{"id":338,"date":"2021-01-08T17:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/hajiesmaili\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2021-02-07T19:01:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:01:57","slug":"info-150-a-mathematical-foundation-for-informatics-spring-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/hajiesmaili\/info-150-a-mathematical-foundation-for-informatics-spring-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"INFO 150: A Mathematical Foundation for Informatics &#8211; Spring 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"338\" class=\"elementor elementor-338\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c264227 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c264227\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d738e0\" data-id=\"2d738e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947328e elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"947328e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1551\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1551\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Course Information<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1552\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1552\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Course Description<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1553\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1553\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Schedule and Topics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1554\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1554\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Discussion and Grading<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1551\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Course Information<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1551\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1551\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><header><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Instructor:<\/b>\u00a0<strong>Mohammad Hajiesmaili<\/strong>, hajiesmaili+info150@cs.umass.edu<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Time:<\/b>\u00a0Monday\/Wednesday 2:30am-3:45pm EST<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Location:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/umass-amherst.zoom.us\/j\/97075635753\">Online via Zoom<\/a>, a calendar also invitation will be sent to students.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Office Hours:<\/b> Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm EST\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>TA:<\/b> <strong>Yutao Zhou<\/strong>,\u00a0yutaozhou@cs.umass.edu, Thursday 1-2 pm and Friday 5-6 pm,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;background-color: white\" href=\"https:\/\/umass-amherst.zoom.us\/j\/9450359325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yutao Office Hours Zoom\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Textbook: <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The recorded lectures together with the posted lecture slides will provide a self-contained coverage of the material. The role of the textbooks is to provide additional examples and in-depth coverage of the topics, as well as homework problems and optional material that we will not have time to cover in class.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Douglas E. Ensley and J .Winston Crawley, \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/WileyCDA\/WileyTitle\/productCd-EHEP000485.html\">Discrete Mathematics: Mathematical Reasoning and Proof with Puzzles, Patterns, and Games<\/a> Wiley Press, 2005. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">It&#8217;s pretty expensive (especially the hardcover version), but there are cheaper options of renting it or buying it used, e.g., on <a href=\"https:\/\/umass.ecampus.com\/course-list?s=139620&amp;p=&amp;c=|3179698&amp;c1=INFO&amp;c2=150&amp;c3=&amp;c4=&amp;ll=2&amp;pv=\">eCampus <\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #373a3c;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isbns.net\/isbn\/9780471476023\/\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #373a3c;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">. Do not buy the paperback &#8220;solutions manual&#8221; in place of the main textbook. The textbook contains links to (free!) online practice activities that can augment the lectures and assignments. The activities can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/bcs.wiley.com\/he-bcs\/Books?action=resource&amp;bcsId=2803&amp;itemId=0471476021&amp;resourceId=6276\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #373a3c;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">. (Note that you may need to enable Macromedia Flash in your browser.)<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">As an additional source of explanations and practice problems, I recommend the following open source texts:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><a href=\"http:\/\/discrete.openmathbooks.org\/dmoi3\/dmoi.html\">Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction<\/a><\/i>, <span style=\"color: #000000\">3rd Edition by Oscar Levin (interactive website)<\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/textbooks.opensuny.org\/a-spiral-workbook-for-discrete-mathematics\/\">A Spiral Workbook for Discrete Mathematics<\/a><\/i>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">by Harris Kwong (pdf download)<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Course Prerequisites: <\/b><\/span>The material of the course does not overlap much with that of the conventional pre-calculus and calculus courses, but it will demand some basic skill in calculation and algebra. There is no formal prerequisite, but an average high-school math background will be useful, e.g., the University&#8217;s R1 gen-ed requirement. (This course does not carry gen-ed credit itself.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Lectures<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">\u00a0are asynchronous and will be posted week by week, along with the lecture slides. There will in general be two 1-hour lectures per week, each divided into roughly three 20-minute segments.\u00a0 After watching all of the segments of a lecture, take the brief<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">\u00a0quiz<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\"> on the lecture. The quiz should be pretty straightforward if you have watched the lecture. In general, Lectures will be made available Monday (quiz due by Tuesday 11:59pm Amherst time) and Wednesday (quiz due by Thursday 11:59pm Amherst time). Slides for the week&#8217;s lectures will be posted on Friday. If you are experiencing technical difficulties, UMass IT technical support can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/it\/support\">UMass IT support<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Grading and evaluation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Midterm exams (35%)<\/strong>: There will be three non-cumulative exams whose goal is to help you synthesize what you have learned. The one with the highest grade with count for 15% of the course grade, and the other two each will count for 10% of the final grade. for You will have up to two hours for an exam that we hope will be doable in one hour. We will make up a practice exam, similar in length and difficulty to the real exam, and post it a week before the real exam. We&#8217;ll then post solutions to the practice exam with a few days to go. The last exam will take place during the final exam period.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Homework (35%)<\/strong>: These will usually be assigned on Friday, and due the following Friday by 11:59pm Amherst Time. We will drop your worst homework when computing your course grade.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Quizzes (30%):<\/strong> A quiz will be posted right after the class slot due the following day by 11:59pm Amherst time. These are very short quizzes (~15-30 minutes) to make sure that you are following the material.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Class participation (10%): <\/b>\u00a0Up to 10% extra credit may be awarded for class participation. This may come in many forms, e.g., active participation in Piazza discussions and office hours, and a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">sking good clarifying questions and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\"> answering other students&#8217; or instructor questions on Piazza<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Late submission policy:<\/strong> It is essential that the homework is completed on or before the deadline. No work will be accepted after the deadline unless you have a valid medical reason that is approved by the instructor before the deadline.