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Overview: Students will study fundamental mathematical structure and logical principles that are essential to computer science, and develop a sound foundation upon which to build a deeper understanding of the elements of computing. Predicate logic, proof techniques, essential topcis in calculus, and discrete probability will be covered. Problems and examples will be drawn from various subjects of computer science, and short, focused programming activities will be introduced to reinforce the learning and application of mathematical subjects.

Prerequisites: CISC1100 or CISC1400.

Instructor: Xiaolan Zhang
       Department of Computer and Information Science
       xzhang@fordham.edu

Lecture: Tues/Fri 2:30 - 3:45 pm, JMH342.

Lab: Wed 11:30-12:45pm, at JMH302.

Office hours: Tuesday 3:45-4:30pm, Wednesday 10-11:30am, Friday 9-10am, or by appointment

Class WWW site: http://storm.cis.fordham.edu/zhang/cs2100.  We will make extensive use of the class WWW site. All assignments are (only )posted on this site. The site is full of lots of useful other information including student questions and replies, and class notes.

Course Materials:

• Textbook: Discrete Mathematics with Applications, 4th edition, Susanna S. Epp. Published by Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
• Class Notes: Class notes (highly recommended) are posted on the class web site. I suggest you print them out and print them to class, and you can annotate them.

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