Mathematical Logic and Information

Math 512, Spring 2013
Department of Mathematics, LIU Post

Class Date Material Homework Comments
1/23 Mendelson 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 Homework 1, Solutions
1/30 Mendelson 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2 Homework 2, Solutions
2/6 Mendelson 1.4, 1.6, 2.3-2.7 Homework 3 Study for Test 1
Test 1 Review
Review Solutions, Solutions to #5
2/13 Test 1 Notes on Induction Office hours Tues Feb 12, 4-6p
2/20 Induction
Computability/Turing machines -
   Epstein Ch. 9
Homework 4
2/27 Paradoxes
Peano Arithmetic - Mendelson 3.1
Infinity - Epstein Ch. 6
Homework 5, Solutions
3/6 Decidability No Homework
Test 2 Review, Solutions
Fun Stuff:
A proof, in the style of Dr. Seuss, that the
   halting problem is undecidable.
Fetishes
3/13 --- --- Spring recess, no class.
3/20 Test 2 Test 2 Solutions Office Hours: Mon 3/18 4p
3/27 Codes Homework 6, Solutions
4/3 Error-correcting codes Homework 7, Solutions
Read xkcd on the number of Twitter messages
Friday - last day for P/F or withdraw
4/10 Information Theory Homework 8, Solutions
4/17 Test 3
Shannon's Source Coding Theorem
Test 3 Review, Solutions
Homework 9
Test 3 Solutions
Notes (not mine)
4/24 Review Last class
5/1 --- --- No class, but office hours
during class time.
5/8 Final Exam ("in class")
Wed 5/8 5:00p in LS 243