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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 2024)
| Lectures: | TTh 5:30pm - 6:45pm, GMCS 328 |
| Office hours: | Monday 12:30pm - 2:30pm |
| Tuesday 1:00pm - 2:00pm | |
| Tuesday 7:00pm - 8:00pm | |
| Wednesday 2:00pm - 3:00pm | |
| Friday 12:30pm - 1:30pm | |
| or by appointment |
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 graph theory and Polya's theory of counting, will be covered as time permits.
Announcements
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 25, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 2,
due Thursday, February 1, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 3,
due Thursday, February 8, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 4,
due Thursday, February 15, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 5,
due Thursday, February 22, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 6,
due Thursday, February 29, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 7,
due Thursday, March 7, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 10,
due Thursday, March 28, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 11,
due Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 12,
due Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Preliminary Assignment 13,
due Thursday, April 25, 2024.