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cdoneill «at» sdsu.edu
GMCS Building, Room 570
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182
U.S.A.
GMCS Building, Room 570
Math & Stats Department
San Diego State University5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego, CA 92182
U.S.A.
Math 579: Combinatorics (Spring 2023)
| Lectures: | TTh 5:30pm - 6:45pm, GMCS 328 |
Textbook:
A Walk Through Combinatorics, 4th Edition, by Miklos Bona.
As described in the course catalog, this course covers permutations, combinations, recurrence relations, and inclusion-exclusion. Other topics and applications, such as Polya's theory of counting, will be covered as time permits.
Announcements
January 19, 2023:
Course webpage has been created.
January 19, 2023:
A syllabus and lecture schedule have been added below.
Resources
The course syllabus (also in plain text).
A tentative week-by-week lecture schedule (also in plain text), which is subject to change without notice.
Homework
There will be one homework assignment given each week, usually assigned on Thursday and due in class the following Thursday. There will also be one preliminary assignment given each week, usually assigned on Tuesday after class and due in class on Thursday.
I will post links to homework assignments here. If you have questions about course material, do not hesistate to ask me in/before/after class, stop by my office hours, or email me.
Preliminary Assignment 1,
due Thursday, January 26, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 2,
due Thursday, February 2, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 3,
due Thursday, February 9, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 4,
due Thursday, February 16, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 5,
due Thursday, February 23, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 6,
due Thursday, March 2, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 7,
due Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 10,
due Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 11,
due Thursday, April 13, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 12,
due Thursday, April 20, 2023.
Preliminary Assignment 13,
due Thursday, April 27, 2023.