Discrete Mathematics for Engineers: Math 363

Lectures: M/W/F 8:35 PM – 9:25 PM

Room: Burnside 1B24 (Jan 9 –Apr 16, 2012)

Instructor: Daniel Wise

923 Burnside Hall, office hours: Mondays 12pm-1pm.

Phone: 514-398-3850

Text: Kenneth H. Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, sixth edition, McGraw-Hill.

Prerequisites: MATH 263, MATH 264.
Restriction: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering.

Outline of Topics:

1. Propositional Logic

2. Proofs and Induction

3. Sets, Functions, Relations

4. Combinatorics

5. Counting, discrete probability

6. Graph Theory

Homework: There will be about a dozen assignments. Late homework will not be accepted.

Please submit the homework to the homework slot at Burnside 1005.

Midterm: There will be an in-class midterm during the semester on:

Friday, February 17 in Adams Auditorium.

Final Exam: 3 hour exam covering the entire course on TBA.

Calculators: No calculator will be permitted during the exams.

Grades: Max(20%HW + 20%Midterm + 60%Final, 20%HW + 80%Final)

You know it: Mastery of the material requires that the students devote a significant amount of time to reading the textbook and solving problems.

McGill University values academic integrity.  Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see http://www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information)