Math 131 - Discrete Mathematics
-- Fall 2024 Assignments and Tasks
- My teaching style is very adaptive, so I only post class assignments and tasks as we become ready to cover that material.
- These are labeled Preliminary before class.
- AFTER class, I adjust the list to accommodate for any flexing we did DURING class that day, and mark the listing Confirmed.
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Listings go in order of most RECENT date on top.
*** WEEK THIRTEEN IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 - Counting: Principles Review
- Study your notes and Activity #11. (We discussed solutions in class.)
- Participation on the Activity during class counts as a 10/10 HW #32 score.
- If you were absent, complete the Activity and give it to me at the exam on Monday to earn your points.
- Read/reread all earlier assignments for Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction Principlies and P.I.E.
- There is no HW due Monday, due to our exam.
- Exam #3 is Monday, Nov. 25. (Link opens Topics List)
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 - Counting: Principle of Inclusion-Exclusion (P.I.E.)
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 9.3 from "The Inclusion/Exclusion Rule" on p.427 through end of Example 9.3.4 on p.429
- There is NO homework due Friday, Nov. 22, due to Monday's upcoming exam.
- Here is some extra, ungraded practice for P.I.E.
- Exam #3 is Monday, Nov. 25. (Link opens Topics List)
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 - Counting: Further work with Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction Principles
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread:
- Section 9.2 "Multiplication Rule" on p.411 up TO "Permutations" on p.416
- Section 9.3 pp.424 through top blue box on p.427
- HW #31 is due WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 9.2 (p.421): #26, 27, 33
- Exer. Set 9.3 (p.431): #4, 7, 8, 10, 11
- Supplement to HW #31: OMIT #2i and #2j
- Exam #3 is Monday, Nov. 25 (one week from today). (Link opens Topics List)
*** WEEK TWELVE IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 - Counting: Addition, Subtraction Principles
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 9.2 "When the Multiplication Rule is Difficult" on pp.414 up TO "Permutations" on p.416
- Section 9.3 pp.424 through top blue box on p.427
- HW #30 is due MONDAY, Nov. 18:
- It is TODAY's handout mistakenly numbered "Activity #9" in the physical version. (This PDF is correct.)
- On the physical version, change the name to "Activity #10" and ALSO write "=HW #30."
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 - Counting: Multiplication Principle
- Study your notes and Activity #9 (Problems #1, 2, and 3ab only)
- Solutions to Activity #9 are posted in D2L Content.
- Read: Section 9.2 pp.410-414.
- HW #29 is due Friday, Nov. 15: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 9.2 (p.421): #11-12, 14-17, 22ab
- Hint for #22: Make one blank for each element of A, and in each blank, write the number of options for choosing an element from B to go with that element of a
- Supplement to HW #29: all (work on your own paper - there's no room on the PDF)
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Nov. 11, 2024 - Basic Probability, and Outcome Trees
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 9.1: pp.404-406
- Section 9.2: pp.410-412
- HW #28 is due Wednesday, Nov. 13: Do all of the tasks below.
- Exer. Set 9.1 (p.409): #7-11, 13, 14 - follow directions carefully for all of these problems
- Exer. Set 9.2 (p.421): #1-3 and #5, drawing and labeling a tree and listing the actual outcomes from Game 1 to the end
- Note: Although I'm asking for all outcomes to begin with Game 1, your tree can be more condensed. Read on.
- In #1, A has already won the first three games, so our tree can skip that, and our first set of branches from "Start" can be labeled "Game 4."
- But remember to include the info we read PLUS the info in our tree to create an entire outcome.
- For instance, if A wins Game 4, the series ends, and the outcome is AAAA. (We were told A won Games 1-3, and our tree shows A winning Game 4.)
- Exer. Set 9.2 (p.421): #6-7, drawing and labeling a tree and listing the actual outcomes from Start to the end
- We should consider balls B1 and B2 DIFFERENT from each other, and also W1 and W2, and R1 through R5.
