Carolyn N. Foster
Associate Professor Emerita of Mathematics

Address:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Southern Maine
96 Falmouth Street
Portland, Maine 04104-9300

Email: Foster@usm.maine.edu

Fall 2002 Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 - 5:30 in 232 Science


FALL 2002 Course:

    COS 280: Discrete Mathematics
    Textbook 1:Foster, Prove It! USM, 2000.
    Textbook 2: Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Fourth Edition, Mc-Graw-Hill, 1999.

COS 280 ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASS

  • Sept 3
    		• DM:p.11:1-11 odd,15,21,23,25,29,30*; PI:p.2:1-6;p.4:5-7
  • Sept 5
    		• DM:p.19:1-7 odd, 29,34,38,39; PI:p.4:1-4,8-10,8e*;DNF:S12*
  • Sept 10
    		• PI:p.9:1-13,8*,12a*; DM:p.182:1,2*,3,16a,19
  • Sept 12
    		• PI:p.14:1-9,3*8*; DM:p.182:30,32,66,67
  • Sept 17
    		• PI:p.17:1-7,3*; DM:p.182:34,35; PI:p.20:1-8
  • Sept 19
    		• DM:p.33:1,5,9,19,21,31,33, Prove 33e*; PI:p.26:1-5,4*
  • Sept 24
    		• PI:p.29:1-11,4*,6*(PI:Omit Section 2.8)
  • Sept 26
    		• PI:p.35:1-5; DM:p.45:1,3,5,7,11,13
  • Oct 1
    		• Review for Test One on OCT 3
  • Oct 3
    		• PI:p.39:1-4
  • Oct 8
    		• PI:p.39:5-9,9a by Direct Subset Proof*,9a by Proof by Contradiction*
  • Oct 10
    		• PI:p.42:1-7,6*; DM:p.54:1,3,10,12,14
  • Oct 17
    		• DM:Read pp 69-78,186-197,p.199:3,4,7; PI:p.46:A.1-6,B.1-3,C
  • Oct 22
    		• PI:p.46:B.4-8,5*,D*; DM:p.199:12,13,28,29
  • Oct 24
    		• PI:p.51:1-7,1* (PI: Delay Section 4.2) PI:p.53:1-5
  • Oct 29
    		• Review for Test Two on OCT 31
  • Oct 31
    		• Read DM:6.1 and 6.3; DM:p.382:3-5,7-9,14-16,22*,23-25
  • Nov 5
    		• DM:p.395:1-5,8ab,13-17; PI:p.53:31-35
  • Nov 7
    		• DM:Read 6.5: PI:Read pp 53-55; p.53:6-15,36*,12*;p.55:1,2
  • Nov 12
    		• PI:p.53:16-30,19*,23*,30*; DM:p.413:1,2,11-14,16,17,25,35
  • Nov 14
    		• Read PI:p.55; PI:p.53:37-47, 47*; DM:p.428:1-6,9,14,17-19
  • Nov 19
    		• Read DM:6.4; PI:p.58:1-4; DM:p.406:1,5-7,9,16
  • Nov 21
    		• PI:Read 59-60,prove last line; DM:p.90:1,2;Read 56-60, 80-85,105-111
  • Nov 26
    		• Read DM:pp647,648;p.653:1,3,5,9; PI:p.48:1-8,4*
  • Dec 3
    		• Review for Test Three on DEC 5
  • Dec 5
    		• DM: Read 10.3; p.653:13,15,17,19,21
  • Dec 10
    		• DM: Read 10.4; p.665:1,3,7,9,11
  • Dec 12
    		• Review for Final Exam.
  • Dec 17
    		• FINAL(4:15 to 6:15) If you wish to receive early notification of your grade, bring a stamped self-addressed envelope.