Instructor:

John Mitchell, Amos Eaton 325, x6915, mitchj at rpi dot edu

Teaching Assistant:

Joe Rosenthal, Amos Eaton 424, rosenj2 at rpi dot edu

Grades through Quiz 9 and Exam 3, for students who took all three exams. Includes the advance grade prior to quiz 10. The inclusion of quiz 10 will cause the advance grade to rise by up to 1 point. Sorted by the advance grade.

Course outline. Includes office hours, grading scheme, policy for makeup exams, and other details.

Course schedule including the dates of the quizzes and exams.

Homeworks: The homeworks contain lists of the sections covered in the quizzes.

• Homework 1
• Homework 2
• Homework 3

Quizzes:

• Quiz 1.
• Quiz 2.
• Quiz 3.
• Quiz 4.
• Quiz 5.
• Quiz 6.
• Quiz 7.
• Quiz 8.
• Quiz 9.
• Quiz 10.
• The Quizzes from Fall 2009, in one file. (The sections covered in these quizzes may not be identical to the sections covered in your quizzes.)

Exams: As you would expect, no collaboration is permitted on the quizzes, exams or the final exam.

• Exam 1, including the solutions.
• Exam 2, including the solutions.
• Exam 3, now including the solutions.
• Final Exam:
  • More information including time, place, and coverage.
  • A summary of Chapter 8 prepared by a former TA.
  • The Final Exam from Fall 2009. Here are the solutions, with an updated solution to question 4. The mean on this exam was 85%, the median was 87%, the standard deviation was 11, and the range was from 56% to 100%.
  • The Final Exam from Fall 2008, along with its solution. The mean on this exam was 77%, the median was 78%, the standard deviation was 13, and the range was from 20% to 100%.
  • The Final Exam from Fall 2007, along with its solution. The mean on this exam was 71.1%, the high and low scores were 93% and 3% respectively, the standard deviation was 15%, and the median was 73%.
  • The Final Exam from Spring 2007. The mean on this exam was 68.33%, the high and low scores were 96% and 29% respectively, and the standard deviation was 14.60. The solutions are available; here is a corrected solution to question 2(a). You should work the exam before looking at the solutions!
  • Review questions for the final from Prof Dave Schmidt.

Notes: Handwritten scanned copies of my notes from Spring 2007 (pdf files):

• Chapters 2 and 1.
• Chapter 3.
• Chapter 4.
• Chapter 4: bad induction proofs.
• Chapter 5.
• Chapter 6. Here is a little more information on the Birthday Problem.
• Sections 2.4 and 4.3.
• Chapter 7.
• Chapter 9.

MathZone Companion Website: The companion website to the text is at

http://www.mhhe.com/rosen

Other Resources:

• Professor Dave Schmidt has written a paper on common problems with calculating the number of permutations.
• The Wikipedia page on Blackjack, including a strategy table obtained from calculations of probabilities.
• The Birthday Problem.
• The The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences.
• A page about the traveling salesman problem, including the Car 54 contest, a tour of 15112 cities in Germany, and a Mona Lisa TSP Challenge.