- Exer. Set 9.2 (p.421): #9-10, drawing and labeling a map (just give the roads numbers 1, 2, 3, etc.) and listing the actual outcomes
*** WEEK ELEVEN IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 - Sequences: Special Kinds
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 5.5: bottom paragraph on p.229 ("Now F_0=1, as already noted...") up TO Example 5.5.7 on p.230 (do NOT read Example)
- Section 5.6: bottom paragraph on p.238 ("A sequence like the one...") up TO "Using Formulas to Simplify..." on p.241
- HW #27 is due Monday, Nov. 11.
- See the email clarification I sent at around 10:15 this morning (Friday, Nov. 8).
- Nothing else is due Monday except the above handout.
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 - Recursive Sequences
- Study your notes.
- Read Section 5.5:
- pp.222-224:
- Example 5.5.4 has a typo in the second formula under part (b): subscript on C is k MINUS 1, not k+1
- Study Example 5.5.4(b) carefully as a model for the order to think about such tasks, but realize the author doesn't separate LHS and RHS.
- Separating is MUCH more reliable, so do imitate our in-class work for that.
- Example 5.5.6 on pp.229-230
- HW #26 is due Friday, Nov. 8: Do all tasks below:
- p.234: #1-8 and #9-14 (imitate our in-class example to simplify each side separately and compare!)
- Supplement to HW #26 - these tasks have the option of "not working"
- Allow yourself plenty of time to work on these algebra tasks - they require close attention to detail and good distributing/exponent work!
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 - Sequences: Various Skills
- Study your notes.
- Read from Section 5.1:
- Example 5.1.7 on p.175
- Example 5.1.9 on p.176
- pp.178-180
- HW #25 is due Wednesday, Nov. 6: Do all tasks below:
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #32-37 (the reading has examples like #35-37)
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #38-45
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #48-56
- HW #24 (see below) is ALSO due Wednesday, Nov. 6. Let me know if you need an extension.
*** WEEK TEN IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 - Sequences: Explicit Formulas, Expanded Form
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread from Section 5.1:
- Example 5.1.3 on pp.173-174
- Example 5.1.6 on p.175
- Example 5.1.8 on p.176
- Example 5.1.10 on pp.176-177
- Also reread everything assigned from Monday's material (Oct. 28)
- HW #24 is due Wednesday (oops!): Do all tasks below, following MY instructions:
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #6-12
- Give TWO answers apiece, one with domain i>=1, and another with your choice of a different domain (different first allowed subscript).
- Your answers should be of the form "a_i=(formula)" and also show your domain, as in class.
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #24-27, showing the first THREE and last TWO terms (and ellipsis)
- Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #28-31, following author's instructions
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 - Exam #2
- Exam #2 is TODAY, in class
- HW #23, listed below, is due in class as usual on Friday.
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Oct. 28, 2024 - Sequences: Intro
- Study your notes.
- Read these parts of Section 5.1:
- pp.171- end of Example 5.1.2 on p.173
- "Summation Notation" on p.174 through end of Example 5.1.5 on p.175
- "Product Notation" on p.177 to bottom of p.177
- "Factorial..." on p.181 through end of Example 5.1.16(c) on p.182
- HW #23 is due Friday: Exer. Set 5.1 (p.183): #1-5, 13-23, 57-59
- Exam #2 is NEXT class, Weds., Oct. 30.
*** WEEK NINE IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Oct. 25, 2024 - Functions: Wrap-Up
- Study your notes, especially the VLT/HLT discussion.
- Read/reread:
- There is no supporting reading in our text for VLT, HLT.
- Section 7.2: p.317 through end of Example 7.2.10 on p.318
- Section 8.1: p.347 through end of Example 8.1.5 on p.348
- Section 7.3: pp.322-323, OMITTING Example 7.3.1 (formula example)
- There is no HW due Monday because of the upcoming exam, but you should practice these problems as exam prep:
- Exer. Set 7.2 (p.319): #36, 37
- Exer. Set 8.1 (p.350): #10-12
- Exer. Set 7.3 (p.331): Write as sets of ordered pairs AND answer author's questions for #1, 2, 23
- Exam #2 is WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30.
