Course Information:
Location: S 161
Time: TR 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Instructor Contact Information:
Instructor: Prof. Yun Su (Suky)
Office Phone: 260-422-5561 ext. 2103
Email Address: ysu@indianatech.edu (preferred contact)
Student Hours: MR 10:45 am – 12 pm, 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm, 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm; F 2 pm – 3 pm; or by appointment
Sometimes, if I didn't reply to your email immediately or I am not in my office during my office hours, I might be in a meeting with someone else. I will get back to you as soon as I can. Thank you for your understanding and patience. Cheers! ^o^
Office: Snyder 159
What are Student Hours?
The main purpose of student hours is to offer students an opportunity for one-on-one interactions with the instructor outside of the regular class time. Here’s what typically occurs:
• Scheduled Timing: The instructor will announce the student hours at the beginning of the semester, including the time, day, and location. These details can also be found on the course syllabus. Each Sunday, the student hours for that week will be posted as an announcement on Blackboard, which also gets sent as an email.
• Questions and Clarifications: Students come with questions about lecture material, readings, assignments, or topics that they find confusing. It’s an opportunity to clarify doubts or delve deeper into a subject.
• Assignment Feedback: After grading, students might want to understand mistakes they made on assignments, exams, or papers. During student hours, instructors can provide more detailed feedback and suggestions for improvement.
• Discussing Grades: If students are concerned about their grades, they might meet with the instructor to understand how they’re performing in the class and get recommendations on how to improve.
• Building Relationships: Beyond just academics, student hours can be a time for students to get to know their instructors better, discuss their academic interests, and potentially seek guidance about future courses, research opportunities, or career paths.
• Course Logistics: Students might have questions about upcoming assignments, exam formats, course policies, or other logistical aspects.
• Additional Resources: The instructor can recommend additional resources for students looking to further their understanding, like books, articles, or other supplementary material.
• Personal Concerns: Sometimes, students might discuss personal issues that are affecting their academic performance, such as health concerns, personal crises, or other challenges. The instructor can offer support, understanding, and direct students to appropriate campus resources.
Text: Richard Johnsonbaugh, Discrete Mathematics, Eighth Edition, Pearson, ISBN: 9780321964687 Download Textbook
Course Syllabus: class policy Spreadsheet to calculate your grade
Class Schedule: here
How to schedule a tutoring appointment with OSS?
Concept Maps:
Chapter 3 functions, sequences, relations
Chapter 11 Boolean algebra and combinatorial circuits
Class notes:
Lecture Videos YouTube Playlist
Link to all blank notes as Word documents
Combined notes
Week 1
Algebra formula sheet, Trig formula sheet, Trig graph,
1.1 Sets 1.2 Propositions, 1.3 Conditional Propositions and Logical Equivalence
1.1 Part A Part B 1.1-1.3 Notes with answers
Week 2
1.4 Arguments and Rules of inference 1.5 Quantifiers, 1.6 Nested Quantifiers
1.4 1.4-1.6 Notes with answers
Week 3
2.1 Mathematical systems, direct proofs, and counterexamples
2.1 2.1-2.2 Notes with answers
Week 4
2.3 Resolution Proofs, 2.4 Mathematical Induction
2.3 2.3-2.4 Notes with answers
Week 5
3.1 Functions 3.2 Sequences and Strings
3.1 3.1-3.2 Notes with answers
3.3 3.3-3.5 Notes with answers
Week 6
3.4 Equivalence Relations, 3.5 Matrices of Relations
3.4 3.3-3.5 Notes with answers
Week 7
6.1 Basic Principles, 6.2 Permutations and Combinations
6.3 Generalized Permutations and Combinations
6.1 6.1-6.3 Notes with answers
Week 8
7.1 Introduction to Recurrence Relations 7.2 Solving Recurrence Relations
7.1 7.1-7.2 Notes with answers
Week 9
8.1 Introduction to Graph Theory 8.2Paths and Cycles
8.1 Part A Part B 8.1-8.3 Notes with answers
Week 10
8.3 Hamiltonian Cycles and the Traveling Salesperson
Week 11
8.4 A Shortest-Path Algorithm 8.5 Representations of Graphs
8.4 Part A Part B 8.4-8.5 Notes with answers
Week 12
9.1-9.2 Introduction, Terminology and Characterizations of Trees
9.1 9.1-9.5 Notes with answers
Week 13
9.4 Minimal SpanningTrees, 9.5 Binary Trees
9.4 9.1-9.5 Notes with answers
Week 14
11.2Properties of Combinatorial Circuits
11.2 11.1-11.4 Notes with answers
Week 15
Thanksgiving Break
Week 16
11.3-11.4 Boolean Algebras and Synthesis of Circuits
11.3 11.1-11.4 Notes with answers
Supplement: Chapter 12, section 12.1-12.3 (not in the final exam)
AI (Chat GPT) answers:
How to turn in your work (homework, practice exam, and exam correction) on Canvas?
