Math 432 Applied Combinatorics, Spring 2008


Staff Information

Instructor: Chi-Kwong Li


Course Description

Meeting Time and Place Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 - 13:50, Jones 302

Textbook: Applied Combinatorics, 5th edition by Alan Tucker. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.

Material to be covered: Chapters 1--3, 5--8, and selected topics if time permits.

Homework will be assigned every lecture and due the following Tuesday.
Selected problems will be graded for the homework grade.

Challenging problems will be assigned from time to time;
extra-credits will be given to successful attempts.

You are stongly encouraged to discuss the problems together and prepare your own solutions.
For identical solutions, socres will be divided among the students involved.

 
     
     Quizzes (20 min. each) on Jan. 31, Feb. 14, March 20, April 3, 17.
 
     Exams:  Mid-term   Feb.  28    1:20 hrs  (12:30-13:50 a.m.)
             Final      April 29    3    hrs  (1:30-4:30 p.m.)
     
     
     Grades (for quizzes, exams, final grade, etc.):
    
     %: 0 - 60 - 65 - 70 - 75 - 80 - 83 - 87 - 90 - 93 - 100
          F    D    C-   C    C+   B-   B    B+   A-    A 
     
     Assessment: Homework   Quizzes  Mid-term  Final
    
                   20%        20%      25%       35%
      
               (Extra credit problems may add another 5%)