Fall 2007

CMSC 250 and 250H - DISCRETE STRUCTURES

IMPORTANT REMINDER

FINAL -- LOCATION: PHYS 1412 -- DATE: SAT DEC 15  4:00 PM

250H (Dr. Gasarch)

MWF 11:00am-11:50am (CSI 2118) Lecture MW 12:00pm-12:50pm (CSI 1122) Discussion

250 (Dr. Perlis)

0101 TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (CSI 3117) Lecture MW 8:00am- 8:50am (CSI 1122) Discussion
0102 TuTh 3:30pm- 4:45pm (CSI 3117) Lecture MW 9:00am- 9:50am (CSI 1122) Discussion

0201 TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (CSI 3117) Lecture MW 10:00am-10:50am (CSI 1122) Discussion
0202 TuTh 12:30pm- 1:45pm (CSI 3117) Lecture MW 11:00am-11:50am (CSI 1122) Discussion

HONOR CODE:

We take the Code of Academic Integrity and the University of Maryland Student Honor Pledge (``I pledge on my honor that I have not given or received any unauthorized assistance on this assignment/examination'') very seriously. For details, see Code and Pledge. Our policy is that ``authorized'' assistance includes talking together about assignments and approaches to them, but *not* writing up with assistance or collaboration on---or with access to another's---actual final materials to hand in.

TIMETABLE
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CHEAT SHEET
STRONG INDUCTION
SAMPLE MIDTERM
MIDTERM COURSE OUTLINE
Midterm Solutions
  250H Midterm 250 Midterm 12:30 250 Midterm 3:30  
 
PROOF: CLASSES OF PRIMES ARE INFINITE
SAMPLE MIDTERM II
MidtermII Solutions
  250H Midterm 250 Midterm 12:30 250 Midterm 3:30  
 
REVIEW PROBLEMS FOR THE FINAL
 

ADDITIONAL OFFICE HOURS:

Peter Fontanta:       Friday (Dec 14th)      3:00   PM   - 5:00 PM     :  (REVIEW SESSION  AVW3258)
 

HOMEWORK:

Homework #1               Homework #1 Solution
Homework #2               Homework #2 Solution
Homework #3               Homework #3 Solution
Homework #4               Homework #4 Solution
Homework #5               Homework #5 Solution
Homework #6               Homework #6 Solution
Homework #7               Homework #7 Solution
Homework #8               Homework #8 Solution
Homework #9               Homework #9 Solution
Homework #10             Homework #10 Solution
Homework #11             Homework #11 Solution

Homework #12             Homework #12 Solution

 

HOMEWORK POLICY:

Homework assignments will be found on the web. Homeworks are due AT THE START OF CLASS on the day indicated. If handed in after the first ten minutes, it will be counted as late, and receive 50% off. NO HOMEWORKS WILL BE ACCEPTED ONCE CLASS ENDS!!!

 

OFFICE HOURS and EMAIL:

Instructor Dr. D. Perlis perlis@cs.umd.edu Tue 2:00-3:00pm and
Thu 2:00pm-3:00pm
AVW 3259
Instructor Dr. W. Gasarch gasarch@cs.umd.edu Mon 1:00pm-3:00pm and
Wed 2:00pm-3:00pm
AVW 3245
Teaching TA (0101) Prahalad Rajkumar prahalad@cs.umd.edu Tue 10:00am-12:00pm AVW 1112
Teaching TA (0102 & 0201) Peter Fontana pfontana@cs.umd.edu Mon 2:00pm-4:00pm AVW 1112
Teaching TA (0202 & 0101H) Elnatan Reisner elnatan@cs.umd.edu Tue 12:20pm-1:55pm AVW 1112
Grading TA (0101) Katrina LaCurts klacurts@umd.edu Tue 3:30pm-4:55pm AVW 1112
Grading TA (0102 & 0201) Qi Hu huqi@cs.umd.edu Tue 5:00pm-6:15pm AVW 1112
Grading TA (0202 & 0101H) Hossam Sharara hossam@cs.umd.edu Tue 2:00pm-3:15pm AVW 1112

TEXT:

The official text for this course is:

DISCRETE MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, 3rd edition, Susanna Epp. Brooks/Cole--Thomson Learning, 2004, ISBN 0-534-35945-0

EXAMS:

There will be frequent quizzes, two midterms exams and a final exam. If you miss a midterm exam, it will DROPPED from your grade. THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP QUIZES OR EXAMS (except for officially excused absences) !!!

EXAM DATES

Midterm #1:
For 250(regular) Oct 25 in class.
For 250H Oct 24 in class, 11-12:15

Midterm #2:
For 250 (regular) Nov 29 in class.
For 250H Nov 30 in class, 11-12:15

Final Exam: All sections Saturday, Dec 15, 4:00--6:00, location: Phys 1412

GRADE SCHEME:

For each student, we will calculate the grade in two different ways and then use the max of those two ways. Here are the two methods:

Method 1: HWK 15%; QUIZZES 15%; TWO MIDTERMS 20% each; FINAL 30%

Method 2: HWK 15%; QUIZZES 15%; MIDTERM (best of two) 30%; FINAL 40%