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Disability Services<\/b>: UMass Amherst is committed to making reasonable, effective, and appropriate accommodations to meet the needs of students with disabilities and help create a barrier-free campus. If you have a documented disability on file with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umass.edu\/disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disability Services<\/a>, you may be eligible for reasonable accommodations in this course. If your disability requires accommodation, please notify me within the first two weeks of the course so that we may make arrangements in a timely manner.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Helpful UMass Resources<\/b>:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/honesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Honesty Policy<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/esl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English as a Second Language (ESL) Program<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/counseling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Counseling and Psychological Healt<\/a>3<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/header><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1552\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Course Description<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1552\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1552\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610127091317_166\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem;font-size: 15px\">This is the home page for INFO 150, an introductory undergraduate course in discrete mathematics and the mathematical method. It has been developed for use in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cics.umass.edu\/informatics\" target=\"_blank\">Informatics degree program<\/a>&nbsp;in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, which focuses on the application of computational principles and techniques to advance other disciplines. The intended audience for this course comprises students who intend to pursue computing, perhaps in programming courses for majors like CMPSCI 121 and 187, but could use more exposure to mathematical thinking first.<\/p><div><br><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1553\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Schedule and Topics<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1553\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1553\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><table id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_32\" style=\"width: 100%\"><thead><tr><th style=\"width: 14.6153%\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Week\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/th><th style=\"width: 33.5898%\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Topics<\/span><\/th><th style=\"width: 26.4103%\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Readings<\/span><\/th><th style=\"width: 22.3077%\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Notes<\/span><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_31\"><tr id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_44\"><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Feb 1<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Course Overview; Number Puzzles and Sequences<\/span><\/td><td id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_43\" style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_42\" class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Kwong Sec 1.3 and 1.4; E&amp;C Sec 1.2<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Feb 8<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Truth-tellers, Liars, and Propositional Logic; Predicates<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 1.3 &amp; 1.4<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Fri Feb 12 is the end of Add\/Drop<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Feb 15<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Implications; Brute-Force Search<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 1.4 &amp; 1.5; Notes<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Feb 22<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mathematical Writing and Proofs<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 2.1 &amp; 2.2; Notes<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mar 1<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mathematical Induction<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 2.3 &amp; 2.4<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_30\"><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mar 8<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Proving Program Correctness<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Notes<\/span><\/td><td id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_29\" style=\"width: 22.3077%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Exam 1 on Friday<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_46\"><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mar 15<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Sets<\/span><\/td><td id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_45\" style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C 3.1\u20133.3; Kwong Ch 4<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mar 22<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Functions and Relations<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C 4.1\u20134.3; Kwong Ch 6 &amp; Ch 7<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Mar 29<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Combinatorics: Basic Rules for Counting<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 5.1-5.4; Kwong Ch 8; Levin Ch 1<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_39\"><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Apr 5<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Combinatorics: Arithmetic Triangle<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 5.3;<\/span><\/td><td id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_38\" style=\"width: 22.3077%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Exam 2 on Friday<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Apr 12<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Probability<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 6.1-6.4<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_41\"><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Apr 19<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0Graphs<\/span><\/td><td id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1610403083617_40\" style=\"width: 26.4103%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">E&amp;C Sec 7.1-7.2<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 14.6153%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">Apr 26<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 33.5898%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0Course wrap-up<\/span><\/td><td style=\"width: 26.4103%\">\u00a0<\/td><td style=\"width: 22.3077%\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0Exam 3 on May 1 (tentative)<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1554\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Discussion and Grading<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1554\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1554\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">We will use Piazza for discussions and posting lecture notes. We will use piazza for communication and interaction outside of class hours. We will sign you up using your email address on SPIRE. Please let us know immediately if you are unable to access piazza or if you need another email address included. We will use Piazza for discussions and other interactions outside of class hours. On Piazza, you can ask questions about the course material, discuss solutions to problems, etc. You can even ask questions anonymously if you wish to do so. Please make sure you monitor piazza regularly throughout the semester.<\/span><br \/><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/piazza.com\/class\/kjokuiiwogj1wd\">Piazza Link<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\">We will be using\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;background-color: #ffffff;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: 400\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gradescope.com\/\">Gradescope<\/a><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">\u00a0for grading homeworks and exams. You will need to set up a Gradescope account if you don&#8217;t have one. 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