Math 211
Mathematics for Computer Science
DRAFT
Administrivia
Meeting times:
Final Exam:
- The final exam for this class will be Friday, Dec. 16, 12:00 noon - 2:00. It will be a
mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive
exam. Current University regulations require that all students take the
final exam at this date and time.
The academic calendar for this year can be found here.
A syllabus for the course will be found
here.
Textbook:
- Rosen, Kenneth: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (McGraw
Hill, 2003). We will try and work through as much of the textbook as
possible.
Instructor: Bob
Matthews
- Bob Matthews (email matthews@ups.edu)
- Thompson 321B
- Extension 3561
- Office hours (tentative)
- 2:00 - 2:50 MWF
- 2:00 - 2:30 Tuesday
- Or by appointment.
- Email messages
are welcome, and can
be used to ask a question or to set up an appointment. My schedule is posted here.
Hours marked 'O. H.' are office hours, and hours marked 'open' on my schedule may be available for appointments
(to be made in advance), but are not office hours and I may not be in my
office during 'open' hours unless I have set up an appointment with you.
If none of the office hours work out for you, please send me
an email.
Evaluation:
- Four hour exams
- A comprehensive, in-class final exam which will have the weight of two
hour exams.
- Homework will be assigned frequently, and homework assignments will be due
two regular class periods following the assignment (leaving a day before an
assignment is due to discuss any questions or problems). From each
homework set I will select several problems to grade. Questions on any
problems are, of course, welcome. The homework will have the
cumulative weight of one hour exam.
Notes:
- The textbook and lectures will include some of the history of the
discipline and connections with computer science (indeed, this course will
present a partial survey of the discipline of computer science. This
should be considered as course material. An excellent link for
historical material is the MacTutor
History of Mathematics page.
- I will make every effort to return homework and exam papers a week or
earlier from the time they are turned in. That is, papers turned in on
a Wednesday should be returned no later than the following Wednesday.
Some Links:
Fall 2005 Schedule:
Exam dates:
- Exam #1 will be Friday, September 23
- Exam #2 will be Friday, Oct. 14
- Exam #3 will be Friday, November 11 (Please note change in date from
Nov. 4).
- Exam #4 will be Friday, Dec. 2. Please note that this is
in the last full week of the term.
- The final exam for this class will be Friday, Dec. 16, 12:00 noon - 2:00. It will be a
mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive
exam. Current University regulations require that all students take the
final exam at this date and time.
Please see The Official
Schedule for details. This schedule is subject to change (although I
will try not to move exam dates). It follows roughly the sequence outlined
on page xiii of our textbook's preface.
Please see the This Week and Next Week
pages for week-to-week information.
Week 1: Monday, August 29
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
Week 2: Monday, September 5
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Monday, September 5, is Labor Day (no classes or office hours)
Week 3: Monday, September 12
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- No class Friday, September 16 (instructor out of town)
- Monday, September 12 is the last day to drop without record.
- The first hour exam will be next Friday
Week 4: Monday, September 19
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam #1 will be Friday, September 23
Week 5: Monday, September 26
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Monday, September 26, is the last day to withdraw with an automatic
'W'.
Week 6: Monday, October 3
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- The second hour exam will be next Friday
Week 7: Monday, October 10
- Topics
- Reading
- 4.1 - 4.3, 4.4 if time permits
- Other Notes
- The second hour exam will be Friday, Oct. 14
Week 8: Monday, October 17
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Monday, October 17, is Fall Break Day (no classes or office hours)
Week 9: Monday, October 24
- Topics
- Finished discussion on probability
- Reading
- Other Notes
- The third hour exam will be in two weeks (modification made 10/30/05.
Further changes were made on that date unless otherwise noted).
Week 10: Monday, October 31 (Merry Christmas!)
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam #3 will be Next Friday (note change in date).
Week 11: Monday, November 7
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Hour Exam #3 will be Friday, Nov. 11 (Please note change in date)
Week 12: Monday, November 14
- Topics
- Reading
- 8.1 - 8.5, 9.1 - 9.3 as time permits
- Other Notes
Week 13: Monday, November 21
- Topics
- Boolean algebra and digital circuitry
- Reading
- 10.1 - 10.3 (as time permits)
- Other Notes
- Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25, are part of Thanksgiving
Holiday (no classes or office hours)
- Wednesday will be a regular class day.
- The fourth hour exam will be next Friday
Week 14: Monday, November 28
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Exam #4 will be given on Friday, Dec. 2. Please note that this
is in the last full week of the term.
Week 15: Monday, December 5
- Topics
- Reading
- Other Notes
- Wednesday, December 7 is the last day of classes.
Week 16: Monday, December 12
- The final exam for this class will be Friday, Dec. 16, 12:00 noon - 2:00. It will be a
mandatory, two-hour, in class, comprehensive
exam. Current University regulations require that all students take the
final exam at this date and time.Final Exams