Email is sforcey (AT) uakron.edu (...this is the best way to get a hold of
me)
Office hours:
TBA
If you can't make my office hours, let me know and we can try to
set up
a time to meet. Here is my schedule
for the semester.
Textbook: Required: Introductory
Combinatorics (5th edition) by Richard Brualdi, Prentice Hall.
Course Syllabus.
The syllabus will include information about grading
policies. You
should definitely read it.
Here's an approximate schedule of
what we'll be doing this semester. Emphasis on the "approximate".
TEST 2. Apr 7? Here is some additional review
for the second exam. Here are the answers with some work shown.
Also study quizzes and hw!.
March 20-24: Spring break.
Chapter 7: Recurrence and Generating Functions
Chapter 11: Graphs
April 28: Last day.
Test 3: Comprehensive Final Exam.
Homework and Quizzes
Homework will be posted here on this webpage, along with either the due date for the
homework to be turned in or more usually the date for the quiz (if the hw is not turned in.)
No makeup quizzes will be given, but 15 quiz/homework points will be dropped.
Additional notes:
1) The complement of the empty set is the whole set U ( universe). Complement of {} = U.
2) Subtracting works even when there is no overlap: it is just the whole first set, since there is nothing to subtract. A - B = A, when A intersect B = {}.
3) A - {} = A.
4) A union {} = A.
5) A intersect {} = {}
6) {} - A = {}
(MSword version) Note that your project must follow this
exact outline, using the values that I assign you. There is room for additional information in the open problem section.
Exams
There will be two in-class tests and a final.