Discrete Mathematics Fall 2017

Course Syllabus:

Meeting times: TR 1:30pm-2:45pm

Meeting place: Merwin

Final Exam: Tuesday December 19

Office hours:

TR 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

(or by appointment -- einsko@fgcu.edu)

Schedule:

  • See Canvas site

Class assignments:

  • See Canvas site

Course description:

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MAD 3107 is an introduction to concepts of discrete mathematics, as used by computer scientists.

Topics include: symbolic logic and Boolean algebra, prepositional and predicate calculus, sets,

functions, and relations, enumeration and counting principles, introduction to graphs, trees,

spanning trees, shortest path and matching algorithms, finite state automata, and Turing machines.

Prerequisities:

MAC 2312 with a minimum grade of C.

Course text:

There is no required text, but I will distribute notes and readings from a number of open-source resources and texts.

Some interesting research papers in related subjects: