Instructor: Dr. Iliya Bluskov
Office: 10-2030
Phone: 960-6626
E-mail: bluskoviATunbc.ca ("AT"
means "@")
Course Web Page:
http://web.unbc.ca/~bluskovi/teaching/math450
Lectures:
MWF 8:30-9:20, 5-168 (or TBA)
Office
Hours: MWF
11:00-12:00 (or TBA)
Prerequisites: Math
101, Math
220 (Recommeneded: CPSC 141, CPSC 242, Math 224)
Textbook: Introductory
Combinatorics by Kenneth P. Bogart (Third edition). The book is not
available at the bookstore, check for used
or new
copies at Amazon.ca; other sellers will show up on search for the
author's name and/or title.
Course Materials: Course
Notes will be placed in the copy store. Some additional materials and
homework
assignments
will be distributed in class. No late assignments will be accepted.
Solutions will be published immediately after the due date.
Course Content: Enumeration, Principle of Inclusion and Exclusion, Generating functions, Ramsey theory, Combinatorial structures.
Evaluation:
Presentation |
5% |
Assignments: | 15% |
Midterm (Fri, Oct 17): | 30% |
Final Exam: | 50% |