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 - Functions: Special Kinds/Properties
- Study your notes.
- Read from Section 7.2:
- pp.305 through end of Example 7.2.1 on p.306
- "Onto Functions" on p.308 through end of Example 7.2.3 on p.310
- "One-to-One Correspondences" on p.314 through end of Example 7.2.7 on p.315
- HW #22 is due Friday, Oct. 25: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 7.2 (p.319): #1, 6-9
- Exer. Set 7.2 (p.319), giving informal justifications, NOT "proof": #10a, 11a, 12a, 19, 20
- Exam #2 is WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30.
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 - Functions: Intro
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread:
- From Section 1.3: "Functions" on p.16 through end p.21
- Note that in 1.3, the author breaks the definition of function into two pieces: each x in A is used, AND it is NOT used twice.
- The "not used twice" idea comes in when she writes in notation and words that two ordered pairs with the same first coordinate also have equal (the same) second coordinates.
- From Section 7.1:
- p.294 through end of Example 7.1.2 on p.296
- Example 7.1.6 on p.298
- Example 7.1.7 on p.299
- "Checking Whether a Function is Well-Defined" on p.299 through end of Example 7.1.10 on p.301
- Some terminology from the reading is needed for problems below.
- HW #21 is due Wednesday, Oct. 23: Do all tasks below.
- Exercise Set 1.3 (p.21): #11-18
- Exercise Set 7.1 (p.302): #1, 2, 4 (answer #4 by giving arrow diagrams), 7, 9, 11, 27-28
- Exam #2 is moving to next WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, due to the power outage disrupting our schedule.
*** WEEK EIGHT IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - Relations: Properties on Infinite Sets
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread Section 8.2 p.351-358, omitting any "Proofs."
- HW #20 is due in class on Monday, Oct. 21: Do all tasks below.
- Exercise Set 8.2 (p.358): #11-14, 17-19, 23, 24, 32, 33
- Instructions for the above are in blue before Problem #11 - you are asked to JUSTIFY this time.
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 - Relations: Properties
- Study your notes.
- Read Section 8.2 p.351 through end of Example 8.2.1 on p.354.
- HW #19 is due in class Friday: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 8.2 (p.358): #1-5 and #7 (instructions are in blue above Problem #1)
- Exer. Set 8.2 (p.358): #20-22
- Supplement to HW #19
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 - Relations: Introduction
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 1.3 p.13 through end of Example 1.3.3 on p.16
- Section 8.1 p.345 through end Example 8.1.4 on p.348
- There's a typo in Example 8.1.3 on p.346: it should "define a relation S from P(X) to P(X)" not "to Z."
- HW #18 (yes, that's the correct number) is due Wednesday, Oct. 16: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 1.3 (p.21): #1abd-4abd, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a
- Exer. Set 8.1 (p.350): #1a, 3abcd, 4-7
- Many problems use notation that looks like this: f|s, where there is some number or variable in the f-position, and some variable or formula in the s-position.
- We can read the notation out loud as "f divides s," which is just another way of saying that f is a factor of s.
- For instance, 6|18 is true because 6 is a factor of 18, but 6|10 is false since 6 is NOT a factor of 10.
- A summary of many phrases that mean the same thing as "d|n" is on the bottom of p.134.
*** WEEK SEVEN IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 - Review of Families of Sets
- ALL SRU CLASSES ARE OPERATING VIA REMOTE INSTRUCTION TODAY due to the power outage on lower campus.
- Complete/Review Activity #8, which we began in class last time.
- Here are its solutions and an additional example:
- DUE MONDAY, Oct. 14:
- Supplement to HW #16 (you already have this handout from last Weds.) - it will count as HW #17 in the Gradebook.
- As usual, we'll discuss questions first on Monday, then turn in HW.
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 - Sets: Families of Sets
- Study your notes and Activity #8.
- Read/reread Section 6.1: p.255 through end of Example 6.1.10 on p.258.
- Nothing is due for FRIDAY - HW #16 will be a 10/10 completion score for Activity #8 above.
- We will discuss Activity #8 at the start of class on Friday.
