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CSC 133 - Discrete
Mathematical Structures
Dr. Karl Ricanek Jr
Quick Info
• Dr. Karl Ricanek Jr
– Web
• www.uncw.edu/people/ricanekk
– Contact
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CIS 2042
[email protected]
962-4261
fb: ricanekk and skype: karl.ricanek
– Office Hours:
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• TR 9:45am-11:00am and
• by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Paul Martin
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Email: pgm0543
Location: CI 2055
What is CSC 133?
• Discrete Mathematical Structures
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Propositional and predicate logic
Proofs (deduction, induction, contradiction)
Set theory.
Boolean algebra.
Recursion.
Graphs and Trees.
Counting and probability.
How Do I Get an ‘A’?
• Come to every class.
– Attendance is required.
• Read the textbook.
– Reading the textbook is required.
• Do homeworks on time.
• Make use of office hours, TA, and fellow
students.
– Send me email early and often.
Course and Grading Criteria
• Attendance
– Your attendance grade will be computed by taking the
number of classes attended and dividing by the total
number of classes (minus 2). This grade counts 1/6
of your total grade.
• Quizzes 1/6 … drop 2 lowest
• 2 Midterms …1/6 each
• Final 1/6
– or (2/6 as it will replace your lowest midterm score)
• Homework projects … 1/6
The Required Text
• Discrete Mathematics with
Applications, 3rd
Edition, Susanna S. Epp.
An Overview of Each Topic
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Logic
Proofs
Functions
Recursion
Graphs
Probability
Logic
• If you know a set of
statements are true, what
other statements can you
also deduce are true?
• If I tell you that all men are
mortal, and Socrates is a
man, what can you deduce?
Digital Logic
Proofs
• What is a proof?
• How is programming like writing a proof?
Functions
• What is a function?
• What if a function calls itself?
– That’s recursion!
How good is a function at doing its
job?
• What do we mean by “good”?
Graphs (and Trees)
Probability
• What is the likelihood of an event
occurring?
• What is randomness?
• Statistics can be described as the study of
how to make inference and decisions in
the face of uncertainty and variability