Math 355 Section 1 - Calendar- Spring 2015

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R is for the reading assignment
C is for exercises that are assigned and will be collected
NC is for exercises that are assigned but will not be collected


Tuesday

Thursday

Jan. 27
Lecture #1:
Basic counting
Counting vs Analytic Arguemtents

Homework Due:
Jan. 29
Lecture #2:
Moving on a Grid
Sampling with Replacement

Homework Due:
Homework #1:
C Problems
Feb. 3
Lecture #3:
Multinomial Coefficents
Binomial Theorem

Homework Due:
Feb. 5
Quiz 1
Lecture #4:
Power in Simple Games
Pigeonhole Principle

Homework Due:
R 2.15,2.19
Homework #2:
C Problems
Feb. 10
Lecture #5:
Shapley Shubik
Pigeonhole Principle

Feb. 12
Quiz 2
Lecture #6:
Generlized Pigeonhole Principle


Homework Due:
R 3.1
Homework #3:
C 2.8: 14
C 2.11: 4,6
C 2.14: 2b,13,16ad
C 2.15: 1bc,2bc,3,5,8,12
C Problems
NC 2.9: 3,9
NC 2.11: 10,11
NC 2.14: 16bc
Feb. 17
Lecture #7:
Erdos-Szekeres Theorem
Graph Theory

Homework Due:
R 3.2
Feb. 19
Quiz 3
Lecture #8:
Connectedness
Euclidian Paths

Homework Due:
Homework #4:
C 2.19: 1ac,2ac,5,7,10,13,18,22,23
C Problems
NC 2.19: 1bd,2bd,20
Feb. 24
Directed Graphs

Homework Due:
R 3.3
Feb. 26
Quiz 4
Lecture #9:
Relations

Homework Due:
R 4.1
Homework #5:
C 2.19: 19,24,27
C 3.1: 4
C Problems
March 3
Lecture #10:
Order Relations
Questions for the Exam

Homework Due:
R 4.2-4.3
March 5
Exam #1
Topics: TBA
Homework Due:
Homework #6:
C 3.2: 9,10,13
C 4.1: 16,19,20,25
C Problems
NC 3.2: 19,20,22,29
NC 4.1: 6,21,22
March 10
Lecture #11:
Weak Orders
Utility Funtions

March 12
Quiz 5
Lecture #12:
Strict Weak Orders
Extentions of Partial Orders
Szpilrajn's Theorem

Homework Due:
Homework #7:
C 4.1: 7,8,10,11,12
4.2: 1ab,2ab,7ab,14
C Problems
NC 4.1:18
NC 4.2: 5,6,13,15
March 17
Lecture #13:
Proof of Szpilrajn's Theorem
Utility Functions for Posets

March 19
Quiz 6
Lecture #14:
Chains and Antichains


Homework Due:
Homework #8:
C 4.2: 20,21,27
C Problems
NC 4.2: 13,16,17,22,29
March 24
No Class
March 26
Lecture #15:
Dilworth's Theorem


March 31
Spring Break
April 2
Spring Break
April 7
Lecture #16:
Rolling Dice
Introduction to Generating Functions

April 9
Quiz 7
Lecture #17:
Generating Functions

Homework Due:
R 5.1
Homework #9:
C 4.3: 2,3,4acdf,5,8,13,17,18,19
NC 1,4be,10
April 14
Lecture #18:
Products of Generating Functions

Homework Due:
R 5.2
April 16
Exam #2
Topics: TBA
Homework Due:
Homework #10:
C 5.2: 3acf,6
C Problems
NC 5.2: 3bde
April 21
Lecture #19:
Fibonacci Sequence
Partitions


Homework Due:
R 5.3
April 23
Quiz 8
Lecture #20:
Exponential Generating Functions

Homework Due:
R 5.7
Homework #11:
C 5.3: 9,10,11
C Problems
NC 5.3: 1
April 28
Lecture #21:
Banzhaf Power Index
Bell's Number

Homework Due:
R 6.3
April 30
Lecture #22:
Exponential Generating Function for Bell's Number
Inclusion Exclusion Principle

Homework Due:
R 7.1
Homework #12:
C 5.5: 1abf,2bcf,3
C Problems
NC 5.5: 1cde,4ade,6f
May 5
Quiz 9
Lecture #23:
Phi of n
Derangement's and the Hat Problem

Homework Due:
May 7
Lecture #24:
Questions for Exam

Homework Due:
Homework #13:
NC 5.7: 1,2,4,5
NC 7.1: 1,2,3,11,12,13,17
NC Problems
Final Exam
Thursday, May 14 at 8 AM


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