Welcome to Foundations of Discrete Mathematics
Content: logic, sets, functions, relations, combinatorics, induction
and recursion, modular arithmetic, permutation groups and symmetry
groups, graphs.
Lecturer: David Radnell (david.radnell@aalto.fi)
Course assistants:
H01- Qingxin Yang (qing.yang@aalto.fi)
H02 - Kirthivaasan Puniamurthy (kirthivaasan.puniamurthy@aalto.fi) - Head TA
H03 - Matilde Costa (matilde.costa@aalto.fi)
H04 - Antti Immonen (antti.h.immonen@aalto.fi)
- H05 - Antti Immonen (antti.h.immonen@aalto.fi)
- H05 added. Since the other exercise groups are overcrowded with 40 in each, please change your group to this new one if suitable.
- Update 24.2: As groups H02-H04 are now full, I have enabled registration is SISU without choosing a group. We will try to add one more exercise groups next week. Everybody who wants to join the course will able to. Please email the lecturer in case of troubles.
Resources: Please see the "Materials" section for lecture notes and textbooks (most of which are open access). Also a
FIN-ENG-SWE math dictionary.
Zulip Chat discussion forum:
Laskutupa: Free math tutoring center. You can drop in any time for help. Follow the
link for a schedule and other details.
Assignments: See "Assignments".
Grading policy: The grade for the course will be determined by
Max{H*40% + E*60% , E*100%}
where
H = Homework, E = exam on 21.04.2023
For the homework component your best 5 out of the 6 homework assignemnts will be counted.
The final grade boudaries determined after the exam are
1:50
2: 60
3:70
4:80
5:89
Exam:
- The exam is on 21.4, 13:00 - 16:00.
- No notes or calculators or other aids are permitted.
- If you require individal arrangments for the exam please fill out this form at least 1 week before the exam (note that you need the Aalto approved certificate). https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/727EED88E1831E55
- Make sure you bring ID to the exam
- If you are currently registered for this course then you are automatically registered for the course exam (KT) and should not registerfor the retake exam (T# or ET#).
- Info about the exam content
Retake exams: For the next two retake exams your exercise points will be counted as in the above formula.
- Period V: Individual exam arrangment request form https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D183E0E93C4DE5FB
Attendance: While
not compulsory, it can not be stressed strongly enough that attendance
of lecture and exercise sessions is extremely important as there are many new concepts in this course.
