Introduction
Introduction
DISCRETE
MATHEMATICS
Course teacher: Nabila Sabrin Sworna
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MARKS BREAKDOWN
Assessment type Marks
Attendance 5
Assignment 5
Class test 20
Mid-term Exam 30
Final Exam 40
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ASSIGNMENT
One assignment before Mid-term and one before Final
Marks of both will be averaged
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CLASS TESTS
Will be held in 6th, 11th, 18th and 23rd class
🢝Exact dates will be given in LMS
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MID-TERM AND FINAL
Will be taken centrally
As per the rules of the authority
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CODE OF CONDUCT
Join the classes regularly
Pay attention and try to solve the problems
Attend the tests with adequate preparation
Submit the assignments timely
Inform me of any problems before time
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MATERIALS
Class materials will be given in LMS
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COMMUNICATION
The allowed communication media are email, phone and LMS message.
Use of IM like Messenger, Whatsapp, Viber, Imo etc is strongly prohibited.
Send an email in case you need counseling hours.
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SO, LET’S BEGIN!!!
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WHICH TOPICS WILL WE
COVER?
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Knights and Knaves
Cyrillic
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COUNTING PROBLEMS
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RECURRENCE RELATIONS
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GRAPHS AND TREES
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BUT WHY DO WE CALL IT
DISCRETE MATH??
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DISCRETE MATH IS THE
MATH OF DISCRETE
THINGS
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MATH OF DISCRETE THINGS
Propositions, predicates, graphs, trees are discrete objects
Counting, induction, recurrence involve discrete objects and techniques
Even the sets/functions we discuss will involve discrete objects
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SO, WHY STUDY DM AS A
CS COURSE???
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COMPUTER IS A MACHINE
OF DISCRETE OBJECTS!!!
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MACHINE OF DISCRETE
OBJECTS
Memory units are divided into bits (0 or 1) – discrete entity!!!
Even continuous quantities (like real numbers) are represented as discrete entities!!!
🢝Approximations of real numbers to a very large precision
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DISCRETE MATH IS THE
BASE OF COMPUTER
SCIENCE!!!
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BASE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Logics, proofs, sets, functions, recurrence, graphs, trees …
Basic building blocks of more advanced CS topics like data structures, algorithms,
…
Basic building blocks for problem solving!!!
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