Course Materials

Syllabus

Homework Exercises

These problems are from the Schaum's outlines 3rd edition:

Chapter 1: 1.26,1.27,1.41,1.58,1.6,1.45, 1.47, 1.50
Chapter 2: 2.23(a),(d), 2.24(a), 2.28(a)-(f) inc., 2.9,2.16,2.27
Chapter 3: 3.5,3.31.3.35,3.27, 3.6,3.28,3.48
Chapter 5: 5.7,5.32,5.39,5.34 (a),(b),(c)
Chapter 5: 5.17,5.39,5.42,5.43,5.55,5.59, (end of material for quiz 3)
Chapter 5: 5.52,5.73,5.76
Chapter 7: 7.4,7.44,7.43(a),(b),7.7,7.50 (end of material for quiz 4)
Chapter 6: 6.1,6.13
(end of material for Exam 1)
Chapter 8: 8.1,8.2,8.34, 8.4 (a),(b),(c),(d), 8.36 (isomorphic only), 8.40,8.44 ( end of quiz 5)
Chapter 8: 8.10,8.42,8.48,8.51 (a)-(d), 8.12,8.57, 8.60,8.61 (end quiz 6)
Chapter 8: 8.16 (no d) ,8.17,8.73

Exams/Quiz dates

Midterm: Wed., November 4 in class
Practice for Exam 1

Instructor

Shari Moskow

268 Korman Hall

215-895-2682, moskow@math.drexel.edu

http://www.math.drexel.edu/~moskow/teach/math221/math221.html

Meeting Place/Times

MWF 12-12:50, 3-3:50

Office hours

Wed 2-3, Fri 10-11

Prerequisites

Textbook

Schaum's Outlines: Discrete Mathematics , Third Edition,

Course objective

This course is meant to introduce you to discrete mathematics. We begin with a review of elementary set theory, and move on to study basic combinatorics, graph theory, and number theory. If time permits we will study special topics such as coding theory and formal language theory.

Course outline

Portions of the textbook that will be covered:

• Chapters 1,2,3-- Set Theory, Relations, and Functions (some)
• Chapter 5+ some of 6 --Techniques of Counting
• Chapter 8+ some of 9 and 10-- Graph Theory
• Chapter 11--- Properties of the Integers
• Chapter 12,13 If time permits

Attendance policy: Class attendance is required. Students will held responsible for all materials and information covered in class. What is said in class takes precedence over what is on the website.

Religious Holidays: In accordance with the university's policy, students upon prior notification of their instructors, shall be excused from class or other scheduled academic activity to observe a religious holy day of their faith.

Shari Moskow