Purdue Northwest
MA 20500
Discrete Mathematics For Computer Technology
Spring, 2018

Professor Roger Kraft
Office: Classroom Office Building, Room 368
Office phone: (219) 989-2696
Office hours: 2:00--4:00 TR, after class, and by appointment.
E-mail: rlkraft@pnw.edu

This page documents what we do in class. It contains reading and homework assignments from our textbook, and links to illustrations, demonstration programs, or other sources of information.

Remember that the comprehensive final exam is Monday, April 30, from 2:45 to 4:45 P.M.(according to the university's final exam schedule).

Here are the solutions to Exam 3.

Today is the third mid-term exam, on Sections 7.3, 12.1 and 12.2.

Here are the solutions to Quiz 12.

There is a quiz today on Section 12.2.

Remember that the third mid-term exam will be Monday, April 23, on Sections 7.3, 12.1 and 12.2.

Here is our schedule for the last two weeks of the semester.

There is a quiz today on the "Practical uses of regular expressions" from pages 787-789 of Section 12.1.

Read pages 791-799 from Section 12.2.

Homework problems for pages 791-799 from Section 12.2

Here are a few regular expression summaries.

There is a quiz today on the problems so far from Section 12.1.

A few more homework problems for Section 12.1 (but not for today's quiz)

Today we will continue with Section 12.1.

More homework problems for Section 12.1

Some regular expression tools.

There is a quiz today on Section 7.3.

Today we will begin Section 12.1.

Homework problems for Section 12.1 are

Today we will cover Section 7.3.

The homework problems for Section 7.3 are

The second exam is today. It is over Section 2.5 (two's complement and hexadecimal numbers), Section 1.2, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, and pages 397-398, 402-403 from Section 7.2.

For next week, read Section 7.3.

The second exam is this Wednesday (March 21). The exam is over Section 2.5 (two's complement and hexadecimal numbers), Section 1.2, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, and pages 397-398, 402-403 from Section 7.2.

The homework problems for pages 397-398 and 402-403 from Section 7.2 are

Spring Break - No class today.

Spring Break - No class today.

There will be a quiz today on Cartesian Products from pages 346-348.

Read Section 7.1.

The homework problems for Section 7.1 are

Today we will cover Cartesian Products from pages 346-348. The homework problems for these pages of Section 6.1 are

Also read Section 1.2, pages 8-10, from the following document and do problems 1, 9, 11, 13 at the end of Section 1.2.

The solutions to the problems at the end of Section 1.2 are here.

There is a quiz today on pages 336-344 from Section 6.1.

There will be a quiz Wednesday on pages 336-344 from Section 6.1.

Today we will cover Venn Diagrams from pages 340-341. Also look at Section 1.7, pages 21-23, from the following document.

The solutions to the problems at the end of Section 1.7 are here.

There will be a quiz today on pages 91-93 from Section 2.5 (hexadecimal numbers).

Today we will cover pages 91-93 of Section 2.5 (hexadecimal numbers).

Read the first part of Section 6.1, pages 336-344 (up to "The Empty Set").

The homework problems for these pages of Section 6.1 are

Also, reread Section 1.2, pages 7-10.

There will be a quiz today on pages 84-90 from Section 2.5.

Monday we will cover pages 91-93 of Section 2.5 (hexadecimal numbers).

The homework problems for these pages of Section 2.5 are

Today we will cover pages 84-90 of Section 2.5 (two's complement negative numbers).

The homework problems for these pages of Section 2.5 are

There is an exam today over Sections 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, and the first four pages of 2.5.

For next week, read the rest of Section 2.5, pages 82-94.

Remember that the first exam is this Wednesday. The exam is over Sections 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, and the first four pages of Section 2.5.

Today we will cover the first part of Section 2.5, pages 78-81.

Today we will finish Section 2.4 and there will be a take-home quiz on Sections 2.2 and 2.4.

Remember that the first exam is a week from today.

Read the first part of Section 2.5, pages 78-84.

The first set of homework problems for Section 2.5 is

There will be a take-home quiz Wednesday on Sections 2.2 and 2.4.

There will be a quiz in class today on Section 2.1.

Read Section 2.4.

The homework problems for Section 2.4 are

Today we will finish Section 2.1.

There will be a quiz in class Wednesday on Section 2.1.

Read Section 2.2.

The homework problems for Section 2.2 are

There is a take-home quiz today on the homework from Section 2.1 (pages 23-31). The quiz must be handed in at the beginning of class on Monday.

Today we will cover pages 23-31 from Section 2.1 and we will finish the section on Monday.

The homework problems for the rest of Section 2.1 (pages 32-36) are

No class today, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

There is a quiz today on the homework from Section 1.2.

For next Wednesday, read Section 2.1.

Today we will begin Section 2.1 (we will cover pages 23-31) and we will finish the section on Wednesday.

The homework problems for Section 2.1 (pages 23-31) are

Today we will cover Section 1.2.

The homework problems for Section 1.2 are