Spring 2020 - MACM 101 D100
Discrete Mathematics I (3)
Class Number: 6624
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2020: Mon, Wed, Fri, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 21, 2020
Tue, 3:30–6:30 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Ryan McBride
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Prerequisites:
BC Math 12 (or equivalent), or any of MATH 100, 150, 151, 154, 157.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to counting, induction, automata theory, formal reasoning, modular arithmetic. Quantitative/Breadth-Science.
COURSE DETAILS:
Instructor's Objectives
This course is an introduction to mathematical reasoning underlying much of computer science: discrete mathematics. We will cover mathematical logic (both propositional and predicate) and proof techniques (including induction), counting principles, and a variety of discrete structures, with Computer Science applications.
Topics
- Propositional logic
- Predicate logic
- Basic proof techniques
- Sets, functions and relations, including growth of functions
- Mathematical induction and its variants
- Recursive definitions and structural induction
- Counting principles
- Basic probability
Grading
NOTES:
A combination of assignments, midterms, tutorial quizzes and a final exam. Details to be discussed at the start of the semester.
Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).
Materials
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications
- 8th Edition,
- Kenneth H. Rosen,
- McGraw Hill,
- 2018,
- 7th or 8th Edition is acceptable
ISBN: 9781260091991
- Mathematics for Computer Science
- Albert R. Meyer, Eric Lehman, and Frank Thomson Leighton,
- online,
- 2018
- https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.042/spring18/mcs.pdf
Registrar Notes:
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