The schedule below will be updated throughout the course with lecture notes. In the materials column, [R x.y], [V x.y], [BH x.y] refer to sections of the recommended course textbooks (see the syllabus).
Unit | Week | Date | Topic | Additional Materials |
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Unit 1: Intro to Proofs + Number Theory | Week 1 | #01 T 6/17 | Logic + Proofs | [R 1.1-1.5] or [V 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.1, 2.2] |
Th 6/19 | No class (Juneteenth) | |||
Week 2 | #02 T 6/24 | Intro to Number Theory | [R 1.7, 4.1, p.265-269] or [V 7.1] | |
#03 Th 6/26 | Proof by Induction | [Practice Worksheet (solutions)] [R 5.1, 5.2] [V 6.1-6.4] | ||
Week 3 | #04 T 7/1 | Two Contradiction Proofs | [R 4.3] | |
Th 7/3 | Unit 1 Exam | |||
Unit 2: Counting and Probability (C&P) | Week 4 | #05 T 7/8 | Sets and Basic Counting | [Practice Worksheet (solutions)] [BH 1.1-1.4] |
#06 Th 7/10 | Counting Tricks | [Practice Worksheet (solutions)] [BH 1.1-1.4] | ||
Week 5 | #07 T 7/15 | Conditional Probability | [BH 2.1 - 2.9] | |
#08 Th 7/17 | Random Variables | [BH 3.1-3.4, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2] | ||
Week 6 | #09 T 7/22 | Combinatorial Proofs | [BH 1.5 - 1.6] [Practice Worksheet (solutions)] | |
Th 7/24 | Unit 2 Exam | |||
Unit 3: Graphs | Week 7 | #10 T 7/29 | Graphs and Graph Proofs and Isomorphisms | [R 10.1-10.4] |
#11 Th 7/31 | Connectedness and Trees | tbd | ||
Week 8 | T 8/5 | No class (Exam Prep) | tbd | |
Th 8/7 | Unit 3 Exam |