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cs330 - Fall 1997


Goal(s)

Students should get familiar with discrete objects and structures. They should also develop their ability to think mathematically.


Section 01 Section 02
Instructor Virgil Bistriceanu Constantinos Constantinides
Room class meets SB-113 SB-113
Time class meets MW 9:00 am - 10:15 am MW 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Office hours MW 8:00 am - 9:00 am
TR 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
W 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Office SB-110 SB-219
Phone (312) 567-5146 N/A
Fax (312) 567-5067
e-mail virgil@csam.iit.edu conscon@charlie.cns.iit.edu
Teaching Assistant
Name: Xiaowei Lin
Office: SB-001
Office Hours: W 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Phone: (312) 567-5872
e-mail: xiaolin@charlie.cns.iit.edu


Textbook

"Discrete Structures, Logic, and Computability"
James L. Hein
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1995
ISBN: 0-86720-477-X

Grading

Late homeworks won't be accepted. Everything you have to turn in is due at the beginning of the class the day the work is due.

All the work you submit must be individual. When teamwork is submitted the mark earned is divided by the number of participants.

For late programming assignments there is a 10% per business day penalty.

Exams are closed-book(s) closed-notes.

Grading is based on the following scale:

Class attendance and participation will help settle the borderline grades.

Regular class attendance is important and students are expected to actively participate in class: questions and comments are always welcome.


Important events

Event Section 01 Section 02
Midterm February 23, 9:00 am TBA
Programming Assignment #1 March 11, 9:00 am TBA
Spring Vacation March 16 - 21
Last Day for Official Withdrawal April 3
Programming Assignment #2 April 22, 9:00 am April 22, 12:45 pm
Semester Ends May 16
Final TBA TBA

The instructors for this class reserve the right to change this schedule.


Topics

What Chapter Hours
Sets, graphs, trees and other structures16
Functions: introduction2.11
Constructing functions2.21
Properties of functions2.32
Counting infinite sets2.41
Construction techniques34
Induction4.42
Algorithms5.11
Elementary counting5.22
Function growth5.42
Regular languages and FA116
Number representation-4
Elementary logic65
First-order predicate calculus7.12
Turing Machines13.12
Total41


Varia

Unless otherwise stated all papers you turn in will be TYPED. No handwritten work is accepted. Each page will have a header as follows:

Each page will also have a footer:

The header and the footer will be Arial or Helvetica, 10 points, regular. The text for the paper itself will be typed using Times Roman (12 points regular, except for titles which may be larger and bold).

Click here to see a template.