Discrete
Here are the course notes.
Here is the course syllabus.
Here is the facebook page.
Good presentations today.
Presentations: Michael/Ted 8a, Demitrius 8b, Casey 9
I'm soooo sorry I had to leave early, especially right in the middle of such nice work.... Thanks James Giffen,
whoever you are, for posting the video. I'd like to give you some credit for your contribution, but I don't
have a James Griffen on my role! I see that we definitely have confusion on this problem, so we'll talk
about it on Thursday. My
comments are: 1. It's obvious that Michael has done a ton of work and probably has a proof in his mind,
but hasn't figured out how to communicate it to the class. 2. It might be good if you, Michael, stopped
by my office tomorrow or Thursday to chat about your proof so that we can see if we can make it more
clear to the class and determine if you actually have a proof!
Presentations: Reno 7a (revisit Thursday), Cynthia 7b, Forrest 5b, Michael 8a
Those were good discussions today. Keep in mind I'll go over any problems that you have questions
about during class or in my office. Students often ask if we can go back to problems we skipped over.
Yes, I want to see any problem you have worked that (a) has not been presented (b) you did not get any
outside help on (c) you have not seen in another class. Just remember the golden rule -- your sources are
ME, ME, ME and the notes. Come see me if you need help.
Presentations: Phillip 3a, Cynthia 4a, Brittany 5a, Zeb 6a
Presentations: Gaylynn P1, Forrest P2a, Reno P2b
Welcome to my discrete blog. We also have a facebook group, Discrete2305. If you request to join it,
I'll let you in. Don't worry, we don't have to be facebook "friends" in order to both be members of the
group. What you post there will only be visible to our class.
I hope you enjoyed the first day of class -- I enjoyed the good participation. A very nice student asked
a question after class, so I know that I failed you -- I want you at ease enough to ask any questions
during class! This student was concerned because they had never had a "proofs" class -- don't worry --
most of you have not. We won't rush through this material -- it will take us quite awhile to get well
grounded in the set stuff that we started today -- at least a few weeks.
Start reading the notes (see link above) and the sylabus (see link above). Pay special attention to the
introduction and the first chapter where you should review all the axioms and definitions about sets. Then
try problems 1 - 10. If you get them all, celebrate. If you get none of them after some serious effort,
come to my office. If you feel you have a good start on several of them but are not sure, well, that's to
be expected -- just show us your good starts and we'll see if we can get everyone to understand them as a team.
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