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1、Math225–DiscreteMathematicsFall2006 Instructor: Dr.KateMcGivney Office: MCT277Phone: 477-1490emailaddress: kgmcgi@ship.eduwebsite: www.ship.edu/~kgmcgi CourseDescription DiscreteMathematicsinvolvesthestudyoftopicsusuallyassociatedwiththeanalysisofdiscretemathematicalmodels.
2、 Topicsfromlogic,settheory,Booleanalgebra,mathematicalproof,recursion,induction,combinatorics,probability,matrices,andgraphtheorywillbediscussed. CourseGoals ·Todevelopproblem-solvingandcriticalthinkingskills.·Toappreciatetheutilityofdiscretemathematicsinthe“realworld”.·Toin
3、corporatetheexpressionofmathematicalideasinwritingintothecurriculum.·Todevelopproof-writingskills.·Toenjoythelearningexperience. Textbook:DiscreteMathematics:MathematicalReasoningandProofwithPuzzles,Patterns,andGames,byDougE.EnsleyandJ.WinstonCrawley,Wiley,2005 OfficeHours:Myo
4、fficehoursforthissemesterare·Monday10-11a.m.·Tuesday2-3:30p.m.·Wednesday3:30-5p.m.·Thursday8:30-9:30a.m.andbyappointment. Istronglyencourageyoutotakeadvantageofmyofficehours. Expectations·Attendclasseverydayandbeontime.·Priortoclass,lookoverthesectionthatwillbecovered.·Formst
5、udygroupswithclassmates.·Comeseemeassoonasyouhavequestions.·Beactiveinclass,i.e.contributetoclassandsmallgroupdiscussions. ·Checkyoure-mailregularlyandbesurethattheUniversityhasthecorrectaddress.·Beresponsibleforallclassactivities,announcements,andassignmentsifyoushouldmissacl
6、ass.·Silenceyourcellphoneduringclassanddonotuseclasstimetotextmessage.·Useofcomputersduringclasstime: Duringclasstimecomputersshouldbeusedforclasspurposes. Theyarenottobeusedtocheckemail,instantmessagefriends,surftheweb,playgames,etc. Failuretorespectthispolicywillresultinaded
7、uctioninyourfinalcoursegrade. EvaluationWewillevaluateyourworkinthecoursethroughthefollowing:·Homeworkquizzes: Homeworkwillbeassignedandpostedtothecoursewebsiteonaregularbasis. Assoonastheassignmentisgivenyoushouldbegintoworkontheproblemsandseemeassoonasyouhavequestions. Onm
8、ostThursdaystherewillbeashortquizbasedonproblemsfromtheweek’s
