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MATH220


Resources for MATH220, Summer 2023

Course information

Math220 is a course on discrete mathematics.

  • Prerequisites: One semester of Calculus, or permission of the instructor..

  • Course Coordinator: Moshe Adrian; office Kiely Hall 603; e-mail: madrianaqc.cuny.edu
  • Textbook: I will be lecturing out of the book "Discrete Mathematics and its Applications", Seventh Edition, by Kenneth Rosen.
  • Quizzes: Regular quizzes. These make up the entirety of the grade.
  • Grading: The final grades will be based around the following rubric: A range is 90-100, B range is 80-89, C range is 70-79, D range is 60-69, and anything below is an F.
  • Weekly Problem Session:

    Announcements:

  • Week 1:

    Suggested problems from book: Section 1.1 - 2, 4, 6, 10ace, 14, 24ac, 28, 33. Section 1.3 - 4,8,18,26. Section 1.4 - 6df, 16, 28ce, 34ad. Section 1.5 - 2, 4ad, 6ace, 8bc, 14ade, 20c, 28ade, 32d, Section 1.6 - 6, 8, 10ad, 16ac, 20, 28, Section 1.7 - 3, 11, 15, 24, 25, 34, 39. Section 2.1 - 4,12,15,18,20,27,42, Section 2.2 - 4, 14, 18cde, 24, 26, 30, 48, Section 2.3 - 7, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23, 33, 38, 45, 48, 62. Section 2.4 - 4, 25, 33, 36, 37, 39. Section 2.5 - 1a, 1b, 1f, 2e, 4a. Section 4.1 - 6, 10, 16, 18, 24 Section 4.3 - 12, 18b, 21, 22, 26, 33. Section 4.2 - 6, 12, 30, 52 Section 4.4 - 4, 5, 12, 21, 34, 37 . Section 5.1 - 4,6,20,28,34,38 Section 5.2 - 8 (Hint : Let P(n) be the statement that we can form 5n dollars in gift certificates using the 25-dollar and 40-dollar certificates. Then show that P(n) is true for all values of n where n is bigger than some fixed positive integer which you need to determine), 12, 26. Section 5.3 : 8, 12 (the definition of the Fibonacci numbers is on page 158, and recalled again on page 347), 24a), 24b), 26a), 26c). Section 6.1 - 8, 20, 28, 40, 46, 62. Section 6.2 - 14, 18, 26, Section 6.3 - 22, 24, 28, 32, 40. Section 6.4 - 8, 14, 24, 28b. Section 8.5: 5,8,11,18. Section 7.1 - 8, 16, 22, 24a, 36, Section 7.2 - 8, 12, 24, 26, 28. Section 7.3 - 6, 8, 14, Section 7.4 - 4, 12, 14, 18, 26.