Math 3200 Fall 1991 DISCRETE MATHEMATICS TuTh 10:30-11:50 LART 107 Instructor: Art Duval, Bell Hall 303, 747-5761 home phone (9am-10pm, only, please!) 584-7792 Office Hours: Tu 2-3, W 11-12, Th 1-2, or by appointment (PLEASE see me after class, or call, for an appointment) Syllabus: Jackson and Thoro, Applied Combinatorics with Problem Solving Chs. 1&2 Intro to Counting 4 weeks Ch. 3 Inclusion-Exclusion 1 1/2 weeks Ch. 8 Recurrence relations 1 1/2 weeks Ch. 5 Intro to Graphs 2 weeks Ch. 6 Graph Algorithms 1 1/2 weeks Ch. 10 Networks 1 1/2 weeks Ch. 4 Analysis of Algorithms 1 week Grades: Homework (15%) Weekly assignments from the textbook will be announced on Thursdays and will be due the following Tuesday, at the beginning of class (exception: no homework will be due Nov. 26, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving). The assignment will also be posted outside my door. NO LATE HOMEWORKS!! Tests (20% each) Chs. 1,2,3,8 (counting) Thu 17 Oct. Chs. 5,6,10 (graphs) Tue 26 Nov. (Tue before Thanksgiving) NO MAKE-UP TESTS (except in EXTRAORDINARY circumstances and with advance notice). Final (40%) cumulative--Tue 13 Dec. 10am-12:45pm Grades will be computed on a curve, with the curve for each test announced when it is handed back to you. I am aiming for a 90-80-70-60 scale, but it probably won't work out quite that way (in particular, doing the homework should end up being worth at least a full letter grade). IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK ME!!