Textbook: Enumerative Combinatorics Volume 1 by Richard Stanley.
Time: M,W 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM, F 11:15 AM - 12:10 PM (total lecture duration will be standard).
Location: Vincent Hall 364
Office hours: TBA
Homework: Each week I will ask you to submit two or three of the best problems you can do out of a list I provide.
Pledge: students have to send me an email pledging not to consult the solutions in the book or look for them online. Working in groups with other students is allowed.
Homework 1: Chapter 1, # 3a, 3g, 3h, 6, 9, 10, 11a, 12, 14b, 15b, 15c, 16. Submit your best three. Due 9/13.
Homework 2: Chapter 1, # 23, 24, 35b, 35f, 35k, 42, 47ab, 47c, 48b. Submit your best three. Due 9/20.
Homework 3: Chapter 1, # 50e, 50f, 50g, 57, 60, 112, 118a, 126, 138, 139, 140. Submit your best three. Due 9/29.
Homework 4: Chapter 1, # 68, 69, 71, 72a, 72b, 82, 85, 88a, 89, 91a, 97, 100, 102a, 103a. Best three. Due 10/6.
Homework 5: Chapter 1, # 115, 162, 163a, 163b, 163c, 163d, 163e, 166, 175, 176, 178, 181, 184, 185b, 189, 192, 199. Best three. Due 10/13.
Homework 6: Chapter 3, # 6, 7, 8, 12, 14a, 14b, 15a, 15b, 18, 19a, 27, 28, 30a, 30b, 31a, 36a, 37a, 37b. Best three. Due 10/20.
Homework 7: Chapter 3, # 54, 58, 59, 60, 75, 76, 77, 84, 85. Best three. Due 11/6.
Homework 8: Chapter 3, # 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102. Best three. Due 11/13.
Homework 9: Chapter 3, # 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 118, 124, 125, 134.