Math 6
Introduction to Finite Mathematics
Last updated June 18, 2008 1:30:00 EDT

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Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course.


Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
6/23 1.1 Numbers
6/25 1.2, 1.3 Equations and Inequalities; Sums
6/26 (x-hour) 1.4, 1.5 Elements of Set Theory; Venn Diagrams
6/27 1.6 Averages
6/30 2.1 Basic Counting Principles
7/2 2.2, 2.3 Arrangements; Selections
7/3 (x-hour) 2.4 More About Selections
7/7 3.1, 3.2 Events; Probability Measures
7/9 3.3 Non-Uniform Probabilities
7/10 (x-hour) 3.4 Counting and Probability
7/11   Midterm I
7/14   Introduction to Graph Theory: Guest Lecture
7/16   Introduction to Graph Theory: Guest Lecture
7/18   Introduction to Graph Theory: Guest Lecture
7/21 3.5, 3.6 Stochastic Processes; More About Conditional Probability
7/23 3.7, 3.8 Bayes' Formula and Applications; Further Examples of Bayes' Formula
7/25 3.9 Expected Values
7/28   More About Graph Theory
7/30   More About Graph Theory
7/31 (x-hour)   More About Graph Theory
8/1   Midterm II
8/4 5.1, 5.2 Coordinates, Lines; Systems of Linear Equations
8/6 5.3 Formal Solution of Systems of Equations
8/8 5.4 Matrices and Vectors
8/11 5.5 Vector and Matrix Products
8/13 5.6 Inverses
8/15 5.7 More About Inverses
8/18   Introduction to Number Theory
8/20   Introduction to Number Theory
8/24   Final Exam, 11:30 am


Mitsuo Kobayashi