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Class Date

Topics Covered

Homework Assignment

Week #1

 

 

Wednesday, January 17

Course Introduction; Syllabus Review

Section 1.3: Introduction to Logic

None

Friday, January 19

Section 1.3: Deductive Reasoning and Inductive Reasoning

None

     

Week #2

 

 

Monday, January 22

Section 1.3: Symbolic Logic

pg. 38: 5-9 (a-c for each problem)

Wednesday, January 24

Section 1.3: Truth Tables
(Conjunctions and Disjunctions)

pg. 38-39: 11(a-c), 14, 15,16, 17

Friday, January 26

Section 1.3: DeMorgan's Law,
Logically Equivalent Statements

Handout Given in Class
(Click HERE to Access Handout)

     

Week #3

   

Monday, January 29

Section 1.5: Implications (The Conditional)

pg. 65-67: 4, 7, 20

Wednesday, January 31

Section 1.5: Implications (Continued) Converse, Inverse and Contrapositive

pg. 67: 25, 26, 27

(a and c only for each)

Friday, February 2

Section 1.6: Validity of Arguments

pg. 76: 1, 2, 6, 9 (a)

     

Week #4

   

Monday, February 5

Section 1.6: Validity of Arguments (Continued)

Handout Given in Class
(Click HERE to Access Handout)

Wednesday, February 7

OJ Simpson Trial and Arguments

Have a Great Weekend!

Friday, February 9

Section 1.4: Predicates and Quantifiers

pg. 51-52: 5, 7, 8

     

Week #5

   

Monday, February 12

Section 1.4: Quantifiers and Venn Diagrams

 

Handout Given in Class
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Wednesday, February 14

Begin Review for Test #1

Practice Test #1 Problems Here
(Click HERE to Access Handout)

Friday, February 16

Finish Review for Test #1 with Review of Practice Problems

 
     

Week #6

   

Monday, February 19

Test #1 (Logic-Chapter 1)

 

Wednesday, February 21

Return Test #1

Section 3.1: Introduction to Sets and Set Notation

None

Friday, Feburary 23

Section 3.1: Introduction to Sets and Set Notation
(Set Builder Notation, Unions, and Intersections)

pg. 193-195: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12(a, c)

     

Week #7

   

Monday, February 26

Section 3.1: Cardinality of Sets and Venn Diagrams

Handout Given in Class
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Wednesday, February 28

Education Discussion

None

Friday, March 2

Have a Great Spring Break!

None

     

Week #8

   

Wednesday, March 14

Section 7.1: Graph Theory Introduction
(Euler Graphs, Euler Paths, Hamilton Circuits, and Spanning Trees)

Handout Given in Class
(Click HERE to Access Handout) 

Friday, March 16

Section 7.1: Continue Completeing Handout on Graph Theory

 
     

Week #10

   

Monday, March 26

Review of Section 7.1: Graph Theory Introduction

Begin Review for Test #2 (Graph Theory)

Practice Test #2 Problems Given out in Class

Wednesday, March 28

SFinish Review for Test #2 (Sets)

 

Friday, March 30

Test #2 (Set Theory and Graph Theory)

 
     

Week #11

   

Monday, April 2

Section 2.1: Introduction to Proofs

pg. 96: 1 (a, c, e, g), 2 (a-d), 5 (a, b)
Prove: " The sum of any two even integers is always even."

Wednesday, April 4

Section 2.1: Introduction to Proofs (Con't)

Handout of proofs given in class

Friday, April 6

Section 2.1: More Writing Proofs about Numbers

Handout of proofs given in class

     

Week #12

   

Monday, April 9

Section 2.2: Indirect Proofs and Proving by Cases

Prove each statement:

1. If  is even, then n is even. (HINT: Use an indirect proof).

2. For any integer n,  is even.

Wednesday, April 11

Section 2.2: Proof by Cases

Handout Given in Class

Friday, April 13

Section 2.3: Introduction to Proofs by Induction

Handout Given in Class
     

Week #13

   

Monday, April 16

Section 2.3: Proofs by Induction (Continued)

Handout Given in Class

 

Wednesday, April 18

Review for Test #2

Review Practice Test #2 Proof Examples

Friday, April 20

Test #3 (Proofs)

 
     

Week #14

   

Monday, April 23

Return Test #3

Begin Review for Final Exam

(Review of Tests 1 and 3)

 

 

Wednesday, April 25

Finish Review for Final Exam

(Review of Test #2)

 
     

Wednesday, May 2

Final Exam (2:45-4:45pm)

Cumulative Final Exam