MA 371 SYLLABUS 1999 summer

Professor: Dr. Fred Thulin http://pluto.ksi.edu/~fthulin/

Office: Dean's Office Hours: 5:00-6:00 M-W; 12:00-1:00 Sat & by appt.

Phone: 847.679.3135 Fax: 847.679.3166 email: fthulin@ksi.edu

Text: Garnier, R. & Taylor, J., Discrete Mathematics for New Technology, Adam Hilger, Philadelphia PA, 1991. ISBN 0-7503-0135-X.

Course requirements: There will be 5 quizzes during the term, a comprehensive final examination, 5 homework assignments and a book review. Late assignments will receive no credit. There will be no makeup exams or quizzes. These requirements will count as follows toward the course grade:

quizzes: 30%

homework: 30%

book review: 5%

final examination: 35%

Grade cutoff points are A: 90%, B: 80%, C: 65%, D: 50%.

Academic Integrity: It is expected that each student submit only his or her own work for credit in the course. A violation may result in splitting a score, expulsion or a grade of F for all parties involved. See the handout Knowledge Systems Institute Policy on Academic Dishonesty.

Schedule: Note: A quiz may include any material covered before the day of the quiz.

May 27: Chapter 1 Logic

Jun 3: Chapters 1&2, Homework 1 due Mathematical proof

Jun 10: Quiz 1, Chapter 2 Mathematical induction

Jun 17: Chapter 3, Homework 2 due Sets

Jun 24: Quiz 2, Chapter 3 Counting techniques

July 1: Chapters 3&4, Homework 3 due Relations

July 8: Quiz 3, Chapter 5 Functions

July 15: Chapter 6, Homework 4 due Matrices

July 22: Quiz 4, Chapter 8, book report due Algebraic structures

July 29: Quiz 5, Chapter 9 Boolean algebra, Switching circuits, Logic networks

Aug 5: Chapter 9, Homework 5 due Boolean expression minimization

Aug 12: Final examination