Author: JPreen
Company: UCCB

Mathematics 105
Fall, 2005

Instructor:	      	James Preen    (james_preen@capebretonu.ca, 563 1181)

Office:	      	A-129A (first floor, A-wing, at the bottom of the ramp)

Office Hours:	Mon-Fri, 11:30-12:30, or by appointment
		      	
Class meetings:		Tues Thurs 9:55-11:10am in room CE304

Textbook:	     	any introductory discrete mathematics book
		For Math and Computer Science students: 
 	Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: Ralph P. Grimaldi

Grading:		Mid-term test	20%	     
Assignments, Tests	20%
Final exam		60%

There will be one mid-term test, held in class about halfway through the course and tests will be given following completion of each section of the course. The final exam will be held during the regular examination period in December. All tests and exams will be open-book; any notes or books are allowed to be consulted during them.

Past exams, questions and handouts are available on the web at    http://faculty.capebretonu.ca/jpreen/105/, and extra questions may be assigned or requested at any point in the course. Students are encouraged to ask for clarification on the material both during and after classes. Academic regulations concerning penalties for plagiarizing and cheating (pp. 226-227 of the academic calendar) will be rigidly enforced in this course. A supplementary examination for the course will not be offered.

Major Topics:

Sets, equivalence relations and functions

Logic and proofs, including math induction       

Basic combinatorics

Introduction to graph theory