- From Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 - Fall Break
- There are no SRU classes today due to Fall Break.
*** WEEK SIX IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 - Sets: Operations, continued
- Study your notes (including from Wednesday, Oct. 2).
- Solutions to Activity #7 are posted in D2L Content.
- Read/reread:
- Section 6.1: pp.254-255
- Section 6.1: from "Power Sets" on p.259 through end of section (on p.261)
- HW #15 is due next WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, due to Fall Break: Do all tasks below.
- Supplement to HW #15
- Exer. Set 6.1 (p.261): #11-12 following these SPECIAL instructions
- Do NOT use the book's set-builder notation in these problems and their answers!
- These sets are all intervals, so FIRST convert them to that notation.
- For instance, in #11, A =(0,2]
- THEN find the union, intersection, etc. as asked, and write your answers using INTERVAL notation too.
- Drawing them on number line diagrams can help to determine left and right endpoints for your answer intervals.
- If your answer is two SEPARATED intervals, such as in #11d, it's common to use a U symbol between them.
- For instance, #11d has answer (0,2]U[3,9]
- Fall Break is Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 7-8. There are no SRU classes
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 - Sets: Operations
- Study your notes and Activity #7
- Read/reread:
- Section 6.1: pp.254-255, and "Cartesian Products" on pp.259-261
- Section 1.2: "Cartesian Products" on p.10 through end of section on p.12
- There is NOTHING due for Friday except to try completing all of Activity #7 in order to discuss operations further.
- Everyone will receive a perfect 10/10 score as HW #14 just for attempting Activity #7.
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 - Sets: Subsets
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread:
- ALL of Section 1.2: p.6 through the end of Example 1.2.4 on p.10
- These PARTS of Section 6.1:
- p.249 through the end of Example 6.1.1 on p.250
- p.252, stopping right at Solution to Example 6.1.3
- We don't write proofs in SRU's Discrete Math, so ignore the Solution.
- From "Power Sets" on p.259 through end of section (p.261)
- HW #13 is due WEDNESDAY: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 1.2 (p.13): #7-9
- Exer. Set 6.1 (p.261): #1acde, 2-7 (see below!)
- IGNORE the book's instructions to explain, prove, or disprove for #2-7.
- Instead, follow the steps we used in class for Example 6.1.3.
- Supplement to HW #13 problems
- Solutions to our recent Exam #1 are posted in D2L Content if you'd like a closer look or print-out.
*** WEEK FIVE IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 - Exam #1
- Exam #1 is TODAY, in class
- HW #12, listed below, is due in class as usual on Monday.
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 - Sets: Introduction
- Study your notes.
- Read:
- Section 1.2: p.6 through end of Example 1.2.2 on p.9
- These PARTS of Section 6.1:
- p.249
- The top box on p.255
- p.257 just to the end of Example 6.1.8
- HW #12 is due in class Monday, Sept. 20: Do all tasks below.
- Exam #1 is NEXT class, Friday, Sept. 27. (link opens Topics List)
- CONFIRMED From Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 - Logic: Truth Values for Multiple Quantifiers
- Study your notes and Activity #6.
- Solutions to Activity #6 are in D2L Content.
- Read/reread: Section 3.3 pp.84-87 and p.91 through end of Section.
- There is no HW due until next Monday, Sept. 25.
- Here are some practice problem with multiple quantifiers: Exer. Set 3.3 (p.93) #10, 41, 46-49, 53, 54 - and INFORMALLY justify all of these
- Exam #1 is Friday, Sept. 27. (link opens Topics List)
*** WEEK FOUR IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED For Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 - Logic: Tarski's World for Quantified Statements
- Study your notes and Activity #5.
- Solutions to Activity #5 are posted in D2L Content.
- Read/reread the info listed for Wednesday, Sept. 18.
- HW #11 is due in class on MONDAY, Sept. 23: Do all tasks below.
