Contact
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 590: Discrete Geometry (Spring 2026)
| Lectures: | MW 2:00pm - 3:15pm, GMCS 307 |
| Office hours: | Monday 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
| Monday 3:30pm - 5:00pm (Math 590 only) | |
| Tuesday 1:00pm - 2:00pm | |
| Wednesday 11:00am - 12:00pm | |
| Friday 1:00pm - 2:00pm | |
| or by appointment |
| Textbook: | Computing the Continuous Discretely, by Beck and Robins (optional) |
This course covers convex polyhedra and polytopes, lattice point enumeration methods, Ehrhart's theorem, generating functions, and some applications to discrete optimization and enumerative combinatorics.
Announcements
January 11, 2024:
Course webpage has been created.
January 11, 2024:
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 Wednesday and due in class the following Wednesday. There will also be one preliminary assignment given each week, usually assigned on Monday after class and due in class on Wednesday.
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 Wednesday, January 28, 2026.