Section 51 meets on Tuesdays from 6:20 pm to 9:10 pm in SB-201. SB stands for Stuart Building. SB is located at State and 31st Street.
Students should get familiar with discrete objects and structures. They should also develop their ability to think mathematically.
Virgil Bistriceanu (you are now in his home page)
Joyce Chen
Late homeworks won't be accepted as solutions are posted immediately after papers are collected.
For late programming assignments there is a 10% per business day penalty.
Everything you have to turn in is due at the beginning of the class the day the work is due.
Exams are open-book(s) open-notes.
Class attendance and participation will help settle the borderline grades.
Regular class attendance is important and students are expected to actively participate in class: questions and comments are always welcome.
Chapter Hours What
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1 6 Sets and other structures
2.1 1 Functions: introduction
2.2 1 Constructing functions
2.3 2 Properties of functions
2.4 1 Counting infinite sets
3 5 Construction techniques
4.4 2 Induction
5.1 1 Optimal algorithms
5.2 2 Elementary counting
5.4 2 Function growth
11 6 Regular languages and FA
Number representation 4
6 5 Elementary logic
7.1 2 First-order predicate calc.
13.1 2 Turing Machines
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Total 42
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