CS/APMA 302 Discrete Math II, Professor Brogan

CS/APMA 302, Discrete Math II
Section 1, Professor Brogan

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Time: Tuesday/Thursday 3:30 - 4:45
Place: Olsson 120
Instructor: David Brogan
Olsson Room 217
dbrogan@cs.virginia.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Office Phone: 804-982-2211
Teaching Assistants: Brogan's Section: Siddharth Dalal (sgd2z)
Mansfield's Section: Chris Taylor (cmt5n)

Both TA's are available for help with homework. Dalal should be contact for questions that are specific to Brogan's class.

Shared Office Hours (CS Library, 236 Olsson Hall)

 
Siddharth Dalal: Tuesday 4:30 - 5:30
    7:30 - 9:00
  Friday 2:00 - 4:30
Chris Taylor: Monday 7:00 - 9:00
  Thursday 5:00 - 8:00
Description: This course will cover essential parts of chapters 5, 7, 8, and 10. Topics include recurrence relations and the analysis of algorithms, advanced counting techniques, graphs, trees, finite automata, and computability. Homework will be assigned about once a week and will usually be due one week after the day assigned. There will be three in-class tests and a final exam. The exam is scheuled for Friday, May 11th from 9 - 12.
Prereqs: CS/APMA 202, Discrete Math I
Grading:
  • 15% Homework (25% penalty for each day late)
  • 63% Three tests (Drop the lowest score)
  • 22% Final
Homework Collaboration: Working in groups is allowed for the homeworks, but you must adhere to the following two rules:
  • Write the names of all collaborators on your homework
  • You cannot share your written materials when collaborating. The collaboration must be oral.
Weekly Schedule The following table logs the material covered in each class and includes links to homework assignments. Consult it often.

 

Week Date Topic HW Out HW Due
Week 1 Jan 18 Introduction HW 1  
Week 2 Jan 23 HW 1 Review and 5.1   HW 1
  Jan 25 5.2    
Week 3 Jan 30 5.2 HW 2  
  Feb 1 5.3    
Week 4 Feb 6 5.3 and 5.5 HW 3 HW 2
  Feb 8 5.6    
Week 5 Feb 13 10.1   HW 3
  Feb 15 10.1 HW 4  
Week 6 Feb 20 10.2    
  Feb 22 10.3   HW 4
Week 7 Feb 27 Test Prep    
  Mar 1 Test #1    
Week 8 Mar 6 10.3 HW 5  
  Mar 8 NO CLASS    
Week 9 Mar 13 SPRING BREAK    
  Mar 15 SPRING BREAK    
Week 10 Mar 20 10.3   HW 5
  Mar 22 10.4 HW 6  
Week 11 Mar 27 No Class    
  Mar 29 10.4   HW 6
Week 12 Apr 3 10.5    
  Apr 5 Test #2    
Week 12 Apr 10 7.1 & 7.2 HW 7  
  Apr 12 7.3 & 7.4    
Week 13 Apr 17 7.4 & 7.5 HW 8 HW 7
  Apr 19 7.5, 7.6, & 7.8    
Week 14 Apr 24 Test #3 (Take Home) Pick up Tue, Wed, or Thur
8.1
  HW 8
  Apr 26 8.2, 8.3    
Week 15 May 1 8.5 (no Backtracking), 8.6 (Prim's Algorithm)    
Finals May 11 FINAL EXAM
9:00 - 12:00
Olsson 120