MATH3170 (Combinatorics 1)

MATH3170, Fall 2006
Instructor: Dr R.M. Green
Venue: MWF 12, ECCR 151
Office: MATH 313
Email: rmg [AT] euclid.colorado.edu
Office Hours: M 2, W 3, F 11
Text
Combinatorics and Graph Theory by John M. Harris, Jeffry L. Hirst and Michael J. Mossinghoff
Outline of syllabus
Graph theory: trees, planarity, Ramsey theory.
Combinatorics: binomial coefficients, the principle of inclusion and exclusion, generating functions.
Introduction to infinite combinatorics.
This corresponds roughly to sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1 and 3.2 of the book.
Grading
Your grade will be computed from: The three examination scores may be individually curved to produce an appropriate profile.
Tests
The two midterms will be held during class on Wednesday, September 27, and Wednesday, November 1, 2006.
The final exam is on Tuesday December 19 from 1.30pm to 4pm in the usual classroom. Bring your CU student ID to all of your tests.
Homework
Homework is due at the beginning of class. Usually, not all of the problems will be graded. Show all your working. Your final homework score will be based on your best 10 assignments. Late work will ordinarily not be graded.
Students With Disabilities
If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit a letter to me from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. Contact: 303-492-8671, Willard 322, or www.Colorado.EDU/disabilityservices
Disability Services' letters for students with disabilities indicate legally-mandated, reasonable accommodations. The syllabus statements and answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found at www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices
Missed Exams
If you know that you are going to miss an exam or cannot take the final exam at the scheduled time, please notify your instructor at least two weeks in advance. If you miss a midterm exam for any acceptable reason (e.g. religious obligation, documented illness), that midterm exam score will be replaced by your other midterm exam grade. If you miss both exams for acceptable reasons, your course grade will be based entirely on your final exam score. If you miss the final exam and have not rescheduled it in advance, you will score zero on the final or receive an incomplete in the course, depending on the circumstances.
Religious Obligations
Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every effort to reasonably and fairly deal with all students who, because of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments or required attendance. In this class, if you have a religious obligation that conflicts with one of the exams, please let your instructor know at least two weeks in advance. See policy details at http://www.colorado.edu/policies/fac_relig.html
Student Classroom and Course-Related Behavior
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Please, no open yawning in the classroom!
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Homework assignments

Assignment 1 (assigned Mon 28 Aug, due Wed 6 Sep)
1.1.1: 2, 3
1.1.2: 1, 3, 5
Graded: 1.1.1.2 (4), 1.1.2.1 (2), 1.1.2.5 (4)
Assignment 2 (assigned Wed 6 Sep, due Wed 13 Sep)
1.1.3: 1, 2, 3, 5
Graded: 1.1.3.1 (3), 1.1.3.3 (3), 1.1.3.5a (4)
Assignment 3 (assigned Mon 11 Sep, due Mon 18 Sep)
1.2.1: 1, 2, 4
1.2.2: 1, 2, 5, 11
Graded: 1.2.1.4 (3), 1.2.2.1 (4), 1.2.2.11 (3)
Assignment 4 (assigned Mon 18 Sep, due Mon 25 Sep)
1.2.3: 1, 3, 4
1.2.4: 2, 3, 5
Graded: 1.2.3.3 (3), 1.2.4.2 (4), 1.2.4.5 (3)
Assignment 5 (assigned Mon 25 Sep, due Mon 2 Oct)
1.3.1: 1, 2, 4
Graded: 1.3.1.1 (5), 1.3.1.2 (5)
Assignment 6 (assigned Mon 2 Oct, due Mon 9 Oct)
1.3.2: 1, 2, 6, 8, 11
1.3.3: 1
Graded: 1.3.2.2 (3), 1.3.2.8 (3), 1.3.3.1 (4)
Assignment 7 (assigned Mon 9 Oct, due Mon 16 Oct)
1.6.1: 2, 3
1.6.2: 2, 4
Graded: 1.6.1.2 (2), 1.6.1.3 (3), 1.6.2.2 (2), 1.6.2.4 (3)
Assignment 8 (assigned Mon 16 Oct, due Mon 23 Oct)
1.6.3: 2, 4
2.1.1: 1, 4
Graded: 1.6.3.2 (3), 1.6.3.4 (3), 2.1.1.4 (4)
Assignment 9 (assigned Mon 23 Oct, due Mon 30 Oct)
2.2.1: 2, 3, 5
2.3.1: 1, 3
Graded: 2.2.1.2 (2), 2.2.1.5 (4), 2.3.1.3 (4)
Assignment 10 (assigned Mon 30 Oct, due Mon 6 Nov)
2.4.1: 2
2.4.2: 2, 6
Graded: 2.4.1.2 (4), 2.4.2.6 (6)
Assignment 11 (assigned Mon 6 Nov, due Mon 13 Nov)
2.4.3: 1, 2, 3, 8
Graded: 2.4.3.1 (4), 2.4.3.2 (3), 2.4.3.8 (3)
Assignment 12 (assigned Mon 13 Nov, due Mon 27 Nov)
2.4.4: 4, 5 (c, e), 7
2.4.5: 2 (c), 3
Graded: 2.4.4.5 (c) (4), 2.4.4.7 (3), 2.4.5.3 (3)
Assignment 13 (assigned Mon 27 Nov, due Mon 4 Dec)
2.4.6: 1, 2
3.1.1: 1
Graded: 2.4.6.1 (2), 2.4.6.2 (4), 3.1.1.1 (4)
Assignment 14 (assigned Mon 4 Dec, due Mon 11 Dec)
3.1.1: 3, 4
3.2.1: 1
Graded: 3.1.1.3 (5), 3.1.1.4 (2), 3.2.1.1 (3)