CS2050 Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2026

MW Scheller Tower 0270 8:00-9:15AM

People

Lecturers: Abrahim Ladha
TAs: See canvas for full list

Office Hours

The TA’s office hours are in room CCB264
My Office is in CCB 207B, second floor. I have an open door policy. If my door is open, I am available to ask questions.
Much more logisitical information is on our canvas home page.

Course Information

Welcome to discrete mathematics! This class is a foundational and very important. You should come to class thinking this is like a language learning class, the bare minimum needed to engage with the material in more advanced courses.

Evaluation

Four exams, each worth 21%, combined 84%
The fourth exam will be during the final exam time and be 90 minutes in length.
Quizzes, worth a combined 4%
Homeworks, worth a combined 12%

Schedule

Class	Subject
08/24/26	Introduction, Why Logic?
08/26/26	Propositional Logic
08/31/26	Quantification
09/02/26	Inference
09/09/26	Proof
09/14/26	More on Proof
09/16/26	Induction
09/21/26	Strong Induction
09/23/26	Exam 1
09/28/26	Set Theory
09/30/26	On the Power of Set Theory
10/07/26	Functions
10/12/26	Big O
10/14/26	Equivalence Relations
10/19/26	Modular Arithmetic
10/21/26	Exam 2
10/26/26	GCD, LCM, Bezout’s and FTA
10/28/26	Group Theory, Isomorphism
11/02/26	Chinese Remainder Theorem
11/04/26	Fermat and Euler
11/09/26	RSA
11/11/26	Combinatorics
11/16/26	Exam 3
11/18/26	Binomial Theorem
11/23/26	Pigeonhole Principle
11/30/26	More Pigeonhole Principle
12/02/26	Finite Probability Theory
12/07/26	Probabilistic Method
12/11/26	Exam 4, 8AM

Lecture Notes

HERE

Lecture Recordings

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLerMEx1Met7tdZvHntzJ731A6amAvs7S8

Other Resources

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

What Is The Name Of This Book? By Robert Smullyan

Applied Combinatorics by Keller and Trotter

Statement of Intent for Classroom Inclusivity

As a member of the Georgia Tech community, I am committed to creating a learning environment in which all of my students feel safe and included. Because we are individuals with varying needs, I am reliant on your feedback to achieve this goal. To that end, I invite you to enter into dialogue with me about the things I can stop, start, and continue doing to make my classroom an environment in which every student feels valued and can engage actively in our learning community.

Integrity Statement

Submission of any work not your own can result in anything from a zero on the assignment to a report to OSI.