CS311H - Discrete Math for Computer Science: Honors - Fall 2013: Assignments Page

Assignments for Discrete Math for Computer Science: Honors (cs311H)

Week 0: Introduction (8/29)

Thursday
  • Course introduction
  • Cover course syllabus
  • Assignment: introduce yourself on Piazza (Due 9/3)
  • Homework 1 Assigned (Due 9/10): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 1.4 #10, #24 (a,b, and c), #36, #38, Section 1.5 #20 (parts a and c), #22, #32

    • Week 1: Satisfiability, Predicates, and Quantifiers (9/3,5)

    Tuesday
  • Quest Module 1 on Boolean formulas, Satisfiability and Logical Identities: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 2 on Predicates and Quantifiers: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Logical identities that you should become familiar with (Several were not mentioned in the module videos)
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 1.3
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 3 on Translating Logical Statements and Nested Quantifiers: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 1.4 and 1.5

    • Week 2: Basic Proof Techniques (9/10,12)

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 4 on Direct Proof, Contrapositive: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 5 on Contradiction, Counterexample, Existence, and Cases: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Read about the distinction between proof by contrapositive and proof by contradiction here
  • Homework 1 due at beginning of class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 1.6 and 1.7
  • Homework 2 Assigned (Due 9/17): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 1.7 #24, #26, Section 1.8 #4, #26, #34, #38
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 6 on Uniqueness, Working Backwards, Lemmas, Exhaustive Cases: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 1.8

    • Week 3: Mathematical Induction (9/17,19)

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 7 on Weak Induction 1: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 8 on Weak Induction 2: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Homework 2 due at beginning of class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 5.1
  • Homework 3 Assigned (Due 9/24): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 5.1 #10, #14, #24, #34, Section 5.2 #10, #30
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 9 on Strong Induction: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 5.2

    • Week 4: Sets and Functions (9/24,26)

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 15 on Set Theory: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 16 on Functions: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Homework 3 due at beginning of class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
  • Homework 4 Assigned (Due 10/1): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 2.1 #22, #24, #38, Section 2.2 #18d, #18e, Section 2.3 #22, #34, #36, #40, Section 2.5 #4a, #4c, #24
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 16.5 on Cardinality: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 2.5

    • Week 5: Infinite Sets (10/1,3)

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    Tuesday

  • Homework 4 due at beginning of class
  • Quest Module 16.6 on Countably and Uncountably Infinite Sets: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Read the introduction to the article on Decimal Representation to understand why the decimal representation used in the diagonalization argument is justified.
  • Watch several sketches of arguments relating the sizes of different sets here
    • Thursday
  • TEST REVIEW

    • Week 6: Graph Coloring (10/8,10)

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    Tuesday

  • TEST 1 in class
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 10 on Introduction to Graphs: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 11 on Graph Coloring: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 10.1, 10.8

    • Week 7: Special Types of Graphs (10/15,17)

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 12 on Graph Connectivity: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 13 on Bipartite Graphs and Trees: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 10.2, 10.4, 11.1
  • Homework 5 Assigned (Due 10/22): PDF
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 14 on Planar Graphs: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 10.7

    • Week 8: From Graph Theory to Counting (10/22,24)

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    Tuesday

  • Homework 5 due at beginning of class
  • Quest Module 14.1 on the 5-Color Theorem for Planar Graphs: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 14.2 on Euler and Hamilton Paths and Circuits: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • 5-color Theorem for Planar Graphs
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 10.3, 10.5
    • Thursday
  • WARNING: THIS MODULE IS A BIT LONG, SO BUDGET ENOUGH TIME TO WATCH IT
  • Quest Module C1 on Basic Counting Rules: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 6.1, 6.3
  • Homework 6 Assigned (Due 10/31): From the Rosen Textbook: (Must provide a formula, not just a final number) Section 6.1 #28, #56, Section 6.2 #32, Section 6.3 #24, Section 6.4 #20 (do a simple algebraic proof), Section 6.5 #18

    • Week 9: Counting and Recurrences (10/29,10/31):

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module C2 on Pigeon Hole Principle, Binomial Theorem and Pascal's Triangle: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Quest Module 17 on Introduction to Recurrences: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 8.1
  • WARNING: NOTICE THAT HW 7 IS ACTUALLY ASSIGNED BEFORE HW 6 IS DUE
  • Homework 7 Assigned (Due 11/5): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 8.1 #6, #8, #28 and Section 8.2 #4c,4d,4e, and #8
    • Thursday
  • Homework 6 due at beginning of class
  • Quest Module 18 on Solving Linear Homogeneous Recurrences: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 8.2

    • Week 10: Review and Test (11/5,7)

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    Tuesday

  • Homework 7 due at beginning of class
  • TEST REVIEW
    • Thursday
  • TEST 2 in class

    • Week 11: Big-O and Program Efficiency (11/12,14)

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 19 on Big-O, Big-Ω and Big-Θ: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
  • Homework 8 Assigned (Due 11/21): From the Rosen Textbook: Section 3.2 #22, #26, #44, Section 8.3 #8 (show work, and use Theorem 1 in 8.3), #31 (difficult, but the answer is in the back. Formalize and clean up the proof), #32, #33 (answer in back, but be sure to formalize and clean up the proof)
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 20 on the Master Theorem: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Reading Assignment: Rosen, Section 8.3

    • Week 12: Analysis of Algorithms, Proving Program Correctness (11/19,21):

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 20.1 on the Fast Multiplication Algorithm: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
    • Thursday
  • Quest Module 20.2 on Proving the Correctness of Mergesort: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
  • Homework 8 due at beginning of class
  • Homework 9 Assigned (Due 12/3): PDF

    • Week 13: Proving Program Correctness (11/26):

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    Tuesday

  • Quest Module 20.3 on the Stable Marriage Algorithm: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
    • No Class on Thursday: Thanksgiving Holiday

    Week 14: Undecidability (12/3,5):

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    Tuesday

  • Homework 9 due at beginning of class
  • Quest Module 21 on Undecidability and the Halting Problem: Due by 8:00pm the night before class
    • Thursday
  • TEST REVIEW

    • Final Exam (12/14):

    7:00pm - 10:00pm in JGB 2.216.
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