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Math & Stats Department
San Diego State University
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Math 245: Discrete Mathematics (Fall 2025)
Lectures: MWF 10:00am - 10:50am, BT 161
Textbook: Mathematical Maturity via Discrete Mathematics, by Vadim Ponomarenko
This course is a rigorous introduction to many of the tools useful in higher mathematics and computer science. The major topics to be covered will be logic and proof techniques. Also included will be a brief introduction to set theory, number theory, relations, functions, recurrences, and complexity.
Resources
The course syllabus (also as a plain text syllabus).
A tentative week-by-week lecture schedule (also as a plain text lecture schedule), which is subject to change without notice.
The course Canvas page.
Exams