For each individual assignment, please take pictures of your work and combine them into a SINGLE pdf, then upload to Canvas. Please make sure the pictures(pdf) are readable orientation and in good order.
Ways to convert your pictures into a SINGLE pdf:
1. Use smartphone app such as pdf scanner, Genius Scan, CamScanner
2. Copy those pictures in word/ google docs, then convert to a SINGLE pdf
3. Use some website like https://imagetopdf.com/ to combine pictures into a SINGLE pdf
Thank you! If you have any questions, please email me. Cheers!
Homework assignments:
Please show all your work and do not copy the solution. Please finish your homework first, then use a red pen to grade your work and make corrections according to the solution. (If you are correct, make a checkmark ✓ next to the problem; if you made a mistake, cross your mistake, then write the correction next to it. Don't just write down the final answer; write down the steps of the correction. ) So leave more space for the problems for corrections.
When you have questions, come to ask me! Cheers! ^o^
I prefer to see homework full of corrections rather than "perfect homework". Sometimes I made mistakes too. Let's learn from our mistakes!
Homework 1 (section 1.1 - 1.3) Due 8/29 Hw1 Solution
Homework 2 (section 1.4 - 1.6) Due 9/5 Hw2 Solution
Homework 3 (section 2.1 - 2.2) Due 9/12 Hw3 Solution
Homework 4 (section 2.3 - 2.4) Due 9/19 Hw4 Solution
Homework 5 (section 3.1 - 3.2) Due 10/1 Hw5 Solution
Homework 6 (section 3.3 - 3.5) Due 10/3 Hw6 Solution
Homework 7 (section 6.1 - 6.3) Due 10/10 Hw7 Solution
Homework 8 (section 7.1 - 7.2) Due 10/22 Hw8 Solution
Homework 9 (section 8.1 - 8.2) Due 11/5 Hw9 Solution
Homework 10 (section 8.3 - 8.5) Due 11/12 Hw10 Solution
Homework 11 (section 9.1 - 9.3) Due 11/14 Hw11 Solution
Homework 12 (section 9.4 - 9.5) Due 11/21 Hw12 Solution
Homework 13 (section 11.1 - 11.4) Due 12/5 Hw13 Solution
Link to all homework in Word docx: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l9T8lJO7YNGQi9hrko3FyCi2eEWV6azk?usp=drive_link
Quiz solutions:
Quiz 1 solution Quiz 1-4 mistakes
Quiz 2 solution
Quiz 3 solution
Quiz 4 solution
Quiz 5 solution Quiz 5-7 mistakes
Quiz 6 solution
Quiz 7 solution
Practice exams and solutions: Exam scores
1. Practice Exam 1 Solution AI answers chapter 1-2 exercise ch1-2 ex solution Extra practice on sets Set solution
Exam 1 solution
2. Practice Exam 2 Solution AI answers Ch3 - 7 more exercises Ch3-7 ex solution
Exam 2 solution
3. Practice Exam 3 Solution AI answers Ch8 more exercises Ch 8 more ex solution Ch9 more exercises ch9 more ex solution
Exam 3 solution
4. Practice final exam Solution AI answers Ch11 more exercises ch11 more exercises solution
Kahoot game on graph theory
Acknowledgment: The examples in the worksheets are taken from your textbook. If you find some useful online resources which may be beneficial to the whole class, please let me know. Thank you!!! :-)