| Homework problems | Reading assignments, part 1 |
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| Homework guidelines | Prof. Barbara Kaiser |
Reading
assignments, Feb. 9 - April 2
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| Feb. 9 |
Chapter 1 |
Recursion |
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| Feb. 12 | 9.1, 9.2 | Asymptotics |
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| Feb. 16 | 2.1, 2.2 | Summation Methods |
| Feb. 17 | 2.3 | Manipulating sums |
| Feb. 19 | 2.4 | Multiple sums |
| Feb. 20 | 2.4 |
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| Feb. 23 | 2.5 | General methods |
| Feb. 24 | Review | |
| Feb. 26 | 2.5 | Test #1 |
| Feb. 27 | Day off | |
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| March 1 | Multiple sums | |
| March 2 | 2.6 | Finite and infinite calculus |
| March 4 | cont. | |
| March 5 | 2.7 | Infinite sums |
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| March 9 | 3.1 | Floors and Ceilings |
| March 11 | 3.2 | Applications |
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Cont. |
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| March 16 | 3.3 | Recurrences |
| March 18 | 3.4 | Mod |
| March 19 | 3.5 | Floor/ceiling sums |
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| March 22 | cont. |
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| March 23 | cont. | |
| March 25 | Review | |
| March 26 | Test #2 | |
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| March 29 | |
Basic counting |
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| April 1 | Chapter 5 | Binomial coefficients |
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