CSCI 1323 (Discrete Structures):
Lecture Topics and Assignments

The table below shows what we will be discussing in each class meeting, readings (from the textbook unless otherwise indicated), dates of quizzes and exams, and due dates for homeworks. Dates of exams are fixed; other items are subject to change. Homework is due at 5pm on the date shown, unless otherwise indicated.

Date Topics Reading Due dates
January 12 (Th) No class    
January 17 (T) About the course (Notes)    
January 19 (Th) Propositional logic (Notes) 1.1, 1.2  
January 24 (T) Propositional logic, continued (Notes)    
January 26 (Th) Predicate logic (Notes) 1.3, 1.4  
January 31 (T) Predicate logic, continued (Notes)   Homework 1 (HTML, PDF)
February 2 (Th) Predicate logic, continued (Notes)   Quiz 1
February 7 (T) Proof techniques (Notes) 2.1 Homework 2 (HTML, PDF)
February 9 (Th) Mathematical induction (Notes) 2.2, Appendix B  
February 14 (T) Mathematical induction, continued (Notes)    
February 16 (Th) Recursive definitions (Notes) 2.4 Quiz 2
February 21 (T) Recursive definitions, continued; recurrence relations (Notes) 2.5, Appendix C Homework 3 (HTML, PDF)
February 23 (Th) Recurrence relations, continued (Notes)    
February 28 (T) Recurrence relations, continued; analysis of algorithms (preview) (Notes) 2.6 Quiz 3
March 1 (Th) Analysis of algorithms, continued (Notes)   Homework 4 (HTML, PDF)
March 6 (T) Proofs of program correctness (Notes) 1.6, 2.3  
March 8 (Th) No class    
March 13 (T) Holiday    
March 15 (Th) Holiday    
March 20 (T) Proofs of program correctness, continued; midterm review (Notes)   Homework 5 (HTML, PDF)
March 22 (Th) Midterm (review in HTML, PDF)    
March 27 (T) No class    
March 29 (Th) No class    
April 3 (T) Sets (Notes) 3.1 Homework 6 (HTML, PDF)
April 5 (Th) Counting (Notes) 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Quiz 4
April 10 (T) Counting, continued; probability (Notes) 3.5  
April 12 (Th) Probability, continued (Notes)    
April 17 (T) Relations and functions (Notes) 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 Quiz 5
April 19 (Th) Relations and functions, continued; graphs (Notes)   Homework 7 (HTML, PDF)
April 24 (T) Trees (Notes) 5.1, 5.2 Quiz 6
April 26 (Th) Course wrap-up and evaluations (Notes)    
April 30     Homework 8 (HTML, PDF)
May 2 (W), 8:30am Final exam (review in HTML, PDF)