Rhombic tiling, permutation plot, subset gamegraph, permutahedron, hyperplane arrangement, structure diagram, three-dimensional heap, Cayley diagram, braid graph, and L-tromino tiling.

Welcome

Welcome to the course web page for the Fall 2024 manifestation of MAT 226: Discrete Mathematics (Sections 1 and 2) at Northern Arizona University.

Course Info

Title: MAT 226: Discrete Mathematics
Semester: Fall 2024
Credits: 3
Sections: 1 and 2
Time: 10:20-11:10PM, 11:30-12:20PM MWF
Location: AMB 223, AMB 146

Instructor Info

  Dana C. Ernst, PhD
  AMB 176
  12:30-1:30 M, 1:30-2:30PM WF, 10:00-12:00PM Tu
  dana.ernst@nau.edu
  928.523.6852
  danaernst.com

What is This Course All About?

Topics covered fall into three categories: (1) counting theory, (2) induction and recursion, and (3) graph theory. The course also introduces the student to the attitudes and techniques of mathematical thinking.

The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful.