PHL/CS 313K Logic, Sets, and Functions
- From the catalog: Sets, relations, functions, sentential and
predicate logic, proof techniques, algorithms, and elementary
metatheory. Mathematically oriented. Prerequisite: Three years of
high school mathematics. Three lecture hours and one laboratory hour a
week for one semester.
- Note: This course is required of computer sciences majors.
Typically, few except computer sciences majors take this course.
- We will closely follow the text of Robert L. Causey, Logic, Sets,
and Recursion, Second Edition, 2006, Jones and Bartlett, ISBN
0-7637-3784-4. 512+ix pages. NOTE: this is the second edition, not the
older revised edition with supplement. We will proceed through the Causey
text in the order of the Table of Contents, leaving off some sections at the
ends of some chapters. Thus the order of study is Sentential Calculus, Set
Theory, Number Theory, and finally Predicate Calculus.
- Here is a syllabus recommended by the computer sciences department,
one that I try to cover, though not in this exact order.
Logic
propositional connectives
truth tables
satisfiability
validity
provability
tautologies
quantifiers
Sets
elements
subsets
union, intersection, set difference
cartesian product
cardinalities of finite sets
Relations
reflexivity, symmetry and transitivity
equivalence relations and partitions
composition
Functions
1-1
onto
invertibility
Induction
its use for proving simple numerical identities
and for defining functions
Grades will be based upon a combination of homework and exam grades,
including a final examination.
Here is a more detailed syllabus for the
course, together with many example problems, courtesy of Prof. Elaine Rich of
the Computer Sciences Department. The course should enable you to solve
these sorts of problems.
P. S. The University of Texas has many rules and regulations. It is
highly recommend that for all courses at the University of Texas that
students be familiar with the General Information catalog, the Course
Catalog, and of course the Course Schedule, which can all be found on-line at
http://www.utexas.edu. Also highly
recommended is
http://cns.utexas.edu/faculty/files/2006CourseworkRoutine.pdf
,
Dean Laude's memo on Coursework and Routine: Policies, Procedures, and
Recommendations.