Math 220: Fundamentals of Discrete Mathematics

Instructor: Sarah Witherspoon
Phone: 845-6178
Email: sjw AT math.tamu.edu
Office and hours: MWF 2:00-2:50 in Milner 323, and by appointment

Course web address: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~sjw/math171.html

Class meetings: MWF 12:40-1:30 in BLOC 163
Text: Fletcher and Patty, Foundations of Higher Mathematics, 3d ed., Brooks/Cole, 1996.


Course requirements and grades
Course prerequisite: Math 172.
There will be a writing assignment worth 100 points, and homework is worth 150 points. Two in-class exams are worth 100 points each, and the final exam is worth 150 points. Grades are assigned as follows based on your average: A (90-100%), B (80-89%), C (70-79%), D (60-69%), F (0-59%).

Course description
3.0 credits. Foundations of mathematics including logic, set theory, combinatorics, and number theory.
We will cover approximately the first 6 chapters in the text, and parts of Chapters 7 and/or 8, time permitting.


Weekly Schedule (tentative)
Week 1 (1/18-1/19): 1.1
Week 2 (1/22-1/26): 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Week 3 (1/29-2/2): 1.5, 1.6, 2.1
Week 4 (2/5-2/9): 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Week 5 (2/12-2/16): 3.1, Exam I (Friday, 2/16)
Week 6 (2/19-2/23): 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, Writing project proposal due 2/23
Week 7 (2/26-3/2): 3.5, 4.1, 4.2
Week 8 (3/5-3/9): 4.3, 4.4
Week 9 (3/19-3/23): 4.5, 5.1, Detailed outline or rough draft due 3/23
Week 10 (3/26-3/30): 5.2, 5.3, Exam II (Wednesday, 2/28)
Week 11 (4/2-4/5): 5.4, 5.5 (Friday 4/6 is a reading day)
Week 12 (4/9-4/13): 5.6, 5.7, 6.1
Week 13 (4/16-4/20): 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
Week 14 (4/23-4/27): Topics from Chapters 7 and/or 8, Writing project due 4/27
Week 15 (4/30-5/1): Topics from Chapters 7 and/or 8 (Tuesday is a Friday, and is the last day of classes)
FINAL EXAM: Monday, 5/7, 10:30-12:30, in our regular classroom

Homework Assignments will be given approximately once each week, and usually will be due the following week. They must be turned in on time. Working together on homework is fine, but each of you should write up your own solutions.

Attendance Regular attendance is expected but is not officially recorded. Please let me know by e-mail, phone, or in person if you must miss two or more class days in a row. Likewise if you must arrive late or leave early; this is disruptive and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

Make-up policy Make-ups for missed homework and exams will only be allowed for a university approved excuse in writing. Wherever possible, you should inform me prior to missing an exam. Consistent with University Student Rules, students are required to notify an instructor by the end of the second working day after an absence. Otherwise, they forfeit their rights to a make-up.

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Homework Assignment 1: due Friday, 1/26
1.1: 3(a)(b)(c)(d)(g)(h), 7
1.2: 15(a), 25(b), 27, 28(a), 30, 31, 36, 37, 39