- Exer. Set 3.1 (p.73): #9-12, giving the value of your counterexample AND showing that it makes the algebra wrong
- Exer. Set 3.1 (p.73):
#27, giving the same four types of answers (i)-(iv) as on Activity #5
- Exer. Set 3.1 (p.73): #28-30, writing as informal statements, then support true/false answers with examples and counterexamples where appropriate, but only INFORMAL justifications where it's impossible to exhaust an infinite domain
- One way to define the term "real number" is that it's a number that can be written using decimal notation.
- Exam #1 is next Friday, Sept. 27, in class. (Link opens Topics List)
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 - Logic: Tarski's World for Quantified Statements
- Study your notes and Activity #5.
- Read/reread:
- Section 3.1: Definition and Example 3.1.3 on p.65
- Section 3.1: Definition and Example 3.1.4 on pp.66-67
- Section 3.1: p.72
- Beware that the solutions to parts (a) and (d) of Example 3.1.13 do NOT exhaust the domain.
- I would not award full credit for them: I require that we exhaust the domain.
- So (a) should read "This statement is true. All the triangles - a, c, and g - are blue."
- (d) should read "This statement is false. All the squares - e, h, and j, - are either blue or black."
- There is NO HW #10 due Friday (Sept. 20). Instead, everyone earns 10/10 for completing Activity #5.
- CONFIRMED For Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 - Logic: Negating Quantified Statements
- Study your notes and Activity #4.
- Solutions to Activity #4 are posted in D2L Content.
- Read:
- Section 3.2 pp.76-78
- Section 3.3 p.90 starting with "Negations of Multiply Quantified Statements" up TO "Order of Quantifiers" on p.91
- HW #9 is due Wednesday: Do ALL tasks below. (The list is shortened from what I displayed in class.)
- Exercise Set 3.2 (p.82):
- #1-4 (AVOID the words "none" and "no" in these.)
- #9-10, 16-19
- Exer. Set 3.3 (p.92): Negate the following from their original form - do NOT follow the book's instructions:
- #13-19, 49, 50, 52-53 (for 52-53, the ``and'' is grammatical, creating a list, so don't negate it)
*** WEEK THREE IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Sept. 13, 2024 - Logic: Intro to Quantified Statements
- Study your notes.
- Read CAREFULLY: The reading is crucial this time!
- Section 1.2: p.8 just down to the blue box
- Section 3.1: pp.63-70
- You should also review our work with formal/informal from Day 1.
- HW #8 (EIGHT!) is due in class on Monday, Sept. 16:
- Exer. Set 3.1 (p.73): #1-5, 7, 13-15, 16ab, 17, 21, 23, 24
- Note: in #15, you're to avoid quantifier notation. Quantifier words are okay to still use.
- CONFIRMED For Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024 - Logic: Biconditional Statements, Prereqs for Quantified Statements
- Study your notes.
- Read/reread Section 2.2: pp.43-47.
- HW #7 is due in class on Friday, Sept. 13:
- Exer. Set 2.2 (p.48): #32, 33 as conjunctions in TWO different ways, as in class
- Exer. Set 2.2 (p.48): 40, 41, 44, 45
- Exer. Set 3.2 (p.82): #39-42
- Extra: Negate the statements in #32, 33 from p.48.
- Extra: Create a truth table demonstrating that p<->q is logically equivalent to (p->q)A(q->p).
- CONFIRMED For Monday, Sept. 9, 2024 - Logic: Conditional Statements (part 2)
- Study your notes and Activity #3.
- Solutions to Activity #3 are posted in D2L Content.
- Read:
- Section 2.2 pp.42 through end of Example 2.2.8 on p.44.
- Xeroxed selection "Synonyms" from Smith/Eggen (handed out and in D2L Content)
- HW #6 is due in class on Wednesday, Sept. 11:
- Exer. Set 2.2 (p.48): #22abdef, 23abdef, 24-26, 46
- Hint: #46 is first making you determine which statements are converses, inverses, or contrapositives.
- Then you have to apply what you know about logical equivalence from Problems #24-26.
- Supplemental Problems
*** WEEK TWO IS BELOW ***
- CONFIRMED From Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 - Logic: Conditional Stmts
- Study your notes and Activity #2.
