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IMPORTANT NOTE: The following schedule represents my current best guess concerning due dates (and everything else).  I am providing this information to give you a general idea of the pace and timing of the class.  THESE DATES AND ASSIGNMENTS MAY CHANGE.  Please do not depend upon this schedule in purchasing airline tickets or making other irrevocable scheduling decisions without consulting me first.

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DAY TOPIC READING
(Do before class)		 Start On Turn In
M1 Intros, Syllabus, Intro to Discrete Math
HW A
W1 Propositional Logic and its Applications Read Chapter 0 (Motivation) (In Cusack book)
Read Sections 1.1 and 1.2 (Propositional Logic and Equivalence)		 HW #1 HWA
F1 Predicates, Quantifiers, Normal Forms Read Sections 1.3 - 1.5 (Predicates and Quatifiers, Normal Forms, Reading Comprehension Questions)
M2 Predicates, Quantifiers, Normal Forms Finish any reading you still have left from F1 (Chapter 1) Keep working on HW #1 HW #1 is due on Wednesday
W2 Direct Proofs Read Section 2.1 (Direct Proofs) TBD HW #1
F2 Implications, Proof by Contradiction Read Sections 2.2 and 2.3 Start on HW 2 (from Chapter 2)
Work on Reflection #1 due by end of day Sunday/before class Monday.
M3 Proof by Contradiction Be sure you've read Section 2.3 Keep working on HW #2
W3 Intro to Sets Skim Section 2.5
Read Section 3.1		 Keep working on HW #2
F3 Set Proofs, Modular Arithmetic Finish reading Section 3.1
Start reading Section 3.2		 Finish up HW 2 (Due today) HW #2
M4 Set Proofs Make sure you've read Sections 3.1 and 3.2 Start on HW 3 Set Concept Check should be completed individually
W4 Modular Arithmetic, GCD, Rounding Make sure you've read Section 3.2. Keep working on HW 3
F4 Functions Read Section 3.3
M5 See Friday Week 4
Keep working on HW #3
W5 Functions, continued Make sure you've finished reading Section 3.3 Finish HW 3
Start on HW 4		 HW 3
F5 Partitions, Equivalence Relations Read Section 3.4 Keep working on HW 4
M6 Sum and Product Rules, Pigeonhole Principle Read Sections 8.1 and 8.2 Keep working on HW 4
W6 Permutations and Combinations Read Section 8.3 Finish HW 4 (due today)
Start on HW 5		 HW 4

Start on Mid-quarter assessment (link forthcoming!), due on Wednesday Week7.
F6 Fall Break NO CLASS

Work on Mid-quarter Assessment
M7 Permutations and Combinations continued Make sure you've read all of Section 8.3 Keep working on HW #5
W7 Review Be sure to have finished reading Section 8.3 HW 5 is due
F7 Binomial Theorem Read Section 8.4 Finish and submit in-class problems
M8 Principle of Inclusio-Exclusion Read and work through exercises in Section 8.5 Finish and submit in-class problems
W8 Asymptotic Notation Read and work through exercises in Section 6.1 Work on and submit in-class problems Work through the Asymptotic notation lessons on Khan Academy
F8 Algorithm Analysis Skim Section 6.2, Read and work exercises in Section 6.3 Work on and submit in-class problems
M9 Mathematical Induction Read and work exercises in Section 7.1 Work on and submit in-class problems
W9 Induction and Recursion Read and work exercises in Section 7.2 Work on and submit in-class problems
F9 Recurrence Relations Read and work exercises in Section 7.3 Work on and submit in-class problems
M10 Intro to Graph Theory Read Sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 Work on problems in class
W10 More on Graph Theory Read Sections 9.4 and 9.5 Student presentations of problems Submit a reflection of the presentations before class on Friday.
F10 Graph Theory Applications
Course Wrap-up and review
Evaluations		 Read Section 9.6 Student problem presentations Submit a reflection of the presentations before Monday.
T11 Final Reflection due Tuesday, November 26 BY 12:00 NOON. Reflections submitted after that time will incur a late penalty.