University of Minnesota
CSCI 2011: Discrete Structures
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Schedule   

This is an approximate schedule. It will be updated as the class progresses.

The in-class exercise at the beginning of each lecture will be taken from a section in bold.

Week
Monday Date
Topics
Lecture Materials
Readings
Assignments Due
Quizzes
1 Jan. 21
Introduction and Logic
Lec1 slides
Lec2 slides
1.1, 1.2, 1.3
 
2 Jan. 28
Quantifiers
Lec3 slides

1.4, 1.5
Assignment 1: Due 2/1
 
3 Feb. 4
Proofs and Sets
Lec4 slides
Lec5 slides

1.6, 1.7, 1.8
Assignment 2: Due 2/6
Quiz 1: 2/7
Practice
Solutions
4 Feb. 11
Sets
Lec6 slides
Lec7 slides
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Assignment 3: Due 2/13
 
5 Feb. 18
Algorithms
Lec8 slides
Lec9 slides
2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Assignment 4: Due 2/20
Quiz 2: 2/19
Practice
Solutions
6 Feb. 25
Number Theory
Lec10 slides
Lec11 slides
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6
Assignment 5: Due 2/27
 
7 Mar. 4
Induction
Lec12
Lec12 (short)
Lec13
Lec13 (short)
4.6, 5.1, 5.2
Assignment 6: Due 3/6
Quiz 3: 3/5
Practice
Solutions
8 Mar. 11
Counting
Lec14
Lec14 (short)
Lec15
Lec15 (short)
5.3, 6.1, 6.2
Assignment 7: Due 3/13
 
9 Mar. 18
Spring Break!

 
10 Mar. 25
Counting
Lec16
Lec16 (short)
Lec17
Lec17 (short)
6.3, 6.4, 6.5
Assignment 8: Due 3/27
Quiz 4: 3/26
Practice
Solutions
11 Apr. 1
Probability
Lec18
Lec18 (short)
Lec19
Lec19 (short)
7.1, 7.2, 7.3
Assignment 9: Due 4/3
 
12 Apr. 8
Advanced Counting
Lec20
Lec20 (short)
7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Assignment 10: Due 4/10
Quiz 5: 4/9
Practice
Solutions
13 Apr. 15
Relations
Lec21 (short)
Lec21
Lec22 (short)
Lec22
9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5
Assignment 11: Due 4/17
 
14 Apr. 22
Graphs
Lec23 (short)
Lec23
Lec24 (short)
Lec24
10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Assignment 12: Due 4/24
Quiz 6: 4/23
Practice
Solutions
15 Apr. 29
Modeling Computation
Lec25 (short)
Lec25
10.4, 13.3
Assignment 13: Due 5/1
Quiz 7: 5/2
Practice
Solutions
16 May 6
Group Work 14
No lecture  
Assignment 14: Due 5/8
17 May 13
No Final