Math 239 Introduction to Combinatorics

Final Exam

Time: 18 December 2000, 09:00-12:00

Material Covered: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9 (up to end of Problem 1.39), 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 (just page 114), 2.11, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 (up to end of Problem 2.80). Nearly 40% of the final exam will be on Chapter 1 and 60% on Chapter 2.

Office Hours

Tuesday 12 December, 1:30-2:30, MC4035.

Thursday 14 December, 1:30-2:30, MC4035.

Friday 15 December, 10:30-11:30, MC4035.

Sunday 17 December, 5:30-6:30, MC4035.

Other times by appointment

(e-mail mmosca@cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca)

Review Session

Friday 15 December. 4pm-6pm MC2065.

Assignments

The remainder of Assignments 1-7 are still outside TAs office (Kerri Webb MC5155). Assignment 8 is available from me at my Thursday Office Hour. Afterwards will be available outside TAs office.

Exam Tips

1. Show up to the final exam.

2. Sleep well.

3. Eat well.

4. Review course notes and class notes.

5. Try to redo the assignments (without the solutions) and then look up the solutions (which are available at DC library, call number UWD 1893).

6. You can also try additional problems in the notes and past exams (make sure you only worry about questions that deal with material we have covered this semester).

Other notes

I have some nameless assignments 1,5,6 and 8.

Extra Problems

John Irving has some problems and solutions from a previous semester at

http://www.grad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~jcirving/ .

Much of this material overlaps with material we have covered so you can find some nice practice problems and examples there.