Discrete Mathematics

Instructor - Robert Hochberg 
Office-         STC C-121 
Phone-         328-9685 
Email-         hochberg@cs.ecu.edu		 Text - Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, by Rosen, 5th edition Office Hours
M 10-12
W 8-9 and 10-12

 
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Course Schedule
(subject to change)
Monday
Wednesday
 Friday

8/24 - Extra Credit Problems Assigned
 8/26-
8/29 - Homework 1, due 9/7
Please read this play and nswer the questions.at the end of the file.
 8/31 -
9/2 -
9/5 - Labor Day, no class
 9/7 - Extra Credit Problems due
Homework 1 due
 9/9 -
9/12 - Homework #2
From the book - Due 9/21
1.1 #4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34, 46
1.2 #4, 8, 16, 20, 26, 28, 36
1.3 #8, 14, 16, 32, 34, 46, 48
1.4 #10
1.5 #8, 10, 12, 24, 26, 28, 36
XC Can the ten squares from Homework 1, #9 fit into a 20x21 rectangle, again without gaps or overlaps?		 9/14 -
9/16 -
9/19 -  9/21 - Homework 2 due today
 9/23 -
9/26 - Exam I
 9/28 -
9/30 - Homework #3
From the book - Due 10/7
1.6 #4, 12, 16, 22, 24a
1.7 #4, 6 (explain why in your own words), 8 (using the method of example 12 or example 13), 10, 12 and 14 (using membership tables) and 34 (w/o membership tables.  Be clever...)
1.8 #4, 6, 14, 16, 28
10/3 -
10/5 -  10/7 - Homework 3 due today
10/10 -
10/12 -
10/14 -
10/17 - Fall Break, no class
 10/19 - Homework #4, due 10/26
2.4 #6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 25, 26, 28
2.5 #22, 24
2.6 #2, 48
 10/21 -
10/24 -
10/26 - Homework 4 due today
Homework #5, due 11/2
2.4 #22, 36, 38, 42, 44, 46
2.5 #20
2.6 #4, 6, 28
3.1 #2, 4[XC +7]
 10/28 - 
10/31 -
11/2 - Homework 5 due today.
Homework #6, due 11/9
2.5 #22, 24, 28
Use Algorithm 5 (pg 176) to find 8162 (mod 41), and then use Fermat's Little Theorem to verify the answer.
2.6 #8, 10, 12
3.1 #6, 16, 20
3.2 # 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
 11/4 - 
11/7 -
11/9 - Homework #6 due today
Homework #7 - due 11/16
 11/11 - 
11/14 -  11/16 -
11/18 -
11/21 - Exam II
 11/23 - Thanksgiving Break, no class
 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break, no class
11/28 -  11/30 - Exam 2 solutions and makeup.
 12/2 -
12/5 - Exam 2 Makeup due today
 12/7 - Homework #8 - due December 14, by 2:00 pm.  If your final is not that day, please give it to me or slide it under my door by the due date and time.
Final Exam -
For the MWF class:
     8:00 ‑ 10:30  Friday, December 9
For the MW class:
     2:00 ‑  4:30  Wednesday, December 14