Course Outline   UPDATED 1/30/06 ---- 3/29/2006

 

Math 1630         Discrete Math    Spring Semester 2006

MTWTh at 10am

 

Lab Times: TBD in south lab

 

Instructor

Name: Dr. David L. Ferro

Email: dferro@weber.edu

Phone: 626-8095

Office: TE110c

Texts

 Discrete Mathematical Structures 5th edition by Kolman, Busby, Ross

Resources

 

Looking for JAVA compilers? Try:

http://java.sun.com
http://java.com
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/jikes/

 

Trouble with lab or servers?  Call 626-6705 (lab aides), or email patrickbeck@weber.edu or call 626-6522 (lab supervisor), and email the professor to keep him appraised. 

 

Microsoft Academic Alliance?  Email or call Patrick Beck.

 

Need Help with Math?  Math tutors available at Weber tutor center!

 

NEWS: Welcome to the Class! 

 

Tentative Class Schedule, Topic Guide, and Assignments

Week

Starting

Topic

Chap

Work to do

1

Monday,

Jan 9

Introduction. 

1.1   Sets and Subsets

1.2   Operations on Sets

1.3   Sequences

. Terminal services

1

week1 –

1.1   ex 1,5,11,17,23,29,31

1.2   ex 1,5,7,9,13,17,23

1.3 ex 1,3,7,11,1,15,

    19,25

All Due: Tue, Week 2

2

Tuesday,

Jan 17

(no class Monday)

1.4 Properties of Integers: integer division, prime numbers, gcd, lcm, mod

1

week 2 -

due thu: 1.4-1,3,5abcde

due w3 mon: 1.4-11,15

3

Monday,

Jan 23

1.3   Number representations.

Propositional Logic and Truth Tables. 2.1

1

Week 3 -

Due tue: 1.4 - 39

Due w3 mon: p47, coding ex 5, p47, coding ex.1,2,3 (generally with programming assignments you need to turn email source, executable, and a copy of run)

4

Monday,

Jan 30

Propositional Logic and Truth Tables. 2.1,2.2

2

week 4 -

Due wed: 2.1 ex 1,3,5a,7ab, 9ab, 13a, 15, 23.  Coding: 0,1,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1

5

Monday,

Feb 6

Xxx functions discussion.

Tues: review

Wed-Exam 1 – covers 1.1-1.4,2.1,2.2 [no class wed.]

5

week 5 – handout (Shaums)

Due: TURN IN ALL WORK UP TO THIS POINT ON Monday, Week 6

6

Monday,

Feb 13

Digital Logic and Circuit Design 6.5,6.6

6

week 6

assorted digital logic and circuit design

Due: Tuesday, Week 7

7

Tuesday,

Feb 21

(no class Monday)

Random Variables.  Random number generators. [3.1 permutations 3.2 combinations 3.3 pigeonhole principle 3.4 probability

3

week 7

3.1-5,13,15

3.2-7,21

Due: Monday, Week 8

8

Monday,

Feb 27

(old EXAM#1)

Boolean Matrices (1.5)

1

week 8

Due: Tuesday – 3.3 ex 1,8,25

Due: Thurs – 3.4 ex 5,24

Due: next Monday – 1.5 ex 5,7,9

Due: next Thurs – program matrix mult and add.  User selects 2 matrixes of size 2x2,2x3,3x2,3x3 to add or multiply.

9

Monday,

Mar 6

Relations and Digraphs 4.2 (4.3-4.7)

Mon: lab day

4

Week 9

Due: thurs – 4.2 ex 7,11 4.3 ex 3

TURN IN ALL WORK UP TO THIS POINT ON Thursday, Week 9

Week of Monday, March 13 – Spring Break !

10

Monday,

Mar 20

Review Monday and Tuesday

 

Wed&Thurs-Exam 2 in testing center – covers functions and 6.5, 6.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 1.5, 4.2, 4.3…[no class thursday.]

7

Week 10

Due: Tuesday, Week 11

11

Monday,

Mar 27

Trees (7.1-7.3) (wed)

 

Languages and Regular Expressions

(recall 1.3 strings and regular expressions) 10.1

(Monday,Tuesday – student conferences)

7,1,10

Week 11

Due: Tuesday, Week 12 –

. Monty Hall program

12

Monday,

Apr 3

Grammars and Finite State Machines

10.2,10.3

10

Week 12

Due: Tuesday, Week 13

13

Monday,

Apr 10

Data Coding for Error Correction

11.1,11.2

11

Week 13

Due: Tuesday, Week 14

14

Monday,

Apr 17

(old EXAM#2)

Data Coding for Encryption 11.3

11

Week 14

Due: Tuesday, Week 15

15

Monday,

Apr 24

REVIEW

 

 

16

Monday,

May 1

EXAM#3

FINALS WEEK

 

Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Objective

 

Class Organization

Class will consist of lecture and discussion on topics assigned through this outline and class assignments.  The instructor will expect the students to have read the covered chapters prior to classroom instruction.  In addition, the class will have both individual and group projects during supervised class and outside class times.  The instructor will engage with the class to assure that learning occurs.

 

Students are responsible for tracking their assignments and their own grades.  Check the web page for information.

 

Send email using “math-subjectmatter” in the email subject line.  This helps me sort the email properly and increases the likelihood that your email will not get “lost in the mail”. 

Assignment Types

 

 

Exams, Projects, Homework, Class Participation

There will be 3 exams. There will be programming, written homework, and short presentations.  Students will usually have a weekly homework/lab assignment.  The students will get credit for class participation.  Participation will be measured as presence during homework and project review, in-class projects, and/or TBA quizzes.

Grading Policies

All exams make up – 40%

Homework, quizzes, presentations – 50%

Participation – 10%

 

Final letter grades given final scores:

>= 94

A

90–93

A-

87-89

B+

84-86

B

80-83

B-

77-79

C+

74-78

C

70-73

C-

67-69

D+

60-66

D

<60

E

Note on Special Needs

Any student requiring accommodations or services due to a disability must contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) in room 181 of the Student Service Center. SSD can also arrange to provide course materials (including this syllabus) in alternative formats if necessary.

WSU Student Code

Students are expected to be familiar with the WSU Student Code and abide by it.  The Code may be reviewed on line at http://www.weber.edu/ppm/6-22.htm (pay specific attention to Section 4D). All necessary steps will be taken to enforce the Student Code to guarantee fairness to all students.

Accounts

You can complete projects at the WSU computer science lab.

Cheating

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