Math 231: Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2011

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: T 10:30-11, 1-2, W 10-11, 1-3 (usually), F 10:30-11, 1-2

Textbook: Discrete Mathematics with Applications by Epp, 4^th edition

Class Meetings: TF 2-2:50, W 3-3:50, BNW 254A

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 21, 3PM

Other Materials

• Class wiki
• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source

Coming Attractions

9/14: Homework #1 due

Section 1.1: 2, 5, 7, 9
Section 1.2: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12
Section 1.3: 1bd, 4a, 15
Section 2.1: 6, 8, 9
Selected solutions PDF

9/21: Homework #2 due

Section 2.1 12, 14, 21, 26, 33, 43, 46, 52
Section 2.2 2, 3, 4, 7, 14b, 15, 21, 24, 49
Section 3.1 3, 7, 8, 9, 12
Selected solutions PDF

9/28: Homework #3 due

Section 3.2 1, 3, 16, 26
Section 4.1 3a (prove your answer), 4, 11, 16, 18, 24, 25, 33, 39, 41
Selected solutions PDF

10/5: Homework #4 due

Section 4.2 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17, 18, 30, 35, 36
Section 4.3 5, 15, 21, 24, 29
Selected solutions PDF

10/7: Exam 1

 

10/12: Homework #5 due

Section 4.4 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 24, 30, 31a, 35
Selected solutions PDF

10/19: Homework #6 due

Section 4.5 1-4, 12, 14, 15, 16, 21
Section 4.6 5, 7, 11, 13 (see hint in the back of the book)
Selected solutions PDF

10/26: Homework #7 due

Section 4.6 20, 25, 27, 28
Section 4.7 7, 8, 15
Section 5.1 4, 5, 12, 15, 16, 22, 25
Section 5.2 6, 7, 10
Selected solutions PDF

11/2: Homework #8 due

Section 5.3 9, 12, 17, 19, 26
Section 5.4 2, 5, 9
Selected solutions PDF

11/9: Homework #9 due

Section 6.1 5, 10, 12, 18, 19ab, 24abdefg, 32a, 33
Selected solutions PDF

11/11: Exam 2

 

11/30: Homework #10 due

Section 6.1 35cd
Section 6.2 7, 15, 17, 18
Section 7.1 2, 7, 14, 26, 27, 44, 48, 49
Section 7.2 6, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20, 34
Selected solutions PDF

12/2: Semester paper due

 

12/7: Homework #11 due

Section 7.3 3, 4, 11, 14, 17 (ans is "no"), 19
Section 7.4 4, 5, 12, 15 (make a list of all bit strings in something like alphabetical order)
Selected solutions PDF

12/21: Homework #12 due

Section 8.1 3abcd, 4, 7, 17
Section 8.2 (don't do full proofs in this section) 2, 5, 10, 11, 22, 28, 33, 44, 47

12/21, 3PM: Final exam