MTH 309 Homework Assignments - Spring 2024


Text: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications, 7th Ed. by Rosen


Zoom office hours: Tue, Thur, 3:00 - 4:00 PM



Due Date Problems
Thursday, Jan. 25 1.1: 8aceg, 14acef, 16, 18, 22ace, 24abcg, 26ac, 28a, 32bd, 36e (Section 1.1 scan)
1.3: 10ad, 24, 26, 27, 32 (Section 1.3 scan)
Additional problems
Thursday, Feb. 1 1.4: 2, 6, 8, 15, 16, 20abc, 25, 28abc, 32abc, 36, 44
1.7: 1, 2, 6, 7
Watch the one hour documentary on Andrew Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
Thursday, Feb. 8 1.7: 9, 10, 18b, 26
1.8: 3, 4
Additional problems
Watch the Colbert Report interview with Terry Tao on primes.
Thursday, Feb. 15 1.8: 9, 10, 11, 12, 36
Additional problem
2.1: 2ab, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10abcd
Thursday, Feb. 22 2.1: 14, 20, 21, 23ac, 25, 26, 27, 36
Exam 1: Zoom problem session: Mon. 9-10 AM; Extra zoom office hour: Wed. 1:00-2:00 PM
Thursday, Feb. 29 2.2: 3, 16c, 18e, 26a, 30, 40 (hint: use a truth table to prove a logical equivalence analogous to this), 47
Additional problems
Thursday, March 7 2.3: 1, 2, 3
Additional problems
Thursday, March 21 2.3: 12, 13, 14ad, 20, 22a,b,c
Additional problems
Thursday, March 28 2.3: 33, 36
Additional problems
5.1: 3, 5, 15
Thursday, April 4 5.1: 9, 20, 21, 22, 40
Exam 2: Zoom problem session: Mon. 10-11 AM; Extra zoom office hour: Wed. 2:00-3:00 PM
Thursday, April 11 5.2: 4, 12
5.3: 2b, 3ab, 12
Additional problem
Thursday, April 18 4.1: 4, 6, 8, 9abcefgh, 37a, 38, 45
Additional problems
Thursday, April 25 4.1: Additional problems
4.3: 11, 32ced, 40bcfh (use the top-down method given in class rather than the bottom-up method of Example 17)
Additional problems
Thursday, May 2 (don't turn in) 4.6: 2a, 5a
Additional problems
Exam 3: Zoom problem session: Tue. 10-11 AM; Zoom office hours: Wed. 3-4 PM