CSCI 243. Discrete Mathematics and Functional Programming


Fall 2023
Thomas VanDrunen



Meeting time: MWF 2:15pm-3:25pm.
Meeting place: MEY 131

Office hours: Drop-in 3:30-4:30 MWF; also schedule through Calendly
Contact: MEY 163 Science; 752-5692; Thomas.VanDrunen@wheaton.edu


Syllabus

ML programming guide

Programming assignment turn-in page.

Frequently asked questions.

My Calendly page (for office hours)




Final exam: Tues, Dec 12, 1:30-3:30pm


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Aug 21

NO CLASS

Aug 23

Sets. Sets and elements. 1.(1 & 2)
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for course introduction
Video for sections 1.1-3

Aug 25

Set operations; visual verification (3-5)
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for section 1.4
Video for section 1.5

Aug 28

Intro to SML; cardinality and Cartesian products. 1.(6-9).
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for section 1.6
Video for sections 1.(8 & 9)

Aug 30

Making things in SML. 1.10.
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for sections 1.(10 & 11)
Video for sections 1.(12)

Sept 1

SML functions. 1.(11-13)
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for section 2.1
Video for Section 2.2

Sept 4

NO CLASS

Sept 6

List. Introduction to lists. 2.(1-3)
Slides

Supplemental videos:
Video for Section 2.4

Sept 8

Powersets; a language processor. 2.(4-6)
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Sept 11

Proposition. Propositional forms; boolean values; logical equivalence. 3.(1-4)
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Sept 13

Conditionals. 3.(5-7)
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Sept 15

Arguments. 3.(8 & 9)
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Sept 18

Predicates; quantification. 3.(10-13)
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Sept 20

Quantification and arguments. 3.14
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Sept 22

Review
Slides

Sept 25

TEST

Sept 27

Proof. Introduction to proofs; subset proofs. 4.(1 & 2)
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Sept 29

Set equality proofs; set emptiness proofs. 4.(3 & 4)
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Oct 2

Conditional proofs. 4.(5-8)
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Oct 4

Powersets. 4.9
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Oct 6

From theorems to algorithms. 4.(10 & 11)
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Oct 9

Relation. Introduction. 5.(1-3)
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Oct 11

Properties of relations, part 1. 5.(4&5)
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Oct 13

Properties of relations, part 2. 5.(4&5)

Oct 16

NO CLASS

Oct 18

NO CLASS

Oct 20

Transitive closure. 5.(6 & 7)
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Oct 23

Partial order relations; topological sort. 5.(8 & 9)
Slides

Oct 25

Review

Oct 27

TEST

Oct 30

Self Reference. Recursive types. 6.(1-3)
Slides

Nov 1

Structural induction. 6.4
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Nov 3

Mathematical induction. 6.(5 & 6)
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Nov 6

Loop invariants, part 1. 6.(9 & 10)
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Nov 8

Loop invariants, part 2. 6.(9 & 10)

Nov 10

Function. Introduction. 7.(1-3)
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Nov 13

Images and inverse images. 7.(4 & 5)
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Nov 15

Map and filter; function properties; inverse functions; composition. 7.(5-8)
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Nov 17

Cardinality. 7.9
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Nov 20

No-credit quiz. Countability. 7.15
Slides

Nov 22

NO CLASS

Nov 24

NO CLASS

Nov 27

Review
Slides

Nov 29

TEST

Dec 1

Map and foldl; modeling functions. 7.(5 & 14)
Slides

Dec 4

Fixed-point iteration. 7.(12 & 13)
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Dec 6

Huffman encoding. 6.12
Slides

Dec 8

Review