- Course Director: Dr. Varvara Nika
- Class Times: Thursdays, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Class Location: CLH F: Click here for visual directions.
- Email: vnika@yorku.ca
- Course Web Page:https://eclass.yorku.ca/eclass/, You will need your Passport York to log in. Course outline, announcements, and important notifications will be posted there. Several platforms will be used in this course (e.g., eClass, Zoom, Crowdmark, etc.) through which students will interact with the course materials, the course director, and TAs, as well as with one another.
- Course Format: Although this course is delivered in person, I have scheduled Zoom sessions just in case there is a necessary need to do one or a few online synchronous lectures. Lectures and classwork will be made available within one or two days of the class ending.
- Student Hours: via Zoom, Mondays, 7:30 pm – 8:30 p.m. Please email me ahead of time.
- Tutorials: via Discord: A schedule of when live TA help is TBD.
- Textbook: Kenneth H. Rosen, Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (8th Edition). 2019: McGraw Hill.)
- Technical Requirements
- There are technical requirements for students to be able to complete this course. You need a reliable high-speed internet connection to attend lectures via Zoom or take tests or exams using eClass.
- For more information, see:
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- https://lthelp.yorku.ca/student-guide-to-moodle
- https://yorku.zoom.us/ (see the guides at the bottom)
- https://uit.yorku.ca/students-getting-started/
- and Student Guide to eLearning
- To check your internet connection, you can run tests like Speedtest.
About the Course
This course is a program requirement in Computer Science. It is also intended for math majors and for students looking to have an introduction to discrete mathematics. The topics covered are:
- Basics of propositional and predicate logic
- Quantifiers
- Proof techniques
- Sets, functions, relations
- Modular arithmetic, solving congruences
- Applications of elementary number theory
- Induction, well-ordering, and partial ordering
The emphasis will be on understanding the basic concepts, mathematical reasoning, proofs, and problem-solving that will be required in upper-level MATH courses.
understanding the basic ideas and developing an appreciation for mathematical reasoning, proofs, and problem-solving.
