C&O 430/630

Algebraic Enumeration
Fall 2011

Time/Place: MWF  11:30-12:20,  MC 4044

Instructor: Prof. Kevin Purbhoo, MC 4029.
Office hours:   Tues. & Wed. 10:00-11:00.

Calendar:
Mon. Sept 12: First day of classes
Mon. Oct. 10: Thanksgiving (no class)
Fri. Oct. 14: Assignment 1 due
Fri. Oct. 28: Midterm (in class)
Wed. Nov. 2: Assignment 2 due
Mon. Nov. 21: Assignment 3 due
Mon. Dec. 5: Assignment 4 due; Last day of classes
Mon. Dec. 19: Final Exam (12:30-3:00, RCH 205)

Course materials:
  • Course outline
  • Course notes
  • Assignment 1
  • Assignment 2
  • Assignment 3
  • Assignment 4
  • Final Exam Schedule

    Additional References:
  • David M. Jackson & Ian P. Goulden, "Combinatorial Enumeration", John Wiley & Sons, 1983. (Republished by: Dover Publications, 2004.)
  • Richard P. Stanley, "Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 1", Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  • Richard P. Stanley, "Enumerative Combinatorics, Volume 2", Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  • Herbert S. Wilf, "Generatingfunctionology".
  • William Fulton, "Young Tableaux with Applications to Representation Theory and Geometry", Cambridge University Press, New York, 1997.
  • Bruce Sagan, "The Symmetric Group: Representations, Combinatorial Algorithms, and Symmetric Functions", Graduate Texts in Mathematics 203, Springer Verlag, 2001.
  • "C&0 330 Course Notes" (on sale at Campus Copy, MC 2018).