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| Homework, due Wed. at 2:30 pm | Reading, for Friday's class | Quiz, the following Monday |
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January 5:
problems 1.22, 1.37, 1.40 |
January 7:
Read Chapter 2. |
January 10:
Quiz 1 |
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January 12:
problems 1.50, 1.51 problems 2.21, 2.34, 2.39, 2.47 |
January 14:
Read Chapter 3. |
January 17:
holiday, no quiz. |
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January 19:
problems 3.14(a) and (c), 3.17 |
January 21:
Read Chapter 4, up to page 85 (stop at the "Compositions" section). |
January 24:
Quiz 2 |
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January 26:
problems 3.26, 3.28, 3.39 problems 4.12, 4.21, 4.22 |
January 28:
Finish Chapter 4. |
January 31:
Quiz 3 |
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February 2:
problems 4.33, 4.34, 4.35, 4.43, 4.45, 4.46 |
February 4:
Read Chapter 5, up to page 110 (stop at the "Permutations" section). |
February 7:
Quiz 4 |
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February 9:
problems 5.10, 5.32, 5.38, 5.40 (typo in some editions: the sum should go to n, not to n-1), and part of problem 5.47: prove that fn(n) = 2n. |
February 11:
Finish Chapter 5 (page 111 to the end) |
February 14 ♥:
Quiz 5 |
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February 16:
problems 5.52, 5.56 (there may be slightly different versions of this problem in different books -- the second sentence should say: "Give a combinatorial proof that n! ≥ 2n - n for all n", and there should be a hint that says something like "Form permutations from subsets"), 5.58, 5.62, 5.64 |
February 18:
Chapter 6 (skip the "optional" part on polynomials) |
February 21:
holiday, no quiz. |
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February 23:
problems 6.16 (you may assume that a and b are positive), 6.29, and either 6.34 or 6.41 (your choice) |
February 25:
Chapter 7 (skim the part on relations, and skip the "optional" part on congruence and groups) |
February 28:
Quiz 6 |
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March 2:
problems 6.37, 7.6, 7.19, 7.24, 7.28 |
March 4:
Chapter 8 |
March 7:
Quiz 7: peer evaluations |
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March 9:
problems 8.1, 8.3, 8.17, 8.22 |
March 11:
review |
March 14:
final exam |