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Revision as of 08:45, 1 November 2010

Catalog Information

Title

Combinatorics.

(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

(3:3:0)

Offered

Su

Prerequisite

Math 371.

Description

Permutations, combinations, recurrence relations, applications.

Desired Learning Outcomes

Prerequisites

Minimal learning outcomes

Permutations and combinations basics, including the Pigeonhole Principle, binomial coefficients and the Binomial Theorem, Stirling's Approximation, Inclusion/exclusion, Generating functions and recurrence relations (rational functions), Groups, permutations and counting problems -- Polya's Theorem

Textbooks

Possible textbooks for this course include (but are not limited to):

  • Richard A. Brualdi, Introductory Combinatorics (5th Edition), Prentice Hall, 2010.


Additional topics

Courses for which this course is prerequisite