Math 3012 (Combinatorics), Fall 2000

Course Outline:

Lectures: MWF 3, Room Skiles 270
Text: Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics by R. Grimaldi
Office hours: Skiles 258: Monday 4-5, Wednesday 2-3 (or drop by)

Important Dates:

• Midterm 1: Friday, September 22
  
• Midterm 2: Monday, November 13
  
• Final: Friday, December 8, 3-6 in class!!
  

(You must tell me now if you anticipate scheduling conflicts with any of the exams!)


You can download the syllabus here.

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Homeworks:

• Homework 1, due Friday, Sept 1
  Grimaldi, pages 12-13, numbers 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 19, 22.
  
  
• Homework 2, due Friday, Sept 8
  Section 1.3: 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 23, 25
  
  • NOTE: HW 2 extended until MONDAY, Sept 11.
    Please note the correct section is 1.3!!!!!!!*****
  
  
• Homework 3, due Friday, Sept 15
  Section 1.4: 1, 3, 5, 7a,b,c, 13, 17
  
  
• Homework 4, due **Wednesday**, Sept 20
  Section 5.1: 1; Section 5.2: 1; Section 5.5: 2, 4, 7a
  
  • RECALL: MIDTERM 1 IS NEXT FRIDAY!!!!
    
    
• Homework 5, due Friday, Sept 29
  Section 4.1: 1(a), 1(c), 2(b), 10, 20.
  
  
• Homework 6, due Friday, Oct 6
  Section 4.1: 15, 19b
  Section 4.2: 1
  Section 10.1: 1,3,4
  
  
• Homework 7, due Friday, Oct 13
  Section 10.2: 1a, 3, 4, 7 (**I eliminated 1c and 1e from the original assignment!!!)
  Section 10.3: 1a, c
  
  
• Homework 8, due Friday, Oct 20
  Section 10.3: 1 b, d, 3, 5a, 8
  Section 9.1: 1 a, b, c, 4
  
  
• Homework 9, due Friday, Oct 27
  Section 9.2: 2a, c, e, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15
  
  
• Homework 10, due Friday, Nov 3
  Section 9.4: 2a, c, e, 7, 9a, b, c, 10a, b
  Section 8.1: 1, 2, 12
  
  
• Homework 11 -- *not to be graded !!! *
  Section 11.1: 2, 5, 7
  Section 11.2: 1a, c, e, 3, 5, 9, 11b, 12a
  
  • RECALL: MIDTERM 2 IS MON NOVEMBER 13!!!!!
    
    
• Homework 12, due Wednesday, Nov 29
  Section 11.3: 1, 18, 21
  Section 11.4: 3, 5, 11, 17, 19
  Section 11.5: 1, 3, 5, 15, 19
  
  
• Homework 13, DO NOT HAND IN
  Section 12.1: 1a, 3, 4, 7
  Section 13.2: 2, 3
  Section 13.4: 1, 4a, c