- Solutions to the Activity are posted in the D2L Content area (in the Solutions to... submodule.)
- Read Section 2.2:
- pp.38-40
- p.41 starting with "The Negation of a Conditional Statement" through the sentence "It is tempting..." just below the top Solution on p.42
- Blue box on p.44 through Order of Operations box atop p.45
- HW #5 is due MONDAY, from Exer. Set 2.2 (p.48): #5-10, 15-21
- #21 should NOT need a truth table, so don't make one.
- Problems #16-18 combine several skills we've worked on this past week:
- You will convert from verbal stmts to stmt forms using variables (p,q,r, etc.) and the logic symbols we now know (as in HW #2)
- Then, you will ALSO use a truth table to decide logical equivalence, and explain your yes/no answer in a sentence (as in HW #3).
- You MUST actually spell out what stmt each of your variables means, such as writing p= You paid full price. Don't assume I automatically know.
- CONFIRMED From Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024 - Logic: De Morgan's Laws
- Study your notes
- Read:
- Section 2.1: p.32 through end Example 2.11 on p. 34, plus Theorem 2.1.1 p.35
- Order of Operations on top p.45 (negations attach to the "closest" item ONLY)
- HW #4 is due FRIDAY:
- From Exer. Set 2.1 (p.36): #25-39
- Extra: Create a truth table to show that ~(pVq) is logically equivalent to (~p)A(~q) but NOT equivalent to (~p)V(~q). As in previous HW, explain your results in a sentence.
- See Announcements section at the end of this web page for reminders about format for HW.
*** WEEK ONE IS BELOW ***
- Confirmed For Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 - Logic: Statement Forms and Basic Connectives (continued)
- Study your notes
- Read/reread Section 2.1:
- pp.27 beginning at "Truth Values" through end of p.31
- "Tautologies and Contradictions" on p.34 through end of section
- HW #3 is due next WEDNESDAY:
- Exer. Set 2.1 (starts on p.36):
- #12-15, 16, 18-20, 22, 23 (make one truth table per problem)
- The word "and" you see is just part of the author's instructions; it's NOT a "logic and."
- Also, bold t's and bold c's do NOT change their truth values ever - they are logic constants, not variables. Put them AFTER your p, q, r, etc.
- #40, 42, 43
- See Announcements section at the end of this web page for reminders about format for HW.
- Confirmed
For Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 - Logic: Statement Forms and Basic Connectives
- Study your notes.
- Read Section 2.1 from bottom p.24 ("Statements") through end p.29.
- HW #2 is due FRIDAY:
- Exer. Set 2.1 (starts on p.36):
- #5, 6-8, 10, 11
- #32, 33, 36, 37 - IGNORE instructions to negate; instead rewrite using "and," "or" as on p.26
- Supplement to HW #2 - also staple this page to the BACK when you hand in your assignment
- See Announcements section at the end of this web page for reminders about format for HW.
- Confirmed For Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 - Formal/Informal Statements
- Study your notes and Activity #1.
- My written solutions to the Activity are in D2L Content.
- Review the Syllabus thoroughly.
- Read Section 1.1 (pp.1-5) CAREFULLY.
- Beginning with "Some Important Kinds of Mathematics Statements" on p.2, the statement NAMES aren't important yet, but the examples ARE!
- A scan is in the D2L Content area if you don't have access yet.
- HW #1 is due WEDNESDAY: See the Announcements below for more info.
- Exer. Set 1.1 (starts on p.5): #1-13
- For fill-ins, match the style - formal versus informal - that the statement starts out as.
- This assignment is unusually short; most will be about double this length.
- Announcements:
- When doing HW, write on your own paper, with your name, date, and HW # on the first page.
- Leave room for me to write feedback, staple, and remove ragged edges.
- We can go over 1-3 questions at the start of class, before you turn the HW in.
- However, you should NOT be scrambling to complete other problems during that time.
- If you're having trouble, see/email me or attend Laura's tutoring BEFORE HW is due; don't just wait until class time.
Dr. J. Lyn Miller, Mathematics and Statistics, Slippery Rock University