MATH 2350
Foundations of Mathematics
Syllabus
Fall, 2016
- Instructor: Dr. Michael Slattery
- Office: CU 309
Phone: 288-6595
Email: mikes (a) mscs.mu.edu
Office hours: Mon & Wed 3-4PM and Fri 11AM-12.
Please feel free to set up an appointment with me if
these times are inconvenient.
Website: www.mscs.mu.edu/~mikes/math2350/
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical Reasoning and Proof with Puzzles,
Patterns, and Games, by Douglas Ensley and Winston Crawley.
Attendance: Expected at each class.
Topics include:
- Puzzles
- Propositional Logic
- Predicates
- Proof styles
- Mathematical Induction
- Sets
- Functions and Relations
- Set Cardinality
- Graph Theory
Grading:
15% in-class exam on Friday, Sep 30
15% in-class exam on Friday, Nov 4
25% 2 hour final exam on Wednesday, Dec 14 at 10:30AM
40% Homework
5% Classroom activities
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