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Instructor:
Malgorzata Peszynska, Professor of Mathematics
Class:
WF 10:00-11:20 BAT 150
Course information: CRN 15675. Credits: 3.00.
Student preparation: the students should have completed MTH
253 or equivalent.
Textbook:
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Bettina Richmond and Thomas Richmond,
A Discrete Transition to Advanced Mathematics,
AMS 2004, ISBN 978-0-8218-4789-3
Syllabus: This class is intended as a "transitions to proof"
class for mathematics majors beginning upper-division mathematics
course work.
The class will start with a review/introduction of
mathematical notation and logical principles as well as of proof
techniques including mathematical induction. Further topics will
include relations and functions, as well as elementary combinatorics.
Introductory aspects of graph and number theory will be covered, but
the focus will be on getting experience with proofs and mathematical
writing at the level adequate to the topics covered.
Grading: a grade for the class will be established based on
the quiz grade (QUIZ) worth 30%, class/worksheet participation (CLASS)
worth 10%, and exam grade (EXAM) from two exams worth 30% each.
Homework will be collected each
Friday, and corrected, but there will be no HW grade. However, there
will be a quiz from the material covered in the HW set the following
Friday. Quizzes will be given almost every Friday starting in the
second week of classes. One lowest quiz score will be dropped to
determine quiz grade. Similarly, one class/worksheet activity score
can be dropped so there is no need to make it up.
Exams:
- Midterm: Friday, November 8, in class.
Help session: Tuesday Nov. 5, 6:00-7:30pm, BAT 150
- Final Exam: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at 9:30am.
Help session CANCELLED (snow day): Monday Dec. 9, 5:30-7:00pm, Kidd 356
There will be no make-up exams or quizzes.
Course Outcomes: A successful student will be able to
- Read, understand, and construct logically sound arguments relevant to
introductory discrete mathematics concepts
- Carry out inductive arguments
- Provide logically sound and clearly written proofs of
basic facts concerning sets, relations, functions, combinatorics, and graph theory
- Be familiar with the basics of graph and number theory
Special arrangements for students with disabilities
etc.: please contact the instructor and Services for Students with
Disabilities, if relevant, and provide appropriate
documentation.
Course drop/add information is at
http://oregonstate.edu/registrar/.
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