CMSC 203, Spring 2013 - Course Schedule
Last revised 1/24/13

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The order of topics on this schedule is likely to change as we get through classes faster/slower than expected. The exam and homework dates will be fixed, however, unless I am feeling generous and bump deadlines back for some assignments.

Class

Date

Topic

Reading

HW Due

HW Out

Comments

1 Tu 1/29 Introduction and Priming 1.1 Slides
2 Th 1/31 Propositional Logic and LaTeX 1.2,1.3 HW 1 out Slides
hw1.tex
Truth table example
Recommended LaTeX packages
3 Tu 2/5 Predicate Logic 1.4-1.6 Slides
4 Th 2/7 Proofs 1.7,1.8 HW 1 due HW 2 out Slides
hw2.tex
5 Tu 2/12 Sets 2.1,2.2 Slides
6 Th 2/14 Functions, Cardinality of Sets 2.3,2.5 HW 2 due HW 3 out Slides
hw3.tex
7 Tu 2/19 Functions, Cardinality Slides
8 Th 2/21 Sequences and Sums, Matrices 2.4, 2.6 HW 3 due HW 4 out Slides
hw4.tex
9 Tu 2/26 Algorithms and Complexity 3.1-3.3 Slides
10 Th 2/28 Algorithms and Complexity (Guest lecturer: Shawn Squire) 3.1-3.3 HW 4 due HW 5 out Slides
hw5.tex
11 Tu 3/5 Review material, AA Review Slides
12 Th 3/7 Induction 5.1, 5.2 HW 5 due Slides
13 Tu 3/12 Induction 5.3, 5.4 HW 6 out
EXC HW out
Slides
hw6.tex
-- Th 3/14 TEST 1
-- Tu 3/19
Th 3/21
SPRING BREAK!
14 Tu 3/26 Strong Induction and Recursion Slides
15 Th 3/28 Number Theory Slides
16 Tu 4/2 Number Theory and Counting EXC HW due Slides
17 Th 4/4 Advanced Counting HW 6 due HW 7 out Slides
hw7.tex
18 Tu 4/9 Probability Theory Slides
19 Th 4/11 Probability Theory HW 7 due HW 8 out Slides
hw8.tex
20 Tu 4/16 Graph Theory EXC HW 2 out Slides
21 Th 4/18 Graph Theory HW 8 due Slides
22 Tu 4/23 Graph Theory EXC HW 2 due
HW 9 out
Slides
hw9.tex
-- Th 4/25
TEST 2
23 Tu 4/30 Trees Slides
24 Th 5/2 Trees HW 9 due HW 10 out Slides
hw10.tex
25 Tu 5/7 Finite State Automata Slides
26 Th 5/9 Finite State Automata HW 10 due Slides
27 Tu 5/14 Exam Review
-- Th 5/16 FINAL EXAM (6:00-8:00)
Exam will take place in ITE 233 (our normal classroom)