Lecture: | 4 hours/week |
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Tutorial: | 1 hour/week |
Lectures, problem sessions, tutorial sessions and assignments
- Logic
- Methods of Proof
- Set Theory
- Functions
- Sequences and Summation
- Algorithms
- Growth of Functions
- Divisibility and Modular Arithmetic
- Representation of Integers
- Mathematical Induction
- Recursion
- Counting
- Probability
- Relations
Optional Topics
- Formal Languages
- Finite State Machines
Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- translate an English statement into symbolic form using propositional variables or functions, logical connectives and quantifiers.
- determine the truth value of a compound proposition.
- state the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of an implication.
- verify logical equivalencies.
- determine whether a proposition is a tautology, contingency, or contradiction.
- find the dual of a proposition.
- negate a quantified expression.
- derive a valid conclusion using rules of inference.
- analyze the validity of an argument using rules of inference.
- apply direct proof, indirect proof, and proof by contradiction methods to prove a mathematical theorem.
- determine the cardinality of sets, subsets, power sets and Cartesian products.
- combine sets using set operators.
- prove set identities using the method of subsets, membership tables, and derivations from standard set identities.
- determine if a function is an injection, surjection or a bijection.
- describe the domain, codomain, and range of a function.
- find the image and preimage of a point or set of points of a function.
- find the composition of two or more functions.
- find the inverse of a bijective function.
- derive properties related to the floor and ceiling functions.
- find the value of a term in a sequence.
- represent a sequence in recursive and closed forms.
- evaluate finite sums.
- give a big-O estimate for a function.
- write a simple algorithm.
- determine the time complexity of a simple algorithm.
- use divisibility properties of integers and the division algorithm to derive and prove properties of congruences and modular arithmetic.
- find the greatest common divisor of two integers using the Euclidean algorithm.
- convert the representation of an integer from one base to another.
- prove mathematical theorems using strong and weak principles of mathematical induction.
- convert the representation of a function or set from recursive to closed form, and visa versa.
- solve counting problems using sum, product, inclusion-exclusion (up to three sets), and pigeon hole principles.
- count the number of different combinations and permutations of elements selected from a set. This includes cases of distinguishable and indistinguishable elements as well as selection with and without replacement.
- find the expansion of a binomial expression.
- determine the probability of an event for an equi-probable sample space.
- determine whether or not a relation is reflexive, irreflexive, symmetric, antisymmetric, or transitive.
- represent a relation as a matrix and a digraph.
Optional Topics:
- determine whether a string belongs to the language generated by a given grammar.
- classify a grammar.
- find the language created by a grammar.
- draw the state diagram for a finite-state machine.
- construct a finite-state machine to perform a function.
- determine the output of a finite state machine.
Assessment will be carried out in accordance with ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Evaluation policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. Evaluation will be based on the following:
Weekly quizzes | 0-40% |
Term tests | 20-70% |
Assignments | 0-20% |
Attendance | 0-5% |
Class participation | 0-5% |
Tutorials | 0-10% |
Final examination | 30-40% |
Total | 100% |
Consult the ÁñÁ«ÊÓƵ Bookstore for the latest required textbooks and materials.
Example textbooks and materials may include:
Rosen, H.R., Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, current edition, McGraw Hill.
Grimaldi, R.P, Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction, current edition, Pearson.
Precalculus 12 with a C or better; or Foundations of Math 12 with a C or better.