AMS 301.2 FINITE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES Spring, 2008
First Test in Class on Tuesday March 4th. Review session Monday 4-5:15pm in Melville Library room E4315
Class Time and Place: TTh 2:20-3:40, Physics 118.
Instructor: Prof. Alan Tucker
Office: Math Tower P-138;
Office Hours: M 10:00-12:40,3:00-4:00, WF 10:00-4:00, Tu 10:00am-11:15am, TuTh 12:15-2:15 pm
in Math P138
How to Reach Prof. Tucker:telephone: 2-8365; e-mail: atucker@notes.stonybrook.edu
Course Texts:
Applied Combinatorics, Fifth Edition, by A.Tucker, John Wiley & Sons.
Tests: three hour Tests, the last one during final exam week .
Homework: Assigned weekly and graded; Counts for about 15% of course grade; Solutions to all problems available before tests. Weekly Assignments Listed Below.
Grader: TBA , Office Hours: TBA , Harriman 010.
Students with disabilities or who need special assistance with exams or other aspects of the course are asked to let Prof. Tucker know about their circumstances at the
beginning of the course.
Each student must pursue his or her academic goals honestly and
be personally accountable for all submitted work. Representing another
person's work as your own is always wrong. Any suspected instance of academic
dishonesty will be reported to the Academic Judiciary. For more comprehensive
information on academic integrity, including categories of academic dishonesty,
please refer to the academic judiciary website at http:
//www.stonybrook.edu/uaa/academicjudiciary/.
In the first month of the course, there will be weekly Mastermind puzzles posted
on this webpage each Wednesday at 9 pm. Mastermind is explained in the Prelude at the front of the
textbook. The first three students to email the correct solution (with an
explanation of their reasoning) will get
3 extra points on the next test; the next three students to e-mail me the correct
sequence will get 2 pts on the next test and the next 3 students will get one point on the next test.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Week 1 -- Jan 29-31: Section 1.1,1.2,1.3
Homework: Sect 1.1: 1,6,9,14,16,20,23; Sect. 1.2: 4,5bck,6cde,7; Sect. 1.3: 1,4,8,10b.
Week 2 -- Feb 5- 7: Section 1.4, 2.1
Homework: Sect. 1.4: 3df,7befghi,8,11,15,16,20,25; Sect. 2.1: 2,4,9,10.
Week 3 -- Feb 12-14: Section 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
Homework: Sect. 2.2: 3,4cilp,7b,9,16; Sect 2.3: 1bcgl, 13,14; Sect 2.4: 5.
Week 4 -- Feb 19-21: Section 3.1, 3.2
Homework: Sect. 3.1: 1a,4,6,11,13,19,23,27; Sect 3.2: 1ab,4,5,16b,25.
Week 5 -- Feb 26-28: Section 3.3 and Review for Test
Homework: Sect 3.3: 1,5
Week 6 -- Mar 4- 6: Test Mar 4th; Section 5.1
Spring 08 First Test
Fall 07 First Test
Fall 06 First Test
Solutions to Old First Tests
Solutions to Homeworks
Mar 18-20: SPRING BREAK
Week 7 -- Mar 11-13: Sections 5.2,5.3,
Homework: Sect.5.1: 6,7,9,12,13,16,20,22,25,26,33,36; Sect 5.2: 4,5,8,10,16bcd,25,38,49
Mar 18-20 SPRING BREAK
Week 8 -- Mar 25-27: Section 5.4, 6.1
Homework: Sect 5.1: 24,30,32; Sect 5.2: 32,34,51; Sect 5.3: 2,4,5,7,9,12,21; Sect 5.4: 2,3ab,7,10,12,27
Week 9 -- Apr 1- 3: Section 6.2
Homework: Sect 5.2: 22,42 52; Sect 5.3: 15,19,22; Sect. 5.4: 11,19,21,28,47,48; Sect 6.1: 2b,4bc,6,7,10
Week 10-- Apr 8-10: Section 6.2 and Review
Old Second Tests
Solutions to Old Second Tests
Solutions to Homeworks
Homework: Sect 6.1: 3ac,8,13,16; Sect 6.2: 1,2,5,13,15b,17ab,20,22
Week 11-- Apr 15-17: TEST 2 on April 15th; Section 7.1
Homework: Study for test
Week 12-- Apr 22-24: Section 7.3, 8.1
Homework: Sect. 7.1: 2,4,6ab,7,10,11,12,15,25,28 30; Sect. 7.3: 2,5
Week 13-- Apr 29-May 1: Section 8.2, 8.3
Homework: Sect. 8.1: 9,10,11,12,15,16,24,26,29,36; Sect. 8.2: 2,5,8,11,13,15,19,23b
Week 14-- May 6- 8: Review for Last Test
Homework: Sect. 8.2: 6, 32; Sect. 8.3: 2b,3,5
Solutions Old Third Tests
Old Third Tests
Solutions to Homeworks
THIRD TEST during Final Exam period, Thur May 15th, 2:00-4:30 pm; location: Regular classroom.
Historical Curve in Prof. Tucker's AMS 301 classes:
- approximately 25% A's, 35% B's, 30% C's, 10% D's,F's, & W's
Corrections to Applied Combinatorics 5th Edition