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| − | Combinatorics.
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| − | === (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours) ===
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| − | (3:3:0)
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| − | === Offered ===
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| − | === Prerequisite ===
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| − | [[Math 371]].
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| − | === Description ===
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| − | Permutations, combinations, recurrence relations, applications. Students will learn the basics of combinatorics and its relation to the other areas of mathematics, including algebra and analysis.
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| − | == Desired Learning Outcomes ==
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| − | === Prerequisites ===
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| − | === Minimal learning outcomes ===
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| − | 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
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| − | === Textbooks ===
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| − | Possible textbooks for this course include (but are not limited to):
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| − | * Richard A. Brualdi, ''Introductory Combinatorics (5th Edition)'', Prentice Hall, 2010.
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| − | * Chapters 5-9 of Alan Tucker's ''Applied Combinatorics'', John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.
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| − | * Chapters 1-4 of Russell Merris' 'Combinatorics', 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.
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| − | === Additional topics ===
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| − | === Courses for which this course is prerequisite ===
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| − | [[Category:Courses|450]]
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