Math 3336 - 20636

Discrete Mathematics - Spring 2020

Instructor: Dr. Blerina Xhabli

Office: 212 PGH
Email: bxhabli@uh.edu
Office hours: TuTh 11:30am - 12:20pm and 2:30pm - 3:20pm

Tutor/Grader: Weiqang Lin

Office: 619 PGH
Office hours: TBA at M.U.S.L.
M.U.S.L. Tutoring Center is located at Fleming 11.

Course details:

Lecture Time/Place: TuTh 10:00am - 11:30am at S 105
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Eighth Edition, by Kenneth H. Rosen.
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Week	Reading Assignments	After Class Lecture Notes Tuesday	After Class Lecture Notes Thursday
Week 1 01/13-01/17	Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (Propositional Logic)	01/14 - Section 1.1 (to be continued)	01/16 - Section 1.1/1.2 (finished 1.1 and 1.2)
Week 2 01/20-01/24	Sections 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (Predicate Logic)	01/21 - Section 1.3 (finished 1.3)	01/23 - Section 1.4/1.5 (finished 1.4 and (almost) 1.5)
Week 3 01/27-01/31	Sections 1.5, 1.6 (Predicate Logic continued)	01/28 - Section 1.5 (finished 1.5)	01/30 - Section 1.6 (to be continued)
Week 4 02/03-02/07	Sections 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 (Proof Methods and Strategies)	02/04 - Section 1.6 (finished 1.6 and intro to proofs)	02/06 - Section 1.7/1.8 (almost finished)
Week 5 02/10-02/14	Sections 1.8, 2.1, 2.2 (Sets and Set Operations)	02/11 - Section 1.8/2.1 (finished 1.7/1.8 and began 2.1)	02/13 - Section 2.1/2.2 (finished 2.1/2.2)
Week 6 02/17-02/21	Review I and Exam I	02/18 - Section 2.3 and Review I (to be continued)	02/20 - Exam I (Chapter 1 and Section 2.1/2.2)
Week 7 02/24-02/28	Sections 2.3, 2.5 (Functions and Countability of Sets)	02/25 - Section 2.3 (finished 2.3)	02/27 - Section 2.5 (finished 2.5)
Week 8 03/02-03/06	Sections 4.1, 4.2*, 4.3 (Number Theory/Division Algorithm)	03/03 - Section 4.1 (reviewed 2.5 and finished 4.1)	03/05 - Section 4.3 (finished 4.3)
Week 9 03/09-03/13	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
Week 10 03/16-03/20	Covid-19 Break	Covid-19 Break	Covid-19 Break
Week 11 03/23-03/27	Sections 4.4, 4.6* (Linear Congruences/Cryptography)	03/24 - Section 4.4 (to be continued)	03/26 - Section 4.4 (finished)
Week 12 03/30-04/03	Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3* (Mathematical Induction and Recursive Definitions)	03/31 - Section 5.1/5.2 (finished)	04/02 - Section 5.3 (finished)
Week 13 04/06-04/10	Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 (Combinations and Permutations)	04/07 - Section 6.1/6.2 (finished)	04/09 - Section 6.3/6.4/6.5 (finished)
Week 14 04/13-04/17	Sections 8.5, 8.1, 8.2 (More Counting and Recurrence Relations)	04/14 - Section 6.5/8.5/8.1 (to be continued)	04/16 - Section 8.1/8.2 (Section 8.2 to be continued)
Week 15 04/20-04/24	Chapter 9/Review II and Exam II	04/21 - Section 8.2 (finished)	04/23 - Chapter 9 Take-Home Exam II
Week 16 04/27-05/01	Final Review	04/28 - Final Review
Week 17 Finals	Final Exam	Tuesday, May 5 Take-Home Final