Mathematics 225[M]:
Discrete Structures: Computer Science 1
Fall 2009

with Professor McGuire

    lecture-hours documents    due dates or other notes
Plan — this document   (;-)
* Plan of last time I taught this course
Administration:
* Syllabus
* General Course-Policies
* Some Evaluations and Responses
Further Categories of Course-Materials:
* Lectures, Notes
* Exercises
* Tests
* Information about the grading
 
Perspectives on Discrete Mathematics
Used in Computing for Industry, Government, etc.:

* The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
In 2005, according to one of my neighbors
who works on financial transactions between
a company and banks throughout the U.S.,
AES is becoming the standard for encrypting data
being transmitted and/or stored.
Further information:
* AES Algorithm (Rijndael) Information
* Advanced Encryption Standard
    - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
EOS Lab Tutorial
 
Sep:01(Tue) Lecture-Module #01: Introduction to This Course
Sep:01(Tue) Exercise-Set #1 Sep:10(Thu)
Sep:01(Tue)–
 Sep:10(Thu)
Lecture-Module #02: Basics of Symbolic Logic
Sep:08(Tue) Labor Day Recess
Sep:10(Thu)–
 Sep:17(Thu)
Lecture-Module #03: Predicates and Quantifiers
Exercise-Set #2 Sep:18(Fri)
Sep:17(Thu) Exercise-Set #3 Sep:24(Thu)
Sep:22(Tue) Lecture-Module #04: Basics of Symbolic Proofs
Sep:22(Tue)-
 Sep:29(Tue)
Lecture-Module #05: Using ProofBuilder
Sep:24(Thu) Exercise-Set #4 Oct:01(Thu)
Oct:01(Thu) Exercise-Set #5 Oct:08(Thu)
Oct:01(Thu)-
 Oct:06(Tue)
Lecture-Module #06: Schemes/Methods for Proofs
Oct:08(Thu)-
 ...
 -Oct:27(Tue)
Lecture-Module #07: Sets
Oct:13(Tue) Review for Midterm Examination
Oct:15(Thu) Midterm Examination
Oct:20(Tue) Exercise-Set #6 Oct:27(Tue)
Oct:27(Tue)-
 Nov:03(Tue)
Lecture-Module #08: Some Basics ...
(Appendices and some of Sections 3.4-3.5 of our textbook by Rosen)
Oct:29(Thu) Exercise-Set #7 Nov:05(Thu)
Nov:05(Thu)- Lecture-Module #09: Some Functions on Integers
(Section 3.6 of our textbook by Rosen)
Nov:05(Thu) Exercise-Set #8 Nov:12(Thu)
Nov:10(Tue)- Lecture-Module #10: More Regarding Integers: Divisors
(Sections 3.4-3.5 of our textbook by Rosen)
Nov:12(Thu)-
 Nov:17(Tue)
Lecture-Module #11: Applications of Divisors
(Sections 3.4-3.7 of our textbook by Rosen)
Exercise-Set #9 Nov:24(Tue)
Nov:19(Thu) Lecture-Module #12: Induction
(Section 4.1 of our textbook by Rosen)
 
lectures etc. filled in here
as this term proceeds
 
Nov:26(Thu) Thanksgiving Recess
 
Dec:10(Thu) Review for Final Examination
Dec:14(Mon) Final Examination 10:00–11:50 a.m.   room: EC 410
comprehensive