Discrete Mathematics

MTH 288-001N

Class Log

Annandale Campus

Northern Virginia Community College

Dr. Don Goral

Each link to Class Notes will take you to a PDF file of that day's class notes. You can download and save these files on your computer.


Thursday, 04/30/20 
general review  homework: prepare for final exam 
Final Exam Tuesday, May 5, 2020   2:00pm - 3:40pm - Canvas 
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Tuesday, 04/28/20  
discussed bonus quiz 2, general review
homework: email and/or bring review questions for next class 
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Thursday, 04/23/20 
introduced recurrence relations 
homework: recurrence relations, bonus quiz 2 - see Canvas
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Tuesday, 04/21/20 
discussed lattices 
homework: do Boolean Algebra, skim Recurrence Relations 
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Thursday, 04/16/20 
discussed Boolean Algebra 
homework: Boolean Algebra 
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Tuesday, 04/14/20 
discussed quiz 4; introduced Boolean Algebra 
homework: read Boolean Algebra 
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Thursday, 04/09/20 
continued graph theory  
homework: theory, take home quiz to be announced, due Sunday night. 
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Tuesday, 04/07/20 
discussed combinatorics, graph theory 
homework: read Eulerian graphs, trees 
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Thursday, 04/02/20 
continued graph theory 
homework: continue reading graph theory, try some problems in each text  
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Tuesday, 03/31/20,  continued graph theory 
homework: read graph theory in each text; I will update assigned exercises for Doer, if needed.
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Thursday, 03/26/20  
continued Counting Theory, brief introduction to Graph Theory 
homework: finish counting theory, start reading Graph Theory 
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Tuesday, 03/24/20  
discussed quiz 3, 8.2, 8.3; introduced Pascal's triangle  
homework: read Kwong 8.5, Levin 1.4, Lipschutz 5.6
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Thursday, 03/19/20, zoom    
continued combinatorics 8.2, 8.3  
homework 8.2,8.3, see Canvas for take home quiz 3
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Tuesday, 03/17/20
met in Zoom, reviewed exam 2, introduced combinatorics 8.1
homework: 8.1 read 8.2, 8.3
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Tuesday, 03/03/20
reviewed for exam 2
homework: prepare for exam 2
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Thursday, 02/27/20
discussed 7.4
homework: bring review questions for exam 2

Exam 2 - Thursday, 03/05/20

Set theory, functions and relations
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Tuesday, 02/25/20
discussed 6.3, 7.3; introduced 7.4
homework: continue Kwong 6,7; expect a quiz
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Thursday, 02/20/20
introduced Kwong 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
homework: Kwong 6, 7
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Tuesday, 02/18/20
group quiz 2; introduction to functions and relations
homework: read Kwong 6, 7
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Thursday, 02/13/20
discussed set theory
homework:  set theory, expect a group quiz
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Tuesday, 02/11/20
reviewed exam 1; continued set theory
homework: Set Theory
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Thursday, 02/06/20
took exam 1
homework: read set theory
no class notes

Tuesday, 02/04/20
discussed Logic-Proof, no quiz
homework: prepare for exam 1

Exam 1, Thursday, 02/06/20

Propositional calculus

Predicate calculus

Logic - Proof

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Thursday, 01/30/20
discussed Logic-Proof
homework: Logic - Proof; expect an open homework quiz
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Tuesday, 01/28/20
introduced validity with Euler diagrams, began proofs
homework: begin reading Logic - Proof
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Thursday, 01/23/20
introduced predicate calculus, set theory
homework: predicate calculus
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Tuesday, 01/21/20
discussed propositional calculus; introduced validity
homework: read Predicate Calculus

Take home quiz 1 - due at beginning of next class.

Find an argument about the impeachment process.

Use a truth table to check the argument for validity.

Comment on the truth of the premises and the conclusion.
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Thursday, 01/16/19
introduced logic
homework: logic - propositional calculus
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Tuesday, 01/14/20
first day of class, general introduction, syllabus and website review
bonus quiz 1
homework: read Kwong Introduction, 2.1, 2.2
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