FALL 2018
ESE 122: Discrete Mathematics for Engineers

Instructor: Prof. Sangjin Hong
Office: 201 Light Engineering Building
Office Hours: TuTh 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
E-mail: sangjin.hong@stonybrook.edu

Lecture Time and Place

TuTh 1:00p.m. - 2:20p.m. in Room 131 Earth & Space Science Building

Prerequisite

High School Calculus and ESE 123 or equivalent.

Textbook

Discrete Mathematics with Applications, Susanna S. Epp. Fourth Edition, 2011.

Course Goals

Introduction to topics in computational mathematics, such as number systems, Boolean algebra, mathematical induction, combinatorics and probability, recursion and graph theory. Algorithm aspects of the topics discussed will be emphasized.

Course Contents

Week 1: Course Overview
Week 2: Set Theory Overview, Number Systems
Week 3: Mathematical Induction, Integers
Week 4: Boolean Algebra, Logics
Week 5: Recursion, Divide and Conquer
Week 6: Counting Principles
Week 7: Combinatorics
Week 8: Basic Probability
Week 9: Random Variables
Week 10: Modular Arithmetics
Week 11: Basic Finite State Automata
Week 12: Graphs
Week 13: Trees
Week 14: Advanced Topics

Grading

Blackboard

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