Math 231: Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2014

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: TF 10-11, 12-12:30, 1:30-2, W 10-11, 12-1 or by appointment

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

Class Meetings: TWF 11:00--11:50, BNW 340

Final Exam: Tuesday December 16, 8:00 AM.

Other Stuff

• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source

Coming Attractions

9/10: Homework #1 due

Section 2.1: 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 21, 26, 33, 43, 46, 52
Section 2.2: 2, 3, 4, 7, 14b, 15, 21, 24
Selected solutions PDF

9/17: Homework #2 due

Section 2.2: 49
Section 1.2: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12
Section 3.1 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 16
Section 3.2 1, 3, 16, 26
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9/24: Homework #3 due

Section 4.1 3a (prove your answer), 4, 11, 16, 18, 24, 25, 33, 39, 41
Section 4.2 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 17, 18, 35, 36
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10/1: Homework #4 due

Section 4.3 5, 15, 21, 24, 29
Section 4.4 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 30, 31a, 35
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10/3: Exam 1

 

10/8: Homework #5 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)
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10/15: Homework #6 due

Section 4.6 20, 25, 28
Section 4.7 7, 8, 15
Section 5.1 4, 5, 12, 15, 16, 22, 25
Section 5.2 6, 7, 10
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10/22: Homework #7 due

Section 5.2 9, 10, 11, 23, 31
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10/27: Homework #8 due

Section 5.3 9, 11, 23, 31
Section 6.1 5, 10, 12, 18, 19ab, 24abdefg
Section 6.2 7, 15, 17, 18
Section 6.3 32, 35
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11/5: Homework #9 due

Section 6.1 32a, 33, 35cd
Section 6.3 20
Section 7.1 2, 7, 14, 27, 44, 48, 49
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11/7: Exam 2

 

11/12: Homework #10 due

Section 7.2 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20
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11/19: Homework #11 due

Section 7.2 43, 45, 49
Section 7.3 2, 3, 4, 11, 17 (ans is "no"), 19
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11/25: Homework #12 due

Section 7.3 20 (it's true), 21 (it's true), 23, 24
Section 7.4 4, 5, 12
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Final homework assignment (not collected)

Section 8.1 3abcd, 4, 7, 17
Section 8.2 10, 11, 22, 28, 33, 44, 47

12/16: Final exam, 8:00 AM