Office: PGH 607 (Math), 685 (Houston J Math); Office Hours: Tuesdays, 1:30-3 pm
TA: Yao Yu, PGH 605 email: yyao@math.uh.edu Office Hours: Wednesdays, by appointment, between 11-3pm
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, 6th Edition, Kenneth H. Rosen , McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
Chapter 1. The Foundations: Logic and
Proofs, 1.1 -1.7
Exercises. 1.1: 1,3,13,21,23,27; 1.2:
1,23,24,25; 1.3: 10, 11 16, 43,45,46,47; 1.4: 1,9,19, 48,49;
1.5: 3,7,15, 17,18; 1.6: 1-5, 11,17; 1.7: 3,13
Exam #1 September 17
Please bring a blue book and be prepared to show your ID
Chapter 2. Basic Structures:
Sets, Functions, 2.1-2.3
Exercises. 2.1: 1-3; 2.2:
1,20,44,45; 2.3: 1,10,12,14,16,40
Chapter 3. The Fundamentals:
The Integers, Matrices, 3.4-3.8
Exercises. 3.4: 1,2,7,8,9a-c,21,22,24,31; 3.5:
1,7,11,21,23,27; 3.6:1 - 3,23,29; 3.7:1a-c; 3,5,6,19; 3.8:1,3,5
29,31
Exam #2 November 3
Please bring a blue book and be prepared to
show your ID
Here is a test from a previous course:
Old Test 2
Chapter 4. Induction and Recursion, 4.1-4.3
Exercises. 4.1: 1,3,11,25,32,47 4.2:1-3;
4.3:1,7,9,35
Chapter 8. Relations, 8.1, 8.3-8.6
Exercises. 8.1: 1, 3, 30, 47; 8.3:
1-3; 5, 6,7,11; 8.4: 1-3, 22, 23; 8.5: 3, 10, 16, 41, 55, 57;
8.6: 5, 12, 15, 33,62, 64;
Here is a test from a previous course: Old
Test 3
Chapter 9. Graphs, 8.1-8.5
Exam #3 TBA
Final: Tuesday, December 15, 11am-2pm
Grading: Mandatory Final 40%, Regular tests 60%. I drop the lowest grade, but no make-ups.
Homework: I will assign regularly homework which will be discussed in class. In order to do well on tests you should do the homework problems.
Updated: October 7, 2009