CS 514, Mathematics for Computer Science

Autumn 2013 - 2014

Instructors

Purandar Bhaduri, ext: 2360 (email: pbhaduri)

Ashish Anand, ext: 2374 (email: anand.ashish)

Teaching Assistants

1. Pravati Swain (email: pravati)

2. Amit Kumar Srivastava (email: amit.srivastava)

3. Ramanuj Chouksey (email: ramanuj)

TA Assignment for Homework Problems

Textbooks

1. Mathematics for Computer Science by Eric Lehman, F Thomson Leighton and Albert R Meyer, 2011. This will be the main textbook for the Discrete Mathematics part of the course. Class material from the MIT course based on the book.

2.   Basic Probability Theory, Robert B. Ash, Dover Publications, 2008.

3.   Introduction to Linear Algebra, Gilbert Strang, Wellesley Cambridge Press, 2009.

Evaluation

Assignments 10%

Quizzes                                            10%

Midsem                                            30%

Endsem 50%

Solutions to Midsem Exam

Homework Policy

Late assignments would be penalised by deducting (10 × no. of days of lateness) % of the marks. Any form of copying will incur zero marks.

Homeworks

Please note that all homework problems refer to the May 2011 edition of the textbook!

1. HW # 1 (Due 13 August, Tuesday): Problems 1.1, 1.3 and 1.4 from the text.

2. HW # 2 (Due 20 August, Tuesday): Problems 2.4, 5.5, 5.12 (a) and 5.12 (b) from the text.

3. HW # 3 (Due 30 September, Monday): Problems 8.12, 8.17, 8.18, 8.23.

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