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Text Reference Tutorials/Tutorials Notes and Links
November 17 Binary numbers, hex and ASCII code Fractions in binary and hex Grossman
Chapter 2
Tutorial 1
T1--Solutions
ASCII
code
File:
4color.html
The J Way
Week 1
PPT (6.52Mb) PDF (992Kb) PPT (234Kb) PDF (74Kb)
November 24 Algorithms and functions Floating point numbers
Tutorial 2
T2--Solutions
J script file:
conversions.ijs
PPT (263Kb) PDF (153Kb) PPT (184Kb) PDF (54Kb)
December 1 Iterative processes; pseudo-code
Integers in the computer Grossman
Chapter 3
Tutorial 3
T3--Solutions
Tales of Binary Disaster
PPT (421Kb) PDF (165Kb) PPT(507Kb) PDF (135Kb)
December 8 Tracing. Branch controls.
The Full Adder
Grossman
Chapter 1
Tutorial 4
T4--Solutions
Assignment 1
Due: 12 December, 2008.
PPT(170Kb) PDF(37Kb) PPT (289Kb) PDF (240Kb)
December 15 Truth Tables
Laws of Logic. Venn Diagrams.
Grossman
pp. 44-58
Tutorial 5
T5--Solutions
PPT (678Kb) PDF (209Kb) PPT (445Kb) PDF (201Kb)
December 22 Mid-summer Recess     Interlude Wizards & doors
Solution
File: culrnums in Matlab
File: J file for culrnums
   PPT (1.57Mb)    PDF (406Kb)
December 29 Sets, universal and existential quantifiers Proof "for all" -- Induction Grossman 72-83;
Grossman 7.2
Tutorial 6
T6--Solutions
Assignment 1 Solutions
PPT (662Kb) PDF (377Kb) PPT (148Kb) PDF (58Kb)
January 5
Recursive functions
Karnaugh maps for logical reduction Grossman, Ch.8
Tutorial 7
T7--Solutions
File: J file for
Tower of Hanoi problem
PPT (556Kb) PDF (122Kb) PPT (520Kb) PDF (92Kb)
January 12 Graphs and Circuits Weighted Graphs and Trees Grossman
Chapters 10,11
Tutorial 8
T8--Solutions
Graphs (from U.Tennessee)
PPT (6.04Mb) PDF (527Kb) PPT (1.39Mb) PDF (125Kb)
January 19 Expression Trees and Huffman Codes Relationship between sets Grossman,
Chapter 11
Tutorial 9
T9--Solutions
Assignment 2
Due: 23 January, 2009
PPT (752Kb) PDF (394Kb) PPT (237Kb) PDF (376Kb)
January 26 Relations and Remainder arithmetic Review Grossman, 5.5
Tutorial 10
T10--Solutions
Assignment 2 Solutions
PPT (605Kb) PDF (244Kb) PPT (477Mb) PDF (248Kb)
February 2 -- 13        MAT1101 Final Examination (2 hours)    Date and time yet to be advised
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