Math 374

Discrete Structures

University of South Carolina
Fall 2008

Lectures:

LeConte

Contact Information:

szekely@math.sc.edu

Covered material and assigned homework:

Aug 22 Section 1.1
Aug 25 Section 1.1 HW: Section 1.1 problems 3,5,8,9,10,21 Deadline: Sept 3
Aug 27 Section 1.2 HW: Section 1.2 problems 9,16,40,46 Deadline: Sept 3
Aug 27 Section 1.2, starting Section 1.3
Sept 3 Section 1.3, HW: Section 1.3 problems 1,2efgh,7, 9defghij,12,18cd,20,25bcd Deadline: Sept 8 Mon
Sept 5 Section 1.4, HW: Section 1.4 problems 7,9,11,12,16,31 Deadline: Sept 8 Mon
Sept 8 Section 1.4
Sept 10 Section 1.5, HW: Section 1.5 problems 4,5,6,9,12 Deadline: Sept 15 Mon
Sept 12 Section 1.6, HW: Section 1.6 problems 2,3,4,5,7,11,12 Deadline: Sept 15 Mon
Sept 15 Section 2.1, HW: Section 2.1 problems 3,4,5,7,11,12,13,20, 31,36,46,62 Deadline: Sept 22 Mon
Sept 17 Section 2.1, 2.2 HW: see above
Sept 19 Section 2.1, 2.2 HW: see above and 2.2 problems 2,4,12,14
Sept 22 Review
Sept 24 Review
Sept 26 first test
Sept 29 Section 2.2, strong induction
Oct 1 Section 2.3, HW: 2.2 problems 30, 44, 52, 70, 74; 2.3 problems 1,3,9, 11,12 Deadline: October 6 Monday
Oct 3 Section 2.4 HW: see above
Oct 6 Section 2.4 HW: 2.4 problems 3,8,9,14,17,19,35,37,46,47,64,68,69 Deadline: October 13 Monday
Oct 13 Section 2.5 HW: 2.5 2,5,8,19,24,30,32,35,38,40 Deadline: October 20 Monday.
Oct 15 Section 2.5, 2.6 HW: see above.
Oct 17 Section 2.6 HW: see above and 2.6 problems 3,4,10 Deadline: October 20 Monday.
Oct 20 Section 3.1
Oct 22 Section 3.1 HW: 3.1 problems 3,5,7,9,11,12 g,...,n, 19,20,25,33 d,...,h, 34,35,41,50 f,...,l Deadline: October 29
Oct 24 Section 3.1
Oct 27 Section 3.2 HW: 3.2 3,4,10,12,19,36,43,59,61,64,66 Deadline: Nov 3 Monday
Oct 29 Section 3.3 HW: 3.3 1,3,8,14,17,18,20,21 Deadline: Nov 3 Monday
Oct 31 Section 3.4 see above
Nov 3 Section 3.6 HW: 3.6 ex. 1fgh,10,11,14,15,16,19,21 Deadline: Nov 10 Monday
Nov 5 Section 4.1 HW: 4.1 ex. 2,3,4bcd,5,7,9,10,11 Deadline: Nov 10 Monday
Nov 7 Section 4.1 HW: 4.1 ex. 12d...j,14,15,16,23bc,26 and above. Deadline: Nov 10 Monday
Nov 10 discussion of homework problems
Nov 12 Review
Nov 14 second test
Nov 17 4.2 HW: 4.2 1,3,5,6,11,12 Deadline: Nov 24 Monday
Nov 19 4.4 HW: 4.4 2,3,5,6,7,10 e,...,l,12,18,32 Deadline: Nov 24 Monday
Nov 21 4.4 HW: see above
Nov 24 make-up test

Useful Links:

Math 374 Syllabus:http://www.math.sc.edu/~szekely/math374.pdf
First practice test:http://www.math.sc.edu/~szekely/t3741proba.pdf
Second practice test:http://www.math.sc.edu/~szekely/t3742proba.pdf
Practice test problems on functions (Chapter 4):http://www.math.sc.edu/~szekely/functions.pdf

Notes:

First test has been scheduled to: September 26

Second test has been scheduled to: November 14 There will be a review session on Nov 12 Wednesday 18:00-??:??, somewhere in LeConte. I'll post on my door at LC305 the location.

The make-up test has been scheduled to: November 24