For a copy of the course syllabus, click here

Homework 1 (due September 8).

• Page 11-13, #1,2,4,6,11,23.

• Page 24, #2,4,6,8,13.

• Page 34-35, #1,2,4,10,16.

• Page 40, #1, 2, 3, 9.

• *** Note: Because classes are cancelled for the president's address this coming Thursday (Sept 3), I will delay the homeworks until next Tuesday. ***

Homework 2 (due September 17).

• Page 54, #1, 2, 3, 4.

• Page 66, #1.

• Page 100, #1.

• For an amusing cartoon, click here

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• Page 134, #1,2,4,8.

• Page 146, #2,4.

• Page 150, #2.

• Page 156, #1,2,6,8.

Homework 3 (due September 29).

• Page 164-165, #2,4.

• Page 173-174, #2,4,6,16,18.

• *** Your first exam has been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24 ***

• For an expository note on Bayesian Spam Filtering, go to here .

• Here is a copy of an old midterm 1 for Math 3012. Unfortunately, not much of the material overlaps with how I have taught the course this time around. Also, here is a copy of an old final exam. Some material overlaps with what we have done.

• If you want to see what mathematicians do with their time when they aren't teaching -- i.e. what math research is like -- you might appreciate seeing the `` Polymath4 project'', in which I am a contributor. Click on the ``research threads'' to see what your combinatorics professor has been up to lately...

• Click here for an amusing video of the world's best Tetris player.

• *** Your exam will last for only one hour (even though it is a 1.5 hour class), and you will be allowed to bring with you a simple calculator ***

Homework 4 (due Thursday, October 15).

• Page 208, #2,12.

• Click here for the second part of Homework 4. (I have decided to give HWs other than those from your book, due to people using answer booklets to work assignments.)

• Click here for the third part of Homework 4.

• Click here for selected solutions to the above homework.

Homework 5 (due Tuesday, November 3 -- note that I have moved up the due date, because I didn't put one of the assignments up on the web last Thursday as I said I would).

• Click here for the first part of Homework 5.

• Click here for the second part of Homework 5.

Homework 6 (due Tuesday, Nov. 23).

• Click here for the first part of Homework 6.

• Click here for the second part of Homework 6.

• *** I have tentatively scheduled your second midterm for Thursday, November 12. ***

• Click here for some notes on linear recurrence sequences and finite state machines.

• NOTE: I have moved the date for your exam.

• I recently decided to write a note on ``advice to undergrad math majors''. I am not sure how much of it applies to Math 3012 students -- it is intended more for seniors who plan to apply to grad school. Anyways, if this applies to you, click here I made corrections and updates to the file.

• Here is an interesting link about the ``Russian Math Counterculture''.

• NOTE: I will not hold office hours tomorrow (Wednesday) at the regular time (3:00 - 4:00), but will instead hold it from 4:30-5:30.

• Click here for a copy of the midterm 2 study sheet (I will add a thing or two to it, so check back later for a more complete version).

• Click here for a copy of midterm 2.

• Click here for a copy of the solutions to the second midterm.

• **** NOTE: I have delayed the due date for HW 6 for a week, as I have added a second part.

Homework 7 (turn it in with your final exam).

• Click here for HW7.

• For some selected solutions to HW 5, click here .

• For some selected solutions to HW 6, click here .

• *** Click here for a copy of the study sheet for the final. ***

• The final exam will be Thursday, Dec. 10 from 11:30-2:20.

• Click here for a note on Knuth's algorithm (for those who weren't paying attention in class, or who skipped class altogether!).

• So far, I have graded more than half the exams, and they look ABYSMAL. Probably there will be a 50 point curve -- the test is graded out of 200 points, so that would be like a 25 point curve on a 100 point exam.