 6
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Education Discussion
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None |
Week
8
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Monday,
March 16
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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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Wednesday,
March 18
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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. |
Friday,
March 20
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Section
2.2: Proving by Cases and Mod Notation
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See RU email for Proofs to be done for next week. |
Week 9 | ||
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See RU email for Proofs (Numbers, Indirect Proof, and Proofs by Cases) |
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Week 10 | ||
Monday,
March 30
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Review of Proofs from Week 9 (Numbers, Indirect Proof, and Proofs by Cases) Section
2.3: Introduction to Proofs by Induction
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None |
Wednesday,
April 1
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Section
2.3:
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Handout
Given in Class |
Friday,
April 3
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Review
for Test #2 (Sets)
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Practice
Test #2 Problems Here Practice Test #2 Proofs Handout from Class |
Week
11
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Monday, April 6
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Sets Theory and Proofs |
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Wednesday,
April 8
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Section
7.1: Graph Theory |
Review Test #2
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Friday,
April 10
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Section 7.2: Graph Theory (Con’t): Hamilton Circuits, Spanning Trees, Minimum Spanning Trees |
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Week
#12
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Monday,
April 13
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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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Wednesday,
April 15
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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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Friday,
April 17
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Section 5.2: Permutations |
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Week
#13
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Monday,
April 20
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Section 5.2: Combinations |
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Wednesday,
April 22
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Review for Test #3 |
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Friday, April 24
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Test #3
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Week
#14
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Monday,
April 27
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Return Test #3 Begin Review for Final Exam (Review of Tests 1 and 3)
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Wednesday,
April 29
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Finish Review for Final Exam (Review of Test #2) |
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Friday,
May 1
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Office Hours (9am-noon) Walker Hall 210 |
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Final Exam
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Monday, May 2 (12:30pm-2:30pm) |
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