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CSc 245 Introduction to Discrete Structures Spring 2008 Lester I. McCann, Ph.D.

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General Class Information

• Class announcements (timely information)
• Class syllabus (general course information)
• Some thoughts about exams:
  • Characteristics of Good Exam Answers (suggestions on how to reply to short-answer exam questions)
  • Suggestions for Studying For and Taking Exams (what to do before and during an exam)

Class Handouts       (In case you lost your copy, or missed class)

• Class syllabus
• Math Review:
  • Summary of Math Review Topics
  • A Set of Practice Questions
• A page of common logical equivalences
• Definitions to know for Exam #1
• Definitions to know for Exam #2
• Definitions to know for Exam #3
• Definitions to know for the Final Exam

Final Course Grades      

• Final Grades (Updated: 2008/05/10 4:20pm)

Assignments

• Homework #1 Due: 02/01
• Homework #2 Due: 02/08
• Homework #3 Due: 02/15
• Homework #4 Due: Monday, 02/18
• Homework #5 Due: 03/07
  • Prolog Tutorial (PDF)
  • The GNU Prolog Manual (HTML)
  • A brief tutorial on using the turnin utility (PDF)
  • family.pl - the Prolog example shown in class
• Homework #6 Due: 03/14
• Homework #7 Due: Monday, 03/24
• Homework #8 Due: 04/11
  • CmdLine.java - demonstrates how to read input from the command line
  • Block Comment Templates - Copy-n-paste goodness
  • Programming Style Requirements - Summary of my general documentation requirements (PDF)
• Homework #9 Due: 04/18
• Homework #10 Due: Monday, 04/21
• Homework #11 "Due": In section, 05/06 or 05/07

Reference Materials       (Pointers to additional information)

• The text for this semester is Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, 6th ed., by Kenneth H. Rosen.
• You might also wish to consider purchasing the companion Student Solutions Guide, which offers detailed solutions to the text's odd-numbered end-of-section exercises.
• I've created a resource page for LaTeX for those of you who would like to use it for formatting your answers to homework assignments.

Miscellaneous       (A place for stuff that doesn't really fit anywhere else)

• CC2001's List of Recommended Topics for the Discrete Structures Course
• Collection of Common CS Service Links (Account application, compute CSID, etc.)
• The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
• The "Monty Hall" Cash/Goat Choose-a-Door Problem:
  • A web version of the "Monty Hall" game
  • The "Ask Marilyn" columns and reader letters

Lecture Notes

I will be posting my annotated lecture slides after each class. Click here to access them.

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