Instructor: Xinyu Sun
Office: Gibson Hall 309
Telephone: 862-3462
Snail Mail: xsun1 AT tulane DOT edu
Web Address: http://math.tulane.edu/~xsun1/217.2007F
Office Hours: MWF 9:00-10:00 or by appointment
Section 01: MWF 1:00-1:50 a.m., GIBSN 400A

Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, K. H. Rosen, 6-th Edition

POLICIES

Grading:

Your grade will be determined by quizzes, three exams, and a cumulative final exam. The weights of each of these are as follows:
  QUIZ     EXAM I     EXAM II     EXAM III     FINAL  
15% 15% 15% 20% 35%
  9/21 (F) 10/19 (F) 11/19 (M) 12/17 (M)

Schedule for Final:
Section 01December 17, Monday, 8:00-noon (location to be announced)

Calculators:

No calculator is allowed.

Homework:

Practicing is essential to the success of learning mathematics. Therefore each and every question listed in the suggested homework must be finished. Homework will be collected and selected problems will be corrected and graded.
1.1 P19: 24, 33a-c, 34, 56
1.2 P28: 34, 43, 44
1.3 P47: 20, 21, 36
1.4 P59: 10, 14, 32, 34
1.5 P73: 4, 6, 10
1.6 P85: 26, 28, 38
1.7 P103: 21, 22, 28, 32, 36, 40
2.2 P131: 15, 24, 57, 58
2.3 P147: 10, 12, 13, 16, 25
2.4 P161: 4, 9, 16, 18
4.1 P281: 4, 10, 20, 32, 32, 38, 45
4.2 P291: 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 35
4.3 P308: 6, 8, 12, 22, 24, 26 a)-b), 30, 32
5.1 P344: 8, 10, 14, 18, 24, 26, 33, 38, 52
5.2 P353: 8, 12, 13, 20, 22, 24, 36
5.3 P361: 12, 16, 22, 24, 36
5.4 P369: 8, 10, 22, 33, 34
5.5 P379: 10, 18, 22, 24, 33, 38, 40, 44, 52
7.5 P504: 4, 12, 18
7.6 P512: 8, 10, 15, 26
6.1 P398: 8, 12, 18, 24, 26, 30, 34, 36
6.2 P414: 2, 6, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 34
9.2 P608: 1-6,18,24-27,54

Group Assignments:

Group works will be presented during the lab sessions, where each person will take turns to make the presentations. The performance will be factored into the homework grades.

1.1-1.2 P19 #42 (A),
P19 #43 (B)
1.3 P50 #50 (A),
P50 #53 (B)
1.4-1.6 P62 #50 a),c), P74 #34, P86 #40 (A),
P62 #50 b),c), P74 #35, P86 #40 (B)
1.7-2.3 P120 #20, #38-a), P131 #35 (A)
P120 #26, #38-b), P131 #36 (B)
2.4-4.1 P281 #45 (A)
P281 #46 (use #45) (B)
4.2-4.3 P291 #12, P309 #36 (A)
P291 #14, P309 #38 (B)
4.3 (2nd week) P291 #12, P309 #28 a)--b) (A)
P291 #14, P309 #44 (B)
5.1-5.2 P345 #35, P354 #25 (A)
P345 #39, P354 #40 (B)
7.5-7.6 P504 #6, P512 #8, #17 (A)
P504 #10, P512 #10, #19 (B)
6.1-6.2 P399 #19 (A)
P415 #22 (B)
9.2 P608 #49 (A)
P608 #55 (B)